WordPress For Dummies
Author(s): Lisa Sabin-Wilson
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.
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Lisa Sabin-Wilson is the co-owner of WebDevStudios, a development company specializing in custom WordPress plugins, themes, and deployments. She is a popular conference speaker and bestselling author of WordPress All-in-One For Dummies and WordPress Web Design For Dummies.
Foreword xi Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You Are Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: Introducing WordPress 4 Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service 4 Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPressorg 5 Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress 5 Part V: Customizing WordPress 5 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 6 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Introducing WordPress 7 Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You 9 Chapter 2: WordPress Blogging Basics 19 Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service 31 Chapter 3: Getting Star ted with WordPress 33 Chapter 4: Writing and Managing Your Blog 59 Chapter 5: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades 97 Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPressorg 121 Chapter 6: Setting Up Blogging Base Camp 123 Chapter 7: Understanding the WordPressorg Dashboard 143 Chapter 8: Establishing Your Blog Routine 179 Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress 207 Chapter 9: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video 209 Chapter 10: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins 227 Chapter 11: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes 253 Part V: Customizing WordPress 265 Chapter 12: Understanding Themes and Templates 267 Chapter 13: Tweaking WordPress Themes 309 Part VI: The Part of Tens 351 Chapter 14: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins 353 Appendix: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating 369 Index 395
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- : Lisa Sabin-Wilson
- : Paperback
- : 6th Revised edition
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- : black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures