WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide

by Beck, Matt; Beck, Jessica Neuman

• ISBN13: 9780321792662
• ISBN10: 0321792661
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-11
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr

Summary

WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2Euses a visual approach to teach the essential elements of WordPress, one of the world's most popular publishing platforms. This book gives readers the tools they need to create beautiful, functional WordPress-powered sites with minimal hassle. Using plenty of screenshots and a clear, organized format, authors Jessica Neuman Beck and Matt Beck walk new users through the installation and setup process while providing valuable tips and tricks for more experienced users. With no other resource but this guide, readers can set up a fully-functional and well-designed WordPress site that takes advantage of all the features WordPress has to offer. This new, fully updated version covers all the key new features of WordPress 3, including an improved welcome screen with enhanced security and usability; internal linking to articles on one's own blog; support for individual author templates; improved menu interface allowing for changes to be made from inside the WordPress dashboard; and the new, easily customizable Default Theme, Twentyten, with support for child themes and header and background adjustments. It also covers more advanced features, such as improved content management with Custom Post types, which allow WordPress theme developers to create custom content types outside of pages and posts; and integration of the WordPress Multi-User into the WordPress core so that users can create and manage hundreds of blogs.

Author Biography

Jessica Neuman Beck is a writer, editor, and Web designer. She is the managing partner at CouldBe Studios, a small-business-focused Web design agency located in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in Shopify and WordPress sites. Matt Beck is Jessica's business partner at CouldBe Studios, a designer, and a PHP/MySQL developer. His background in IT and MIS management includes lots of experience with WordPress design and customization. Find out more about Matt and Jessica at www.couldbestudios.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
First Steps	p. 1
Setting Up WordPress	p. 2
Using an Installer	p. 4
Setting Up a Database	p. 7
Installing WordPress	p. 10
Putting It All Together	p. 18
Getting Familiar with WordPress	p. 19
How WordPress Works: An Overview	p. 20
Finding Your Way Around the Dashboard	p. 21
Exporting and Importing Your Site Content	p. 27
Backing Up Your Site Data and Files	p. 31
Upgrading WordPress	p. 38
Putting It All Together	p. 42
Settings	p. 43
General Settings	p. 44
Writing Settings	p. 47
Reading Settings	p. 50
Discussion Settings	p. 52
Media Settings	p. 55
Privacy	p. 57
Permalinks	p. 58
Putting It All Together	p. 60
Managing Accounts	p. 61
Configuring Your Account	p. 62
Managing User Accounts	p. 65
Putting It All Together	p. 70
Adding Content	p. 71
Adding Posts	p. 72
Adding Pages	p. 77
Editing Posts and Pages	p. 79
Setting Up and Using Categories	p. 80
Using Tags	p. 82
Internal Linking	p. 84
Putting It All Together	p. 85
Working with Media	p. 87
Using the Media Library	p. 88
Uploading and Managing Audio Files	p. 95
Uploading and Managing Video Files	p. 97
Putting It All Together	p. 100
Managing Comments	p. 101
Enabling and Disabling Comments	p. 102
Moderating Comments	p. 107
Fighting Spam with Akismet	p. 110
Putting It All Together	p. 114
Syndication	p. 115
Setting Up Your RSS Feed	p. 116
Displaying Your RSS Feed	p. 118
Setting Up Subscriptions	p. 119
Using Google FeedBurner with WordPress	p. 121
Putting It All Together	p. 124
Widgets and Plug-ins	p. 125
Widgets vs. Plug-ins: What's the Difference?	p. 126
Using Widgets	p. 128
Using Plug-ins	p. 133
Upgrading Plug-ins	p. 136
Putting It All Together	p. 138
Customizing Your WordPress Theme	p. 139
Using the WordPress Default Theme	p. 140
Choosing a New Theme	p. 148
Using the Theme Editor	p. 150
Setting Up Menus	p. 153
Using Post Formats	p. 157
Putting It All Together	p. 160
Getting Fancy with Themes	p. 161
Customizing Your Theme with CSS	p. 162
Adding a Favicon	p. 165
Editing the Functions File	p. 166
Putting It All Together	p. 172
Advanced Theme Development	p. 173
Anatomy of a WordPress Theme	p. 174
Building a Theme from Scratch	p. 176
Working with Template Files	p. 186
Working with Template Tags	p. 188
Using the Loop	p. 193
Putting It All Together	p. 194
Custom Post Types	p. 195
Setting Up a Custom Post Type	p. 196
Using Custom Taxonomies	p. 200
Putting It All Together	p. 204
One Installation, Multiple Blogs	p. 205
Setting Up a Network	p. 206
Administrating a Blog Network	p. 212
Putting It All Together	p. 218
More Ways to Customize WordPress	p. 219
The More, the Merrier: Multiple Authors	p. 220
Integrating Third-Party Services	p. 223
Setting Up a Third-Party Comment System	p. 225
Monetizing Your Site: Ad Integration	p. 229
Using Web Fonts	p. 233
Putting It All Together	p. 236
Best Practices	p. 237
Search Engine Optimization	p. 238
Speeding Up Your Site	p. 242
How to Write: Blogging Basics	p. 245
Putting It All Together	p. 246
Tools and Tricks	p. 247
Posting from Your Desktop	p. 248
Mobile Posting	p. 249
Using Stats to Evaluate Traffic	p. 254
Putting It All Together	p. 256
Troubleshooting	p. 257
Online Resources	p. 265
Index	p. 269
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