12. Taking Control of Your WordPress Site

When you install WordPress, you’re not limited to just producing a blog post every now and again. You have access to a powerful web content management system that allows you to build any sort of website you can imagine. In this chapter, you’ll become familiar with the standard WordPress Dashboard or Administration page. You’ll also learn more about two implementations of WordPress organized for collaboration among large numbers of content providers:

• With WordPress Multisite, you can manage a network of independent WordPress sites.

• BuddyPress lets you build a complete Facebook-like social network right in WordPress.

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