It occurred to me that a few of the small problems I’ve encountered setting up this blog may be common to a lot of us, so I’m making a small post with a few tips that may help those of you setting up blogs:
1) Remember to change the permalink structure to ‘custom’ and add ‘%postname%’ in the space provided. This is to make your blog more search engine friendly.
2) Once you have done this don’t forget to alter your ‘.htaccess’ file by adding the following code to the bottom:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
3) Add John Reese’s ‘BlogRush‘ tool - this will help bring in traffic to your blog. This is very easy and full instructions are provided on the site.
4) Look for other widgets you can add to the blog that may enhance your reader’s experience. What widgets you add will depend on the topic of your blog, however you should be able to find a wide range of useful widgets by simply searching in Google for ‘wordpress widgets’.
I hope these help 
CK
