WordPress : 24-hour trainer

The eagerly anticipated second edition, completely updated for WordPress 3.1 As an open source content management system, WordPress allows users to easily build feature-rich web sites with no programming experience. This unique book-and-video package is a friendly, self-paced beginners guide to the latest release of WordPress. Lessons are focused on practical, everyday tasks that users will need to create and maintain their sites: entering new content, creating new pages, managing menus, making content search-engine friendly. Plus youll find lots of tips based on years of experience teaching people to use WordPress. Youll also learn how to extend the functionality of WordPress by using the thousands of plugins available. Connecting to social media, creating membership and e-commerce sites, setting up events calendars, making your site mobile-friendly—these are just some of the plugins youll be introduced to.Each lesson in the book is supplemented by an instructional video on the accompanying DVD, intended to enhance your learning experience. Plus, a trouble-shooting appendix addresses various issues to help you solve any challenges you may face. Packs double the punch with a book-and-video combination thatll quickly get you up and running with the latest version of WordPress Zeroes in on the key functions of the software—the ones youll be using the most—and explains them in clear, user-friendly language If learning the new WordPress is a pressing issue for you, then this book-and-video package is exactly what you need. Wordpress® 24-Hour Trainer......Page 5 Contents......Page 17 Introduction......Page 29 Section I: Before you Start......Page 35 Dynamic vs. Static Websites......Page 37 WordPress as a CMS......Page 38 How WordPress Assembles Pages......Page 39 How WordPress Manages Content......Page 40 Try It......Page 43 How Content Will Be Entered......Page 45 How Categories Will Be Organized......Page 47 How the Site Should Look......Page 48 Site Layout......Page 49 Site Design......Page 50 Try It......Page 51 Section II: Firing up Wordpress......Page 53 Lesson 3: Installing Wordpress......Page 55 Uploading the WordPress Files......Page 56 Setting Up Your Database......Page 58 Doing the Installation......Page 59 Try It......Page 63 Logging In......Page 65 Navigating the Admin Area......Page 66 The Dashboard......Page 68 Customizing Admin Screens......Page 69 Step-by-Step......Page 71 Settings to Get You Started......Page 73 Tagline......Page 74 E-mail Address......Page 75 Timezone......Page 76 Setting Your Personal Profi le......Page 77 Step-by-Step......Page 80 Section III: Working with Written Content......Page 81 Anatomy of a New Post......Page 83 Writing a Post......Page 85 What You See Isn’t Quite What You Get......Page 86 Working with Text......Page 87 Categories......Page 88 Tags......Page 90 Status......Page 91 Visibility......Page 92 Step-by-Step......Page 93 Anatomy of the Text Editor......Page 95 Sizing the Text Editor......Page 97 Coloring Text......Page 99 Working with Text Links......Page 100 Internal Linking......Page 102 Removing Links......Page 103 Importing Text......Page 104 Step-by-Step......Page 105 Aligning......Page 107 Blockquotes......Page 108 Indenting......Page 109 Creating Lists......Page 110 Working with Existing Text and Lists......Page 111 Making Use of Headings......Page 112 Step-by-Step......Page 113 Format......Page 115 Featured Image......Page 116 The Excerpt Box and the More Button......Page 117 Discussion......Page 119 Author......Page 120 Revisions......Page 121 Step-by-Step......Page 123 The Add New Page Options......Page 125 Parent......Page 126 Try It......Page 127 Step-by-Step......Page 128 Section IV: Working with Media Content......Page 129 The Upload/Insert Menu......Page 131 Inserting an Image into a Post......Page 132 The Media Library vs. Galleries......Page 135 Step-by-Step......Page 136 The From Computer Tab......Page 139 The From URL Tab......Page 141 The Gallery Tab......Page 143 The Media Library Tab......Page 144 Step-by-Step......Page 145 Title......Page 147 