This document provides tips for setting up a WordPress site like a professional. It recommends basic plugins to install, considerations for designing a theme from scratch like usability and valid coding. It also suggests premium and free themes, tools for connecting the site to social networks, and resources for learning more about WordPress.

1. by Nile Flores - http://blondish.net Twitter: @blondishnet Facebook: fb.com/NileFlores Setting Up Your WordPress Site Like A Pro

2. The Goal of This Lecture To go through some basic tips for your WordPress powered website Share some theme suggestions – both premium and from scratch theme tips A couple basic tools to connect your site to Social networks Good WordPress resource reads to help you on your way.

3. Basic Plugins You SHOULD Install Google XML Sitemaps WordPress SEO Feedburner Feedsmith All of this is and in between is by your choice, even if you hire a web designer/ developer to do the job for you.

4. If you are designing a WordPress Theme from scratch Put yourself in place of your visitor and think how you would want to use your website as easy as possible Use valid coding (you can use http://validator.w3.org to validate your website) Keep in mind that not all users are surfing your website with the same browser Design using basic conversion elements to attract visitors to click within your website and go to where you want them to go

5. If You Want to Use a Framework StudioPress Genesis Organic Themes iThemes Hyrbid Framework Twenty Ten Twenty Eleven Thematic

6. Tools To Connect to Sites Dlvr.it Tweet Old Post plugin RSS Graffiti

7. Resources WPRecipes.com WPBeginner.com WordPress All In One WordPress for Dummies Digging Into WordPress WPAddict.net ShoutMeLoud.com BasicBlogTips.com FamousBloggers.net ProBlogDesign.com