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The bestselling guide to WordPress, fully updated to help you get your blog going! Millions of bloggers rely on WordPress, the popular, free blogging platform. This guide covers all the features and improvements in the most up-to-date version of WordPress. Whether you are switching to WordPress from another blogging platform or just starting your first blog, you'll find the advice in this friendly guide gets you up to speed on both the free-hosted WordPress.com version and WordPress.org, which requires the purchase of web hosting services, and figure out which version is best for you. You'll be able to take full advantage of the flexibility and usability of WordPress. WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog platform that emphasizes aesthetics, web standards, and usability Previous editions of this guide have sold more than 85,000 copies, and interest in blogging continues to explode Illustrates how to set up and maintain a blog with WordPress and how to use all the new features Covers both the free-hosted WordPress.com version and WordPress.org, which requires users to purchase web hosting services Written by an expert who works directly with developers and the cofounder of WordPress This guide helps bloggers quickly and easily take advantage of everything this popular blogging tool has to offer.

Table of Contents:
Foreword xv Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing WordPress 7 Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You 9 Chapter 2: WordPress Blogging Basics 17 Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service 29 Chapter 3: Getting Started with WordPress.com 31 Chapter 4: Writing and Managing Your Blog 57 Chapter 5: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades 93 Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPress.org 111 Chapter 6: Setting Up Blogging Base Camp 113 Chapter 7: Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard 135 Chapter 8: Establishing Your Blog Routine 181 Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress 215 Chapter 9: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video 217 Chapter 10: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins 235 Chapter 11: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes 259 Part V: Customizing WordPress 273 Chapter 12: Understanding Themes and Templates 275 Chapter 13: Tweaking WordPress Themes 319 Part VI: The Part of Tens 361 Chapter 14: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins 363 Chapter 15: Ten Free WordPress Themes 369 Appendix: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating 375 Index 401 Bonus Chapters on the Companion Website www.dummies.com/go/wordpressfordummies Bonus Chapter 1: Designing for WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) 1 Bonus Chapter 2: Hosting Multiple Sites with WordPress 47 Bonus Chapter 3: Ten Great Sites That Use WordPress as a CMS 77


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118167205
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 432
  • ISBN-10: 1118167201
  • Publisher Date: 31 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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