WordPress In Depth, 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by Bud E. Smith, Michael McCallister

• Publisher: Que
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 531
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

WordPress has grown into the #1 blogging tool in its category: several million bloggers have downloaded this powerful open source software, and millions more are using WordPress.com's hosted services. Thirty-two of Technorati's Top 100 blogs now use WordPress. WordPress InDepth, 2/e, is a comprehensive reference for everyone who wants to use either WordPress or WordPress.com more effectively -- regardless of their experience with WordPress or with blogging. It offers comprehensive guidance for every aspect of using WordPress -- from downloading, installing, and securing it through blog design, templates, themes, posting entries, working with comments and email, and managing WordPress blogs. WordPress software has moved from Version 2.9 to Version 3.0 and this new edition has been fully updated to reflect the changes, including: -New look. The software has a more sophisticated look. Some menu items have been moved around, and the font is different. -Menus editor. WordPress now allows users to create and manage menus -Graphics editor. -New default theme. The look and functionality of the default theme have changed -Merger of WordPress and WordPress Multi-User (WordPress MU) -Use of WordPress as a CMS.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Welcome......Page 15
Why This Book?......Page 16
How Our Book Is Organized......Page 17
Text Conventions......Page 18
Special Elements......Page 19
What Is WordPress?......Page 21
Who Is WordPress For?......Page 28
WordPress Hosting Options......Page 34
Other Ways to Create an Online Presence......Page 38
Creating Your Blog......Page 39
Playing the Domain Name Game......Page 41
Signing Up......Page 43
Changing Initial WordPress Settings......Page 48
WordPress Settings Not in the Settings Menu......Page 61
Introducing Themes......Page 67
Changing a Custom Header......Page 87
Changing mShots and Related Links......Page 88
Adding Available Widgets......Page 90
What Is a Blog Entry?......Page 99
Using the QuickPress Tool......Page 100
Adding a New Post......Page 102
Adding Links......Page 112
Using Shortlinks......Page 116
Saving, Checking Your Spelling, and Publishing Posts......Page 119
Doing More with Posts......Page 123
Anchor Posts......Page 124
Putting Your Posts in Categories......Page 125
Tagging Your Posts......Page 134
Updating Links and Your Blogroll......Page 140
How HTML Can Take You Further......Page 145
Power Tools for Better Blogging......Page 146
HTML Basics in WordPress......Page 147
YouTube as an Example of Embedded HTML......Page 162
Using the Text Widget......Page 165
Making Your Blog Better......Page 171
Adding Users to Your Blog......Page 173
Adding a Static Page......Page 175
Adding a Custom Menu......Page 184
Adding Polls......Page 189
Getting More People to Visit Your Blog......Page 195
WordPress Statistics......Page 197
How Visitors Can Subscribe to Your Blog......Page 213
Why Add Graphics and Other Media?......Page 217
Copyright and Media Types......Page 219
Graphics Tips for Bloggers......Page 220
Using the WordPress Image Editor......Page 225
Uploading and Inserting Graphics......Page 228
Upgrading Your Blog......Page 241
A Quick Description of Upgrades......Page 242
Getting a Good Domain Name......Page 247
Using Audio in Your Blog......Page 252
Using Video in Your Blog......Page 256
Getting It Done for You: Hosted WordPress......Page 261
Transferring Your WordPress.com Blog......Page 281
Hosting WordPress Yourself......Page 284
A Quick Tour of the WordPress.org Dashboard......Page 291
Customizing Your Dashboard......Page 294
Getting Social: WordPress Multisite and BuddyPress......Page 295
Essential Tasks: Themes and Security......Page 319
Shopping for Themes......Page 320
Securing Your New Website......Page 330
WordPress Modular Architecture......Page 343
Defining a Plug-In......Page 344
Finding Plug-Ins......Page 345
Manually Installing and Activating Plug-Ins......Page 349
Making Your Site Mobile-Friendly......Page 353
Some “Essential” Plug-Ins......Page 362
Creating Style Sheets......Page 377
Introducing XHTML......Page 378
Introducing CSS......Page 384
Tweaking Theme Style Sheets......Page 389
Introducing PHP......Page 423
MySQL Database Tables for WordPress......Page 433
Customizing Your Site with FUNCTIONS.PHP......Page 434
The Heart of WordPress: The Loop......Page 442
PHP Theme Templates......Page 443
Examining an Existing Plug-In......Page 450
Submitting to the WordPress Plugin Directory......Page 457
Choosing the Right WordPress for You......Page 459
Naming of Parts......Page 460
Choosing WordPress.org......Page 462
Choosing WordPress.com......Page 465
Finding Your Way Through the Online Documents......Page 467
The WordPress Codex......Page 468
Problems with WordPress Documentation......Page 470
Using Google to Access WordPress Documentation......Page 471
Why Look at Famous Blogs?......Page 473
Surfin’ Safari......Page 474
Master of Arts in Teaching at USC......Page 475
Famous Quotes......Page 477
The Outland Institute......Page 478
Music at SFSU......Page 479
Navigating WordPress.com......Page 481
Navigating WordPress.org......Page 489
F: Importing Content from Other Systems......Page 499
Direct Import into WordPress......Page 500
Indirect Transfer......Page 502
Know Your Purpose......Page 505
Use Keywords......Page 506
Use Tags and Categories......Page 507
Try Using Plug-Ins......Page 508
Living in the Zone......Page 509
A......Page 511
B......Page 512
C......Page 513
D......Page 514
E......Page 515
H......Page 516
I......Page 517
L......Page 518
N......Page 519
P......Page 520
S......Page 522
T......Page 524
U......Page 525
W......Page 526
X......Page 528
Z......Page 529