WordPress In Depth

Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done. Looking for ways to streamline your work so you can focus on maximizing your time? In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day–things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer the questions you have now and will have in the future. In Depth offers Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time! Includes coverage on blog creation, widgets, plug-ins, themes, SEO, the WordPress.com platform, and WordPress.org software Contents......Page 4 Introduction: Welcome......Page 13 Why This Book?......Page 14 How Our Book Is Organized......Page 15 Text Conventions......Page 16 Special Elements......Page 17 I: Getting Started With Your Blog......Page 18 What Is WordPress?......Page 19 Who Is WordPress For?......Page 25 WordPress Hosting Options......Page 32 Other Ways to Create an Online Presence......Page 35 Creating Your Blog......Page 36 How Many Visitors Do You Want?......Page 37 Playing the Domain Name Game......Page 38 Signing Up......Page 40 Changing Initial WordPress Settings......Page 45 WordPress Settings Not in the Settings Menu......Page 56 You’ve Got the Look......Page 60 Introducing Themes......Page 61 Changing a Custom Header......Page 75 Changing mShots and Related Links......Page 77 Adding Available Widgets......Page 78 II: Running Your Blog......Page 87 What Is a Blog Entry?......Page 88 Using the QuickPress Tool......Page 89 Adding a New Post......Page 91 Adding Links......Page 100 Saving, Checking Your Spelling, and Publishing Posts......Page 104 Doing More with Posts......Page 107 Putting Your Posts in Categories......Page 108 Tagging Your Posts......Page 116 Updating Links and Your Blogroll......Page 123 How HTML Can Take You Further......Page 128 Power Tools for Better Blogging......Page 129 HTML Basics in WordPress......Page 130 YouTube as an Example of Embedded HTML......Page 143 Using the Text Widget......Page 146 Making Your Blog Better......Page 152 Adding Users to Your Blog......Page 154 Adding a Static Page......Page 157 Adding Polls......Page 165 Getting More People to Visit Your Blog......Page 171 WordPress Statistics......Page 172 How Visitors Can Subscribe to Your Blog......Page 188 Using the RSS Widget......Page 190 III: Taking Your Blog Further......Page 192 Why Add Graphics and Other Media?......Page 193 Copyright and Media Types......Page 195 Graphics Tips for Bloggers......Page 196 Uploading and Inserting Graphics......Page 200 Upgrading Your Blog......Page 211 A Quick Description of Upgrades......Page 212 Getting a Good Domain Name......Page 217 Using Audio in Your Blog......Page 221 Using Video in Your Blog......Page 225 Where to Host Video......Page 226 IV: Building Your Own WordPress Installation......Page 229 Getting It Done For You: Hosted WordPress......Page 230 Transferring Your WordPress.com Blog......Page 244 Hosting WordPress Yourself......Page 247 A Quick Tour of the WordPress.org Dashboard......Page 253 Customizing Your Dashboard......Page 256 Shopping for Themes......Page 257 Security Considerations When Selecting a Theme for Your Blog......Page 269 WordPress Modular Architecture......Page 271 Defining a Plug-In......Page 272 Finding Plug-Ins......Page 273 Manually Installing and Activating Plug-Ins......Page 276 Some “Essential” Plug-Ins......Page 279 Creating Style Sheets......Page 287 Introducing XHTML......Page 288 Introducing CSS......Page 294 Tweaking Theme Style Sheets......Page 299 Introducing PHP......Page 321 PHP and MySQL......Page 330 PHP Theme Templates......Page 332 Examining an Existing Plug-In......Page 339 Submitting to the WordPress Plugin Directory......Page 344 V: Appendices......Page 347 Choosing the Right WordPress for You......Page 348 Naming of Parts......Page 349 Choosing WordPress.org......Page 351 Choosing WordPress.com......Page 354 Finding Your Way Through the Online Documents......Page 355 The WordPress Codex......Page 356 Problems with WordPress Documentation......Page 358 Using Google to Access WordPress Documentation......Page 359 Why Look at Famous Blogs?......Page 361 Surfin’ Safari......Page 362 New Kids on the Block......Page 363 Famous Quotes......Page 364 The Outland Institute......Page 365 Music at SFSU......Page 366 Navigating WordPress.com......Page 368 Navigating WordPress.org......Page 374 F: Importing Content from Other Systems......Page 382 Direct Import into WordPress......Page 383 Indirect Transfer......Page 385 A......Page 387 B......Page 388 C......Page 389 D......Page 390 F......Page 391 G......Page 392 H......Page 393 I......Page 394 M......Page 395 O......Page 396 P......Page 397 Q......Page 398 S......Page 399 T......Page 401 U......Page 402 W......Page 403 Y-Z......Page 406 Team rebOOk ......Page 1 Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done. Looking for ways to streamline your work so you can focus on maximizing your time? WordPress In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day–things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer the questions you have now and will have in the future. WordPress In Depth offers Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can't fix on your own Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings WordPress In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time! Includes coverage on blog creation, widgets, plug-ins, themes, SEO, the WordPress.com platform, and WordPress.org software 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 more. Original. 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. "In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day--things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer the questions you have now and will have in the future"--Page 4 of cover