Teach Yourself VISUALLY WordPress, 2nd Edition

Create a Simple Member Community

You can avoid the formality of creating authors by letting people register and post with the P2 theme or plugins such as Mingle. Be forewarned, though, that opening your blog to the world may invite unwanted contributions. At self-hosted blogs, using a plugin may be a safer way to go.

Create a Simple Member Community

Use a Theme

After installing and activating a theme listed in the WordPress.org theme directory as having a front page post form, such as P2, click Settings to open the General Settings pane.

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