Caption......Page 148 Link URL......Page 149 Alignment......Page 150 Size......Page 151 Inserting vs. Saving......Page 152 Try It......Page 153 Step-by-Step......Page 154 The WordPress Image Editor......Page 155 An Example of Aligning and Resizing......Page 157 The Inserted Image Window......Page 160 Repositioning Images in the Text Editor......Page 162 Resizing Images in the Text Editor......Page 163 Which Kind of Resizing to Use?......Page 164 More Complex Image Layouts......Page 165 Lesson Requirements......Page 168 Step-by-Step......Page 169 Creating an Image Gallery in a Post......Page 171 Link Thumbnails To......Page 172 Gallery Columns......Page 173 Changing the Order of Gallery Images......Page 175 Excluding or Including Images......Page 177 Lesson Requirements......Page 178 Step-by-Step......Page 179 Uploading/Inserting Video......Page 181 The Auto-Embed Function......Page 183 Adding Audio......Page 185 Step-by-Step......Page 186 Uploading and Inserting a Document......Page 187 Updating a Document......Page 189 Step-by-Step......Page 190 Section V: Managing your Content......Page 193 Finding Posts......Page 195 Renaming, Rescheduling, and More with Quick Edit......Page 197 Using Bulk Edit......Page 198 Bulk-Editing Posts......Page 199 Bulk-Editing Pages......Page 200 Importing Content from Another Site......Page 202 Allowing or Disallowing Comments......Page 203 Assigning Your Home and Blog Pages......Page 204 Step-by-Step......Page 205 Finding Files in the Media Library......Page 207 Editing and Deleting Media Files......Page 209 Admin Settings for Media......Page 210 Lesson Requirements......Page 211 Step-by-Step......Page 212 Adding Categories......Page 213 Editing, Moving, or Deleting Categories......Page 215 Managing Tags......Page 216 Converting Categories and Tags......Page 218 Step-by-Step......Page 219 What Are Widgets?......Page 221 The Widgets Screen......Page 222 Activating and Editing Widgets......Page 223 Moving or Removing Widgets......Page 224 Creating a Menu......Page 225 Assigning a Menu......Page 228 Managing Menus......Page 229 Step-by-Step......Page 231 Section VI: Making your Site Social......Page 233 Managing Links......Page 235 Managing Link Categories......Page 238 Links Widget......Page 239 Step-by-Step......Page 240 Admin Settings for Commenting......Page 241 Threaded Comments......Page 243 Finding Comments......Page 244 Approving, Editing, or Deleting Comments......Page 245 Try It......Page 247 Step-by-Step......Page 248 Social Media Feeds......Page 249 Adding Content from Third-Party Sites......Page 251 RSS Feeds......Page 252 Step-by-Step......Page 254 Connecting via Social Media......Page 257 RSS Feeds of Your Content......Page 259 Setting Pingbacks and Trackbacks......Page 261 Setting Permalinks......Page 262 Step-by-Step......Page 265 User Roles and Their Capabilities......Page 267 Adding a User......Page 269 Changing a User’s Capabilities......Page 270 Users and Security......Page 271 Step-by-Step......Page 272 Section VII: Choosing and Customizing Themes......Page 273 What Is a WordPress Theme?......Page 275 Choosing a WordPress Theme......Page 277 Try It......Page 279 What Is a Child Theme?......Page 281 Starting a Child Theme......Page 282 Installing a Theme......Page 285 Step-by-Step......Page 287 Customizing the Header Image......Page 289 Customizing the Site Background......Page 293 Using Your CSS File to Customize......Page 294 Changing the Body Font......Page 295 Step-by-Step......Page 298 Section VIII: Becoming Search Engine–Friendly......Page 299 Writing Useful Titles......Page 301 Writing Useful Content......Page 304 Linking Eff ectively......Page 305 Try It......Page 306 Step-by-Step......Page 307 Optimizing Admin Settings......Page 309 Customizing Permalinks......Page 310 Naming Categories......Page 311 Using Meta Tags......Page 312 Plugins for SEO......Page 313 Step-by-Step......Page 315 Section IX: Housekeeping Chores......Page 317 Pingbacks and Trackbacks......Page 319 Incoming Links......Page 320 Monitoring Site Statistics......Page 321 Step-by-Step......Page 322 Updating WordPress......Page 325 