What You REALLY Need for a Self-Hosted WordPress Installation

2009 August 25

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Domain Name (You are creating or maintaining your Personal Brand.)

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Business Name
Tagline
Slogan (usually used for a single marketing campaign)
Custom Header/Graphic or Logo

HomeBusiness.About.com - Business Names
Psychotactics.com
Copyblogger.com - Creat a Tagline


Hosting

WordPress centered hosting provider

.htaccess allowed
WordPress.org - Using Permalinks

meets minimum WordPress specifications
WordPress.org - Minimum Hosting Requirements


FTP
Filezilla or other FTP Client
Filezilla-Project.org

Text Editor
Notepad++


Theme
dailyblogtips.com - 10+1 Tips for Choosing a WordPress Theme
lorelle - How Do You Choose a WordPress Theme?
wordpress.org - Themes Directory
problogdesign.com - 40 Free Premium Quality WordPress Themes

Jestro Themes: Premium WordPress themes for free

Favicon
thefavicongallery.com - What is a Favicon.
goodandcrazypeople - What is a Favicon and How Can I Get One?

404 page
ooyes.net - 50 Creative and Inspiring 404 Pages

no encrypted links/sponsors in footer
themebot.com - How To Remove Encrypted Footer Links in Free WordPress Themes

widgetized sidebar
wordpressmax.com - WordPress Widgets 2.7


Information you need to collect for basic installation:

Contact information

About Me/Bio Information
sprawsm.com - Nailing Your About Page
ProBlogger.net - How To Write Your About Me Page
rsspieces.com - How To Write a Killer Real Estate About Page
smashingmagazine.com - Best Practices for Effective Design of About Us Pages

Home Page content/Blog Content
netmechanic.com - Beginners Guide

5 Categories relevant to your pages and posts
pearsonified.com - What Every Blogger Needs to Know About Categories

API Key for Akismet Spam Protection
WordPress.com - API Keys

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