FYI, since there's a bunch of exploring to do, you'll eventually have a bunch of portals scattered around the worlds. I usually source wood from the latest gate I just set up, or the last Meadows/Forest/etc gate I set up (fine wood vs core wood).

Once you put the name of the gate on your map, and there isn't a second location pointing to that same location, you're golden. So for instance, I usually have six/eight gates arrayed in a room, or right around my building. Then inside (and next to the main entrance) is my 'temp' gate. So I put stuff for Gate in my inventory, and go exploring. As the day ends, I'll find a pre-used structure, refit it quickly with a roof, etc. Slap down the gate, dial it to 'temp' and head home for a good night's rest. Next morning, decide what to call your new outpost, change one of your gates to 'newname' and then head back into 'temp', renaming the gate to 'newname'...

Rinse, lather, repeat.

Altho you do need to be slightly patient for this approach. If you change name of a Gate, it'll work for a short time before everything trues up... meaning you can strand yourself if you're not careful.