WordPress for Dummies 4th Edition

Description

The bestselling guide to WordPress, fully updated to help you get your blog going!

Millions of bloggers rely on WordPress, the popular, free blogging platform. This guide covers all the features and improvements in the most up-to-date version of WordPress. Whether you are switching to WordPress from another blogging platform or just starting your first blog, you'll find the advice in this friendly guide gets you up to speed on both the free-hosted WordPress.com version and WordPress.org, which requires the purchase of web hosting services, and figure out which version is best for you. You'll be able to take full advantage of the flexibility and usability of WordPress.
* WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog platform that emphasizes aesthetics, web standards, and usability
* Previous editions of this guide have sold more than 85,000 copies, and interest in blogging continues to explode
* Illustrates how to set up and maintain a blog with WordPress and how to use all the new features
* Covers both the free-hosted WordPress.com version and WordPress.org, which requires users to purchase web hosting services
* Written by an expert who works directly with developers and the cofounder of WordPress

This guide helps bloggers quickly and easily take advantage of everything this popular blogging tool has to offer.

CONTENTS:

Foreword xv

Introduction 1

Part I: Introducing WordPress 7

Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You 9

Chapter 2: WordPress Blogging Basics 17

Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service 29

Chapter 3: Getting Started with WordPress.com 31

Chapter 4: Writing and Managing Your Blog 57

Chapter 5: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades 93

Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPress.org 111

Chapter 6: Setting Up Blogging Base Camp 113

Chapter 7: Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard 135

Chapter 8: Establishing Your Blog Routine 181

Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress 215

Chapter 9: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video 217

Chapter 10: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins 235

Chapter 11: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes 259

Part V: Customizing WordPress 273

Chapter 12: Understanding Themes and Templates 275

Chapter 13: Tweaking WordPress Themes 319

Part VI: The Part of Tens 361

Chapter 14: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins 363

Chapter 15: Ten Free WordPress Themes 369

Appendix: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating 375

Index 401

Bonus Chapters on the Companion Website www.dummies.com/go/wordpressfordummies

Bonus Chapter 1: Designing for WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) 1

Bonus Chapter 2: Hosting Multiple Sites with WordPress 47

Bonus Chapter 3: Ten Great Sites That Use WordPress as a CMS 77