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Configure important WordPress settings and remove default content to prepare your site for building. This step helps create a clean, professional starting point for your project.
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Now that we've explored the WordPress
dashboard, it's
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time to prepare our website
before we start building.
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Whenever you install WordPress,
it comes with some default content
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and settings
that are meant to help you get started.
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So before we begin creating Mike
the Frog's portfolio, we're going to
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clean up that default content
and adjust a few important settings.
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This step helps
keep our website organized and prevents
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issues later as we start building pages.
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Alright, let's start by removing
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the default blog post that comes
with every WordPress installation.
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In the left sidebar, click Posts.
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You should see a sample post called
Hello World.
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This is automatically created
by WordPress.
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Since we're building a portfolio site
and not a blog, we don't need this post.
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Hover over it and select Trash.
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This moves the post into the trash.
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It won't appear on our website anymore.
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If you plan to have a blog on your site,
you can always add real posts again later.
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Next, let's remove the default pages
that WordPress creates automatically.
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Click Pages in the sidebar.
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You may see pages like Sample Page
or Privacy Policy.
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We're going to remove Sample Page because
we'll be creating our own pages later.
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If you see a Privacy Policy page,
you can leave it for now.
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Next,
let's update our site's basic information.
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Click Settings then General
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Here you can update your site title
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and tagline. These help identify your website
and can appear in the browser tabs
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and search results. For this project,
I'm going to set the site title
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to Mike the Frog Portfolio and the tagline
to Creative Projects and Adventures.
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You can follow along with this
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or create your own version
if you're building a personal portfolio.
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While we're here, let's quickly
check our time zone and date settings.
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This helps keep your site consistent,
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especially if you ever schedule posts
or updates.
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Cool, let's click Save Changes.
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Now we're going to adjust
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one of the most important settings
in WordPress, Permalinks.
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Permalinks control
how your page URLs are structured.
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In the sidebar, click Settings,
then Permalinks.
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You'll see several URL structure options.
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For most modern websites,
we want to use Post Name.
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This creates clean,
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readable URLs that look professional
and are better for search engines.
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If it's not already selected by default,
be sure to choose this option
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and then scroll down and click
Save Changes.
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Later in the course,
we'll set a custom homepage.
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For now, WordPress is set to show
blog posts on the homepage
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by default, which is completely fine
while we're setting things up.
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At this point, your WordPress installation
is clean and properly configured.
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This is a great starting point
for building your website.
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Up next, we're going to install our theme
in the Elementor page builder.
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See you there.
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