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A guide to WordPress provides bloggers with everything they need to know to build, design, manage, and customize their blogs, including step-by-step coverage of everything from installation and security to publishing and customization, as well as themes,widgets, and plug-ins.
List of contents
INTRODUCTION xxvii
SECTION I: BEFORE YOU START
LESSON 1: THINKING LIKE WORDPRESS 3
Static Versus Dynamic Web Pages 3
Content Management Systems 5
LESSON 2: PLANNING YOUR SITE FOR WORDPRESS 11
Mapping Out Your Site Content 11
Special Site Functionality 16
How You Want the Site to Look 18
Try It 20
SECTION II: FIRING UP WORDPRESS
LESSON 3: INSTALLING WORDPRESS 23
Hosting WordPress 23
Manually Installing WordPress 25
Auto-Installing WordPress 27
When the Installation Is Finished 28
Try It 29
LESSON 4: ADMIN AREA OVERVIEW 31
Logging In 31
Navigating the Admin Area 32
The Dashboard 36
Customizing Admin Screens 36
Getting Comfortable 39
Try It 41
LESSON 5: BASIC ADMIN SETTINGS 43
The Settings Menu 43
Profile Settings 49
Try It 53
LESSON 6: ADDING A NEW POST: AN OVERVIEW 57
Navigating to Add a New Post 57
Adding a New Post 59
Try It 66
LESSON 7: WORKING WITH TEXT IN THE CONTENT EDITOR 69
Anatomy of the Content Editor 69
Working with the Content Editor 73
Try It 88
LESSON 8: BASIC POST SCREEN FUNCTIONS 89
Publish 89
Try It 102
LESSON 9: ADVANCED POST FUNCTIONS 103
Revisions 103
Excerpt 104
Custom Fields 107
Discussion 108
Comments 109
Slug 109
Author 109
Try It 110
LESSON 10: ADDING A NEW PAGE 113
Pages Versus Posts 113
Adding a Page 113
Page Attributes 115
Order 117
Try It 118
LESSON 11: THE BASICS OF ADDING MEDIA FILES 121
Uploading and Inserting an Image into a Post 121
Uploading an Image to the Media Library 125
Problems Uploading Media Files 128
Try It 131
LESSON 12: THE MEDIA UPLOADER WINDOW 133
Insert Media 135
Create Gallery 142
Set Featured Image 143
Insert from URL 144
Try It 146
LESSON 13: WORKING WITH IMAGES IN THE CONTENT EDITOR 149
The Image Details Window 149
Moving Images 153
Resizing Images 154
Design Considerations for Image Placement 157
Try It 159
LESSON 14: USING THE WORDPRESS IMAGE EDITOR 161
The Image Editor Functions 163
Cropping an Image 164
Scaling an Image 166
Controlling WordPress Image Dimensions 167
Flipping an Image 168
Try It 169
LESSON 15: WORKING WITH WORDPRESS IMAGE GALLERIES 171
Creating an Image Gallery in a Post 171
More Gallery Options 177
Try It 180
LESSON 16: ADDING VIDEO AND AUDIO 183
Video 183
Audio 189
Try It 191
LESSON 17: ADDING DOCUMENTS 193
Uploading and Inserting a Document 193
Document File Types 196
Updating a Document 196
Try It 198
LESSON 18: MANAGING POSTS AND PAGES 201
Finding Posts and Pages 201
Using Quick Edit 204
Using Bulk Actions 206
Importing Content from Another Site 208
Admin Settings Affecting Posts and Pages 210
Try It 213
LESSON 19: MANAGING MEDIA FILES 215
The Two Faces of the Media Library 215
Filtering and Searching the Media Library 219
Editing and Deleting Media Files 220
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About the author
George Plumley is a freelance web developer and designer who has specialized in helping small business clients build and update their websites for more than 20 years, the last seven of which have focused exclusively on WordPress. He has trained hundreds of clients and students, and regularly provides workshops and seminars on using and customizing WordPress.
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The easy, self-paced guide to the powerful WordPress platform WordPress 24-Hour Trainer, 3rd Edition provides a comprehensive, unique book-and-video package that focuses on the practical, everyday tasks you will face when creating and maintaining WordPress websites.
