WordPress for dummies / by Lisa Sabin-Wilson ; foreword by Matt Mullenweg.

Summary:

Professional blog designer Lisa Sabin-Wilson shows you how to use all the latest upgrades to WordPress and helps you decide whether to use the Wordpress.com hosted service or self-host your blog with WordPress.org. Topics covered include: theme development, plug-ins, archiving, domain registration, template tags, MySQL, RSS feeds, Dashboard, and permalinks.

Record details

ISBN: 0470402962
ISBN: 9780470402962
Physical Description: xiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introducing WordPress. What WordPress can do for you -- WordPress blogging basics -- Using the WordPress hosted service. Getting started with WordPress.com -- Writing and managing your blog -- Enhancing your blog with themes, widgets, and upgrades -- Self-hosting with WordPress.org. Setting up blogging base camp -- Understanding the WordPress.org administration panel -- Establishing your blog routine -- Flexing and extending WordPress. Media management: images, audio, and video -- Making the most of WordPress plugins -- Finding and installing WordPress themes -- Customizing WordPress. Understanding themes and templates -- Tweaking WordPress themes -- Beyond blogging: WordPress as a content management system -- Deciding to bring in the pros -- The part of tens. Ten WordPress web sites used as a CMS -- Ten popular WordPress plugins -- Ten free WordPress themes -- Migrating your existing blog to WordPress.