How to Install WordPress

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Contents 1 WordPress for Hostel Blogs 1.1 How to Install WordPress 1.1.1 WordPress Themes 1.1.2 WordPress Plugins 1.1.2.1 SEO Plugins 1.1.2.2 Social Media Plugins 1.1.2.3 Newsfeed Plugins (RSS/ATOM) 1.1.2.4 Mobile Web 1.1.3 Additional Modifications 2 RSS and ATOM Feeds 2.1 Feedburner Integration 2.2 Blog and Feed Directories 3 What to Blog About

[edit] WordPress for Hostel Blogs

This page contains information about how to install and configure WordPress. Before reading this page, you may want to view the hostel blogs page.

[edit] How to Install WordPress

• Download WordPress
• Installing WordPress - the installation is generally very easy.

[edit] WordPress Themes

Free themes (designs) for your blog.

• 83 Beautiful WordPress Themes
• 100 Free WordPress Themes
• WordPress Theme Viewer
• Sadish's Themes
• Free WordPress Themes

[edit] WordPress Plugins

There are over 1600 free WordPress plugins available. Some recommended plugins are listed below.

[edit] SEO Plugins

These plugins are designed to help your blog rank higher in search engines.

• All in One SEO Pack

[edit] Social Media Plugins

• Share This - Allows visitors to easily share and bookmark your posts on various social media sites.
• Twitter Tools - Syndicates your posts on Twitter.com.
• Twitterfeed -- Syndicates your posts on Twitter. This is an external service; not a plugin.

[edit] Newsfeed Plugins (RSS/ATOM)

• Feed Locations Plugin - Allows you to specify an alternate location for your feeds. Useful if you are using Feedburner to manage your feeds.
• Full Feed - Allows visitors to subscribe to your full RSS/Atom feeds instead of having them truncated.

[edit] Mobile Web

• WordPress Mobile Edition - Automatically formats your blog for optimal display on mobile devices when visitors are using a cell phone or PDA to visit your site.

[edit] Additional Modifications

[edit] RSS and ATOM Feeds

[edit] Feedburner Integration

Please see the free hostel marketing ebook for a tutorial on how to connect your blog to Feedburner.

Here are some useful WordPress plugins for integrating your feeds with Feedburner.com:

• Feed Locations Plugin - Allows you to specify an alternate location for your feeds. Useful if you are using Feedburner to manage your feeds.
• Full Feed - Allows visitors to subscribe to your full RSS/Atom feeds instead of having them truncated.

[edit] Blog and Feed Directories

• Add blog directories here

[edit] What to Blog About

Please see the Blog Content Topic Ideas section for ideas on what to blog about.