Permalinks are one of the least understood WordPress features. And yet, they can have a big impact on the success of your blog or website. Unfortunately, WordPress’s default permalink settings are far from optimal. In fact, they’re downright bad.

This screencast demystifies permalinks by explaining what they are, why they’re so important, and finally, how you can improve the permalinks on your WordPress website. After viewing this video you’ll know exactly what to do to make your permalinks both human-friendly and search engine friendly. Read More…

The WordPress discussion Settings allow you to take control of the quality of comments that appear on your blog. You’ll use these settings to determine which comments require moderation, and to minimize SPAM.
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WordPress privacy settings are minimalist at best. They can be used to turn off update notifications (pings) and block search engines from indexing your website. As noted in the video, this is far from a fool-proof solution for keeping your site out of search engines, but it can be a useful feature in certain situations.

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This screencast provides an overview of the WordPress reading settings. These settings control a number of display options that have an impact over how your site appears to visitor. Use these settings to set an alternate home and blog page, limit the number of posts that appear on a page, and control your RSS feed.
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The writing settings allow you to customize and control the WordPress authoring environment. You can use these settings to set your default category, setup posting by email, and to enable WordPress authoring from desktop applications like MarsEdit.
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WordPress is an incredibly flexible and powerful content management system. A lot of that flexibility can be configured through the various Settings pages in the WordPress administrator. This is the first in a series of videos detailing each of the various WordPress Settings pages. This video will focus on General Settings.

General Settings include blog title, tagline, blog URL, and time settings, among other things.
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