Learning WordPress full episode 6

Tram Ho

Continue the Settings area in wordpress

  1. Comment setting area (Discussion)
  2. Media installation area (Media)
  3. Static path installation area (Permalink)

1. Comment setting area (Discussion)

  • On the admin page, you access to Settings -> discussion

This section will include the following settings:

  1. Default article settings : The settings below are used for newly created posts or pages
    • Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article : When publishing a new article, the system will send a notification (ping and trackback) to other blogs.
    • Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new articles : accept ping from other blogs
    • Allow people to post comments on new articles : allows users to post comments in new posts
  2. Other comment settings : other settings related to comments
    • Comment author must fill out name and email : if this item is required users must fill in their name and email address
    • Users must be registered and logged in to comment : if this option is required, users must be logged in to comment , if no one can comment.
    • Automatically close comments on articles older than x days : if this item is selected your comment will be closed after x days
    • Enable threaded (nested) comments x levels deep : allows users to reply and comment
    • Break comments into pages with x top level comments per page and the page displayed by default : if the page has too many comments, you can select this item to split the page
    • Comments should be displayed with the older comments at the top of each page : sorting in ascending or descending order of comments
  3. Email me whenever : set notification settings when there are comments
    • Anyone posts a comment: the author of the post will receive an email when a comment is given
    • A comment is held for moderation: the author of the article will receive an email with a comment pending
  4. Before a comment appears : setting this setting allows posts to be controlled
    • Comment must be manually approved : comments must be approved by the administrator to display
    • Comment author must have a previously approved comment : the comment will be displayed if the sender had a previously approved comment
  5. Comment Moderation : only allow specific links to be included in the comment
  6. Comment Blacklis t: can enter spam keywords such as url, email, … then filter comments
  7. Avatars : the user avatar image is displayed in the small right hand corner and it has several options below.
    • Avatar Display: Checked if you want to display your avatar in a comment
    • Maximum Rating: the maximum avatar category allowed to display
    • Default Avatar: the default avatar

2. Media setting area (Media)

  • On the admin page you access the Settings -> media

This section will include the following settings:

  1. Image sizes : this setting determines the default image size after uploading images to wordpress libraries
    • Thumbnail size: image size of thumbnail image
    • Medium size: medium size image
    • Large size: large image sizes
  2. Uploading Files : settings related to file upload
    • Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders: Automatically upload uploaded files into folders with date structure versus upload time.

3. Static installation area (Permalink)

  • On the admin page you access the Settings -> permalink

This section will include the following settings:

  1. Permalink Settings : set fixed URLs for blog posts
    • Plain: The default structure of the URL
    • Day and name: URL structure by post date and post name
    • Month and name: URL structure by date and post title
    • Numeric: Structure URLs by post ID instead of name
    • Post name: Structure the URL by the name of the post
    • Custom Structure: The optional URL structure entered
  2. * Optional: * Optional installation is not required
    • Category base: the parent path of the links to the category page
    • Tag base: the parent path of the links to the page with the tag
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