WordPress All-in-One for Dummies

Description

A convenient how-to guide for maximizing your WordPress experience

WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog publishing platform with nearly ten million active installations. Eight minibooks provide you with expanded coverage of the most important topics to the WordPress community, such as WordPress basics, theme designs, plug-in development, social media integration, SEO, customization, and running multiple sites. Veteran author Lisa Sabin-Wilson leads an authoritative team of authors who offer their unique knowledge and skillset while sharing invaluable advice for maximizing your site’s potential and visitor experience.
* Presents straightforward and easy-to-understand coverage of the basics of WordPress, the most popular blog software in use today
* Delves into the topics that matter most to the WordPress community, such as theme design, plug-in development, and social media integration
* Addresses ways to handle a variety of WordPress security issues
* Examines the WordPress network

The word on the street is that WordPress All-in-One For Dummies presents everything you need to know about WordPress in one convenient book!

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

Book I: WordPress Basics.

Chapter 1: Exploring Basic WordPress Concepts.

Chapter 2: Exploring the World of Open Source Software.

Chapter 3: Understanding Development and Release Cycles.

Chapter 4: Introducing the WordPress Community.

Chapter 5: Discovering Different Versions of WordPress.

Book II: Setting Up the WordPress Software.

Chapter 1: Understanding the System Requirements.

Chapter 2: Using File Transfer Protocol.

Chapter 3: Introducing PHP and MySQL.

Chapter 4: Installing WordPress on Your Web Server.

Chapter 5: Confi gurations for Optimum Performance and Security.

Chapter 6: Upgrading WordPress.

Chapter 7: Backing Up, Packing Up, and Moving to a New Host.

Book III: Exploring the WordPress Dashboard.

Chapter 1: Logging In and Taking a Look Around.

Chapter 2: Customizing Your Dashboard.

Chapter 3: Exploring Tools and Settings.

Chapter 4: Managing Users and Multiple Authors.

Chapter 5: Dealing with Comments and Spam.

Chapter 6: Building Link Lists.

Chapter 7: Creating Categories and Tags.

Book IV: Publishing Your Site with WordPress.

Chapter 1: Writing Your First Post.

Chapter 2: Examining the Difference between Posts and Pages.

Chapter 3: Uploading and Displaying Photos and Galleries.

Chapter 4: Exploring Podcasting and Video Blogging.

Chapter 5: Working with Custom Fields.

Chapter 6: Using WordPress as a Content Management System.

Book V: Examining SEO and Social Media.

Chapter 1: Exposing Your Content.

Chapter 2: Creating a Social-Media Listening Hub.

Chapter 3: Understanding Analytics.

Chapter 4: Search Engine Optimization.

Chapter 5: Exploring Popular SEO Plugins.

Book VI: Customizing the Look of Your Site.

Chapter 1: Examining the Default Theme: Twenty Ten.

Chapter 2: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes.

Chapter 3: Exploring the Anatomy of a Theme.

Chapter 4: Customizing Your Theme.

Chapter 5: Understanding Parent and Child Themes.

Chapter 6: Digging into Advanced Theme Development.

Chapter 7: Using Theme Frameworks to Simplify Customization.

Book VII: Using and Developing Plugins.

Chapter 1: Introducing WordPress Plugins.

Chapter 2: Installing and Activating Plugins.

Chapter 3: Exploring Plugin Options and Settings.

Chapter 4: Modifying Existing Plugin Code to Your Liking.

Chapter 5: Creating Simple WordPress Plugins from Scratch.

Chapter 6: Exploring Plugin Development Best Practices.

Chapter 7: Plugin Tips and Tricks.

Book VIII: Running Multiple Sites with WordPress.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Multiple Sites.

Chapter 2: Setting Up and Confi guring Network Features.

Chapter 3: Becoming a Network Admin.

Chapter 4: Management of Users and Access Control.

Chapter 5: Using Network Plugins and Themes.

Chapter 6: Using Multiple Domains within Your Network.

Index.