Book description
The bestselling WordPress guide, fully updated to cover the 2013 enhancements
WordPress has millions of users, and this popular guide has sold more than 105,000 copies in its previous editions. With the newest releases of WordPress, author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson has completely updated the book to help you use and understand all the latest features. You'll learn about both the hosted WordPress.com version and the more flexible WordPress.org, which requires third-party hosting. Whether you're switching to WordPress from another blogging platform or just beginning to blog, you'll find lots of advice in this friendly guide.
WordPress is a state-of-the-art blogging platform that emphasizes aesthetics, web standards, and usability
This guide explains how to set up and maintain a blog with either of the two WordPress versions
Covers all the changes and improvements in the latest release of WordPress
WordPress For Dummies, 6th Edition is the guide you'll want by your side to help you create and maintain a knockout blog with WordPress.
Table of contents
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- Introduction
- Part I: Introducing WordPress
- Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You
- Chapter 2: WordPress Blogging Basics
- Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service
- Chapter 3: Getting Started with WordPress
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Chapter 4: Writing and Managing Your Blog
- Ready? Set? Blog!
- Organizing Your Blog by Subject
- Creating and Categorizing Your Blogroll
- Managing and Inviting Users
- Managing Comments and Comment Spam
- Creating a Static Page
- Setting Up Your Front Page
- Publishing a Public or Private Blog
- Publicizing through Social Media
- Establishing Trust Relationships with OpenID
- Chapter 5: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades
- Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPress.org
- Chapter 6: Setting Up Blogging Base Camp
- Chapter 7: Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard
- Chapter 8: Establishing Your Blog Routine
- Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress
- Chapter 9: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video
- Chapter 10: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins
- Chapter 11: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
- Part V: Customizing WordPress
- Chapter 12: Understanding Themes and Templates
- Chapter 13: Tweaking WordPress Themes
- Part VI: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 14: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins
- Chapter 15: Ten Free WordPress Themes
- Chapter 16: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating
- About the Author
- Cheat Sheet
- More Dummies Products
Product information
- Title: WordPress For Dummies, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2014
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781118791615
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