As most Wordpressers (Is that a word yet?) now, the default URLS generated by Wordpress is not all the SEO friendly. The Admin section gives you a way to change them, but the docs are a bit light.
After reading a bit on the subject, and googling around, I ran across this post on the subject. Nicely written and clear to the subject. Now my URLS are pretty and easy to read.
Another no-brainer operation in Wordpress.
How do you solve the URL problem?
“Walters Way” has been open since late 2005 and traffic has been less than stellar, to say the least. In all this time I have received only a small handful of messages commenting or asking about my LAMP Stack for Windows.
It’s obvious my Modus Operandi is not working, that I needed to do something if I wanted my ideas to be shared with a wider audience. But then again, the true hallmark of any great visionary: obscurity!
I decided it was time to join the 21st century, start writing a blog, create my notes and instructions in a more orderly and cohesive format; enter Wordpress. Part of this site will be my notes and observations on Wordpress as I flesh it out, expand and work within Wordpress. I plan on creating notes on plugins I try to use and even various themes and customizations I might try.
The majority of this site will revolve around my AMP (Apache, mySQL, PHP) Stack on Windows protocol and the tutorials I have, and will create, on the various aspects of the AMP stack and how to implement them within a Windows environment, all the while keeping as close as possible to the feel of Linux.
I’m looking forward to reading a wide variety of constructive criticisms and comments.
Walter
Not much to say about the installation process:
This is one of the best installation processes I’ve used on any platform; open source or commercial.
As for setup, I figure I must be over-thinking this whole thing. Having developed user interfaces on various systems for various industries, I find myself making assumptions and drawing conclusions that don’t seem to pan out within Wordpress. I don’t think it’s Wordpress that needs to change, it’s just my thought process.
After a few hours of frustration, I actually read part of the setup manual, took a dinner break and then attempted the setup with a new frame of mind: Don’t assume, don’t think! Read the pages, read the manual. Follow directions!
Well, that did the trick. The setup went a whole lot smoother, things seems to be in a (somewhat) logical pattern and I got through it in short order.
Within an hour I had categories, a few dummy posts, and OK attempt at an ABOUT page, and I even changed things to use custom pretty URLs.
Not bad all in all. Not bad at all. This will be a fun exercise over the course of the next few months as I expand and tweak this site. It think I’ll tackle the permalink issue tomorrow.
What kind of issues did you have with your installation and setup?