Here are a few basic steps which i think are necessary to know and perform when you have just created a wordpress self-hosted blog. These things are to be in the to-do list of blogging.

Starting off, you should know how to Install wordpress to a domain. Here is a tutorial on how to install wordpress which includes step-by-step details for installing wordpress, or also you can request for free installation of wordpress from experts of Wordpress, who do fresh installations but not upgrades for personal bloggers. Installation may be through fantastico tool or without it.

Meta Tags Settings - After your blog is setup, you should set meta tags for your blog, like the title, description and keywords. Also you can choose between with or without www for your blog URL.
Meta tags can be changed by going to > yourblog.com/wp-admin/options-general.php
Or you can also have All in one SEO pack plugin installed to your blog, which also helps in editing meta tags for each post, page and blog home.

Update Permalinks - Permalink structures are one of the main factors which helps in making the post URL’s search engine friendly.
The default permalink you have is http://www.your-blog.com/?p=123 and you can customize and change it to many types such as these:
http://www.your-blog.com/2007/12/26/sample-post/
http://www.your-blog.com/sample-post/
http://www.your-blog.com/archives/123
You can change your permalink structures by going here > your-blog.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php

Add categories - Addition of categories of posts can be done by two ways:
1. http://www.your-site.com/wp-admin/categories.php > This link can be seen by going to Manage>Categories in your wordpress admin panel. Here you can add category title, Category slug and description. Addition of sub-categories can also be done through this page :)
2. When you are at the post page, there is a Add category option in the sidebar right to the post entry box. Here only the category can be added but sub-categories can not be added from here.

Install wordpress plugins - There are thousands of wordpress plugins available on the internet by which we can tweak and customize our blog both backend and frontend. Plugins are also called as Add-ons, Components or Modules. To add a plugin that you like, you have to download the plugin files from the download sites and then upload to wp-content/plugins folder of your cpanel. Then go to the plugins section of your wordpress admin panel and check for the uploaded plugin, and then click on Activate to activate the plugin.
A couple of recommended plugins are Akismet and wp-cron plugin.

These are the main basic steps which you should follow when opening a new blog. Other wordpress tips would be shared later on by me :)


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