Automated Update......Page 326 Troubleshooting WordPress Updates......Page 327 Updating Plugins......Page 328 Step-by-Step......Page 330 A Backup Routine......Page 333 Backing Up Your Web Server Files......Page 334 Backing Up Your Database......Page 335 Try It......Page 336 Step-by-Step......Page 337 Section X: Adding Functionality Using Plugins......Page 339 What Is a Plugin?......Page 341 Finding Plugins......Page 342 Installing and Activating Plugins......Page 345 Troubleshooting Plugins......Page 347 Step-by-Step......Page 348 Photo Gallery Plugin — NextGEN Gallery......Page 349 Form Creation Plugin — Contact Form 7......Page 354 Try It......Page 355 Step-by-Step......Page 356 Social Networking......Page 357 Mobile......Page 358 Ad Managers......Page 359 Videos and Podcasts......Page 360 E-commerce......Page 361 Membership......Page 362 Comment Enhancement......Page 363 Spam......Page 364 Try It......Page 365 Section XI: Taking Wordpress Even Further......Page 367 Enabling Multisite Mode......Page 369 Network Admin Screens......Page 371 Mapping Other Domains to Network Sites......Page 372 Try It......Page 374 Lesson 39: Customizing Wordpress......Page 375 Custom Fields......Page 376 Custom Post Types......Page 377 Custom Taxonomies......Page 379 Try It......Page 380 Troubleshooting an Installation......Page 381 Troubleshooting After Installation......Page 382 Using Search Engines......Page 383 Finding Professional Help......Page 384 Appendix B: Glossary......Page 385 System Requirements......Page 391 What’s on the DVD......Page 392 Customer Care......Page 393 Index......Page 395 Advertisement......Page 410 The eagerly anticipated second edition, completely updated for WordPress 3.1 As an open source content management system, WordPress allows users to easily build feature-rich web sites with no programming experience. This unique book-and-video package is a friendly, self-paced beginners guide to the latest release of WordPress. Lessons are focused on practical, everyday tasks that users will need to create and maintain their sites: entering new content, creating new pages, managing menus, making content search-engine friendly. Plus you'll find lots of tips based on years of experience teaching people to use WordPress. You'll also learn how to extend the functionality of WordPress by using the thousands of plugins available. Connecting to social media, creating membership and e-commerce sites, setting up events calendars, making your site mobile-friendly—these are just some of the plugins you'll be introduced to. Each lesson in the book is supplemented by an instructional video intended to enhance your learning experience. Plus, a trouble-shooting appendix addresses various issues to help you solve any challenges you may face. Note: As part of the print version of this title, video lessons are included on DVD. For e-book versions, video lessons can be accessed at wrox.com using a link provided in the interior of the e-book. The eagerly anticipated second edition, completely updated for WordPress 3.1

As an open source content management system, WordPress allows users to easily build feature-rich web sites with no programming experience. This unique book-and-video package is a friendly, self-paced beginners guide to the latest release of WordPress. Lessons are focused on practical, everyday tasks that users will need to create and maintain their sites: entering new content, creating new pages, managing menus, making content search-engine friendly. Plus you'll find lots of tips based on years of experience teaching people to use WordPress.

You'll also learn how to extend the functionality of WordPress by using the thousands of plugins available. Connecting to social media, creating membership and e-commerce sites, setting up events calendars, making your site mobile-friendly—these are just some of the plugins you'll be introduced to. Each lesson in the book is supplemented by an instructional video intended to enhance your learning experience. Plus, a trouble-shooting appendix addresses various issues to help you solve any challenges you may face.