Birmingham : : Packt Publishing, , 2009.

1 online resource (296 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the authors; About the reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to WordPress; What is a blog?; Common terms; Post; Categories and tags; Comments; Permalinks; Theme; RSS; Page; What is WordPress?; Why choose WordPress?; A long time in refining; Active in development; Large community of contributors; Amazingly extendable; Detailed feature list; Online WordPress resources; WordPress news; The Codex; Theme and plugin directories; WordPress.com; Summary; Chapter 2: Getting Started; Where to build your WordPress web site. - Adding a new linkManaging links and categories; Media library; Adding an image gallery; Choosing a post or page; Uploading images; Tweaking your gallery; Adding plugins; Finding your plugin; Downloading the plugin; Uploading and activating the plugin; Configuring and/or implementing-if necessary; Auto-installation; Summary; Chapter 5: Choosing and Installing Themes; Finding themes; WordPress Theme Directory; Top WP themes; Template Monster; Finding more themes; Factors to consider when choosing a theme; Installing and changing themes; What makes a theme?; Downloading and extracting. - Advanced post optionsExcerpt; Trackbacks; Discussion; Custom Fields; Password and private protection; Post slug; Additional writing options; Press This; Posting via email; Discussion on your blog-comments; Adding a comment; Discussion settings; Submission, notification, and moderation settings; When to moderate or blacklist a comment; Avatar display settings; Moderating comments; How to eliminate comment spam; Getting a WordPress.com API key; Activating Akismet; Adding and managing categories; Summary; Chapter 4: Pages, Images, Plugins, and More; Pages; Adding a page; Managing pages; Links. - Building on WordPress.comInstalling WordPress manually; Preparing the environment; Downloading WordPress; Uploading the files; Installing WordPress; Upgrading WordPress from older installations; The WP Admin panel; Changing the password; Changing general blog information; Your first post; Your first comment; Retrieving a lost password; Summary; Chapter 3: Blogging Your Heart Out; Posting on your blog; Adding a simple post; Common post options; Categories and tags; Adding an image to a post; Using the Visual editor versus the HTML editor; Drafts, timestamps, and managing posts. - Uploading the themePreviewing and activating; Using widgets; Enabling basic widgets; Multiple sidebars; Adding new widgets; Summary; Chapter 6: Developing Your Own Theme; Setting up your design; Designing your theme to be WordPress-friendly; Converting your design to code; Examining the HTML structure; Examining the CSS; Converting your build into a theme; Creating the theme folder; Adding WordPress content; The tag; The header and footer; The sidebar; Main column-the loop; Creating templates within your theme; Understanding the WordPress theme; Breaking it up; header.php; footer.php. - sidebar.php. - Create your own complete blog or web site from scratch with WordPress

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