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Let this 96-page e-book show you the quick and easy way to launch your blog WordPress is among the most popular blogging platforms. If you're ready to start your WordPress blog, this handy e-book will get you going. It gets right to the point, showing you how to create a WordPress.com account, navigate WordPress.com and use the Dashboard, customize blog settings, use themes, organize your blog, and dress it up with widgets and upgrades. A special link to dummies.com provides additional information, including video tutorials that boost your blog IQ. Read it today and have your blog up and running tomorrow! This highly focused e-book gives you the straight line on setting up a blog using WordPress.com Walks you through creating your account, navigating WordPress.com and using the Dashboard, choosing a theme for your blog, customizing settings, and organizing your blog by categories Provides further materials, including video tutorials on establishing settings and privacy controls, plus step-by-step instructions for setting up your blog Launch a WordPress.com Blog In A Day For Dummies is the quick and easy way to join the blogosphere with WordPress.com.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 What You Can Do In A Day  1 Foolish Assumptions  1 Icons Used in This Book  2 Chapter 1: Getting Started with WordPress 3 Creating a WordPress Account  4 Navigating WordPress 10 Using the WordPress Dashboard  12 Right Now 14 Recent Comments  16 Your Stuff  17 What’s Hot 17 QuickPress 17 Recent Drafts 18 Stats  18 Setting Important Options before You Blog  19 Setting your General options  20 Adjusting your Date and Time settings 21 Setting your public profile: Tell us a little about yourself  23 Setting your personal preferences  29 Chapter 2: Writing and Managing Your Blog 33 Ready? Set? Blog! 34 Inserting media files into your post  36 Refining your post options  39 Publishing your post  42 Organizing Your Blog by Subject  44 Creating categories and subcategories 45 Filing posts in categories and subcategories  46 Creating and Categorizing Your Blogroll  47 Creating link categories  48 Adding new links to your blogroll  48 Managing and Inviting Users  52 Managing authors and users  52 Inviting friends to WordPress.com  54 Managing Comments and Comment Spam  55 Setting discussion options for your blog  55 Viewing comments  61 Creating a Static Page  63 Setting Up Your Front Page  64 Publishing a Public or Private Blog  66 Publicizing through Social Media  67 The Like Button  69 Interaction Through SMS (Text Messaging)  69 Chapter 3: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades 71 Changing Your Blog’s Look  72 Enhancing Your Theme with Features  73 Adding navigation menus  74 Changing the background color and image 76 Creating an iPad-friendly display  78 Changing the header image  80 Using Typekit fonts  82 Widget Wonder: Adding Handy Tools to Your Sidebar  82 Selecting and activating widgets  82 Using Text widgets  84 Upgrading Your WordPress Account (For a Fee)  89 Naming Your Domain 91 Chapter 4: Where to Go from Here 92 Taking Your First Steps  92 Visiting dummies.com 93


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118379806
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 96
  • ISBN-10: 1118379802
  • Publisher Date: 14 May 2012
  • Language: English


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