Getting Going with Wordpress

A list of what I’ve done to get the Wordpress blog software up and running.

Get setup

• Download, extract
• Create database in PHPMyAdmin
• Run setup

Get a theme you like

• UrbanGirrafe
• Minimalist themes

Tweak

• Update your theme colors, text, layout
• Better title tags using the Optimal Title plugin. I’m not a huge fan of SEO, but it helps to have …
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Math & Numbers

• Mental math shortcuts, adding 1-100
• Understanding exponents and the natural log
• Div, Curl, Flux, Gradient and other Vector Calculus topics

Programming & Web Development

• Site speedups with HTTP caching, gzip compression
• Understanding Rails, Web debugging, and Javascrtipt
• Swap bytes with XOR, byte order, unicode

Business, Writing & Communication