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by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
WordPress For Dummies, 6th Edition
Introduction
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You Are Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Introducing WordPress
Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service
Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPress.org
Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress
Part V: Customizing WordPress
Part VI: The Part of Tens
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Where to Go from Here
Part I: Introducing WordPress
Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You
Discovering the Benefits of WordPress
Getting set up the fast and easy way
Extending WordPress’s capabilities
Taking part in the community
Choosing a WordPress Platform
Choosing the hosted version from WordPress.com
Self-hosting with WordPress.org
Chapter 2: WordPress Blogging Basics
This Crazy Little Thing Called Blog
Dipping into Blog Technologies
Archiving your publishing history
Interacting with your readers through comments
Feeding your readers
Tracking back
Dealing with comment and trackback spam
Using WordPress as a Content Management System
Exploring the difference between a website and a blog
Viewing examples: Blog versus website
Moving On to the Business of Blogging
Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service
Chapter 3: Getting Started with WordPress
Creating a WordPress Account
Navigating WordPress
Using the WordPress Dashboard
Right Now
Recent Comments
Your Stuff
What’s Hot
Quick Draft
Recent Drafts
Stats
Hiding and unhiding modules on the Dashboard
Setting Important Options before You Blog
Setting your General options
Adjusting your Date and Time settings
Setting your public profile: Tell us a little about yourself
Setting your preferences
Chapter 4: Writing and Managing Your Blog
Ready? Set? Blog!
Inserting media files into your post
Refining your post options
Publishing your post
Organizing Your Blog by Subject
Creating categories and subcategories
Filing posts in categories and subcategories
Creating and Categorizing Your Blogroll
Creating link categories
Adding new links to your blogroll
Managing and Inviting Users
Managing authors and users
Inviting friends to WordPress.com
Managing Comments and Comment Spam
Setting discussion options for your blog
Viewing comments
Creating a Static Page
Setting Up Your Front Page
Publishing a Public or Private Blog
Publicizing through Social Media
Making sharing easy
Clicking the Like button
Establishing Trust Relationships with OpenID
Chapter 5: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades
Changing Your Blog’s Look
Enhancing Your Theme with Features
Adding navigation menus
Changing the background color and image
Creating a mobile-friendly display
Changing the header image
Using the Custom Design upgrade
Widget Wonder: Adding Handy Tools to Your Sidebar
Selecting and activating widgets
Using the Text widget
Using the RSS widget
Upgrading Your WordPress Account (for a Fee)
Naming Your Domain
Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPress.org
Chapter 6: Setting Up Blogging Base Camp
Establishing Your Domain
Understanding domain name extensions
Considering the cost of a domain name
Registering your domain name
Finding a Home for Your Blog
Getting help with hosting WordPress
Dealing with disk space and bandwidth
Transferring Files from Point A to Point B
Installing WordPress
Installing WordPress manually
Setting up the MySQL database
Uploading the WordPress files
Last step: Running the install script
Chapter 7: Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard
Logging In to the Dashboard
Navigating the Dashboard
At a Glance
Activity
Quick Draft
WordPress News
Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes
Finding Inline Documentation and Help
Creating your own work space
Setting Options on the Dashboard
Configuring the Settings
General
Writing
Reading
Discussion
Media
Permalinks
Creating Your Personal Profile
Setting Your Blog’s Format
Posts
Media
Pages
Comments
Appearance
Plugins
Users
Tools
Chapter 8: Establishing Your Blog Routine
Staying on Topic with Categories
Changing the name of a category
Creating new categories and deleting others
Examining a Blog Post’s Address: Permalinks
Making your post links pretty
Customizing your permalinks
Making sure that your permalinks work with your server
Discovering the Many WordPress RSS Options
Blog It!: Writing Your First Entry
Composing your blog post
Dressing up your posts with images, video, and audio
Refining your post options
Publishing your post
Editing your posts
Look Who’s Talking on Your Blog
Managing comments and trackbacks
Moderating comments and trackbacks
Tackling spam with Akismet
Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress
Chapter 9: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video
Inserting Images into Your Blog Posts
Aligning your images
Inserting a photo gallery
Inserting Video Files into Your Blog Posts
Inserting Audio Files into Your Blog Posts
Keeping Media Files Organized
Chapter 10: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins
Finding Out What Plugins Are
Exploring the Plugins page
Discovering the one-click plugin update
Exploring the Plugins Included with WordPress
Incorporating Akismet
Saying Hello Dolly
Using Plugins: Just the Basics
Installing Plugins Manually
Finding and downloading the files
Reading the instructions
Uploading and Activating Plugins
Uploading a new plugin
Activating the plugin
Setting Plugin Options
Uninstalling Plugins
Understanding the Open Source Environment
Chapter 11: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
Getting Started with Free Themes
Finding free themes
Avoiding unsafe themes
Previewing themes
Downloading themes
Activating a New Theme
Browsing and Installing Themes from the Dashboard
Deciding to Use Commercial Themes
Part V: Customizing WordPress
Chapter 12: Understanding Themes and Templates
Using WordPress Themes: The Basics
Understanding theme structure
Connecting templates
Contemplating the Structure of a WordPress Blog
Examining the Anatomy of a Template Tag
Getting Familiar with the Four Main Templates
The Header template
The Main Index template
The Sidebar template
The Footer template
Other templates
Putting a Theme Together
Connecting the templates
Using additional stylesheets
Customizing Your Blog Posts with Template Tags
Using Tags with Parameters for Sidebars
The calendar
List pages
Post archives
Categories
Getting widgetized
Chapter 13: Tweaking WordPress Themes
Styling with CSS: The Basics
CSS selectors
Classes and IDs
CSS properties and values
Changing the Background Color
Creating a custom background
Changing the background using CSS
Using Your Own Header Image
Creating Custom Navigation Menus
Adding the Custom Menu feature to your theme
Building custom navigation menus
Displaying Custom Menus using widgets
Changing Font Family, Color, and Size
Changing font color
Changing font size
Borders
Finding additional CSS resources
Understanding Basic HTML Techniques
Inserting images
Inserting hyperlinks
Inserting lists
Customizing Theme Style with Child Themes
Creating a child theme
Loading a parent theme’s style
Customizing the parent theme’s styling
Using images in child theme designs
Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes
Overriding parent template files
Adding new template files
Removing template files
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 14: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins
AppPresser — Mobile App Framework
Jetpack
Subscribe to Comments
Facebook
All in One SEO Pack
BackupBuddy
WP Super Cache
Twitter Tools
Google XML Sitemaps
Sucuri Sitecheck Malware Scanner
Chapter 15: Ten Free WordPress Themes
Hybrid
designPile
Responsive
P2
Annotum Base
Blackbird
iTheme
Esquire
WP-Creativix
Gridline
Chapter 16: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating
Getting Notified of an Available Upgrade
Backing Up Your Database
Upgrading WordPress Automatically
Upgrading WordPress Manually
Migrating Your Existing Blog to WordPress
Movin’ on up
Preparing for the big move
Converting templates
Moving your blog to WordPress
Importing from Blogspot/Blogger
Importing from LiveJournal
Importing from Movable Type and Typepad
Importing from WordPress
Importing from an RSS feed
Finding other import resources
Moving Your Website to a Different Host
Creating a backup and moving manually
Using a plugin to back up and move to a new host
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