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Let's discuss some basic WordPress settings.

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As you embark on your WordPress website journey, you'll discover a range of options located under settings at the bottom left of your dashboard.

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We will delve deeper into these options at a later stage, but let's focus on a few key settings to get your site up and running smoothly.

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The learning outcomes are setting your site title and tagline, updating your site's time zone, and choosing your home page display.

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First up, let's talk about your site's identity.

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In the settings menu, you'll find General.

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These elements are not just for show.

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They play a vital role in how your site appears in search engine results.

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So what can you do?

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Craft a compelling title and tagline that not only represents your site, but also entices visitors to open your site when they see it listed on search engines

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or when they visit your site.

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The site title and tagline should tell visitors what your site is about and who you are trying to attract.

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They are often among the first things visitors will notice on your site.

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The title is usually the name of your site, while the tagline is a short phrase or sentence that aims to communicate the site's main focus.

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Please note, you can choose not to display your tagline.

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But as mentioned, search engines pay attention to titles and taglines, which will also help you improve your site's SEO.

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So remember to add your tagline, even though you might decide not to display it on the front end of your site.

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Here is an example from a search engine where you don't see the tagline on the site, but when you search for Mantis Research, you will see the site title, Mantis Research,

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and part of the tagline, helping marketers publish research that gets attention.

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You can change your site's title and tagline below general settings, as shown in the example here.

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You can also update your site title and tagline within the site editor when updating your header, for example.

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If you update or change the site title block or the site tagline block, it will also update automatically below the general settings.

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Next, let's discuss the time zone settings.

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Time zone settings below general.

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It is best if your site's time zone matches the time zone settings on your computer or local time.

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It ensures that your scheduled posts go live at the right time, and if you post content ahead of time, you'll know exactly when it will be published.

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You also have the option to select your own date format, as well as time format.

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And you can even decide when you want your week to start.

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Now, let's focus on the structure of your website.

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In reading, under settings, you have the power to decide what visitors see when they land on your site.

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Do you want a dynamic homepage that showcases your latest posts, or perhaps a static page?

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The choice is yours.

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By default, WordPress displays a list of posts on the homepage of your site.

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This list of posts is automatically updated as soon as new posts are published.

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Also, there is no need to create any page to have a homepage with your latest posts.

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You might be asking, so where do I edit this homepage that displays my latest posts?

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This homepage is displayed via your blog home template.

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So, if you have selected your latest posts as your homepage display, you can make your way to appearance and click on editor.

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This will open up your site editor, and on the right, by default, your blog home template will appear.

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To open it up, merely click on it, and now you can start editing your homepage template that displays your posts via the query loop block.

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You can edit and customize your homepage right here.

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But if you prefer to have a static homepage, you can go ahead and make your way to pages and then create a homepage,

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as well as a page for posts, in this case, my blog page.

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And then you can go ahead and create any other pages that you want on your site.

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You can head back to the dashboard, select settings, reading, and then next to your homepage displays, activate using a static page.

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And then select one of the pages you created as your homepage or front page.

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And then below that, you can also select another page to display your dynamic posts or blog, for example.

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When you select a static page, your homepage will automatically be assigned to the default page template.

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Let's make our way to pages to see this in action.

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When I open my static homepage, and then open up my setting sidebar, we will notice on the right next to template,

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it says that this page has been assigned to the page template or the default template.

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That means that your static homepage and other pages that have been assigned to this default template will share the same template,

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or in other words, the same header and footer.

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So if you wanted to update the header and the footer and the structure for this page, you do it in the template.

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But you, of course, head back to your homepage to start adding content and building your homepage from here using blocks.

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And when you edit your posts page, you will notice at the top, it says you are currently editing the page that shows your latest posts.

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And on this page, you can modify your query loop block and your posts page as you please.

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And please note, the posts page has been assigned to the blog home template.

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And you will notice it says the posts page template cannot be changed.

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But it can, of course, be edited, and you can even make the header and the footer the same as your homepage.

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Configuring the basic WordPress settings correctly is essential for your site's functionality and appearance.

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And as mentioned, we will look at more settings further down the line.