WordPress 3 complete : create your own complete website or blog from scratch with WordPress

Using the WordPress Content Management System, you can create a beautiful, dynamic, and amazing website. WordPress is a flexible and powerful tool that's ideal for creating both blog and non-blog websites. You can customize the features, incorporate your own design, and even write your own plugins with ease. Its versatility and ease of use have attracted a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. Wordpress 3 Complete will teach you everything you need to know both to get started with WordPress and also to unlock its massive hidden powers. This book will give you a rapid and straightforward introduction to the rich and powerful features of WordPress and will also get you up and running with WordPress quickly and painlessly. It will help you learn everything WordPress has to offer, from the ground up, so that you can build your own complete website. WordPress 3 Complete begins from scratch, starting with how to install WordPress, all the way to the most advanced topics such as creating your own themes, writing plugins, and including custom post types in your website. Starting with downloading and installing the core WordPress software, you will take a detailed look at WordPress settings and also choose the settings that will work best for your website or blog. After that, the book will teach you all about content management functionality for your site _ from posts and pages to categories and tags, all the way to links, media, menus, images, galleries, and more. Finally, you'll learn how to create your own themes and plugins to enhance the overall functionality of your website. Once you're done with WordPress 3 Complete, you'll be an expert in everything WordPress, from content management through technical steps such as backing up your site. This is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to set up, customize, and enhance your blog or website using WordPress

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Table of Contents; WordPress 3 Complete; WordPress 3 Complete; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Introduction to WordPress; What is WordPress?; Use it for a blog or a website; Blog: Definition and common terms; Common terms; Post; Categories and tags; Comments; Theme; RSS; Page; Why choose WordPress?

A long time in refiningActive in development; Large community of contributors; Amazingly extendable; Detailed feature list; New feature list since 2.7; Learning more; Online WordPress resources; WordPress news; The Codex; Support from other users; Theme and plugin directories; WordPress.com; Summary; 2. Getting Started; Where to build your WordPress website; Using WordPress.com; Installing WordPress manually; Preparing the environment; Downloading WordPress; Upgrading from an earlier version of WordPress; Uploading the files; Installing WordPress; Learning more; The WP Admin panel

Changing general blog informationYour first post; Your first comment; Retrieving a lost password; Summary; 3. Creating Blog Content; WP Admin conventions; Lists of items; Posting on your blog; Adding a simple post; Common post options; Categories and tags; Images in your posts; Adding an image to a post; Controlling default image sizes; Editing an uploaded image; Designating a post thumbnail or featured image; Using the Visual editor versus the HTML editor; Drafts, timestamps, and managing posts; Drafts; Timestamps; Managing posts; Advanced post options; Excerpt and the MORE tag; Trackbacks

DiscussionCustom Fields; Additional writing options; Press This; Posting via e-mail; Protecting content; Pretty permalinks; Discussion on your blog-comments; Adding a comment; Discussion settings; Submission, notification, and moderation settings; When to moderate or blacklist a comment; Avatar display settings; Moderating comments; How to eliminate comment spam; Getting a WordPress.com API key; Activating Akismet; Adding and managing categories; Summary; 4. Pages, Plugins, Image Galleries Menus, and More; Pages; Adding a page; Parent; Template; Order; Managing pages; Menus; Adding a Menu

Displaying a MenuWidgets; Links; Adding a new link; Displaying links; Managing links and categories; Media library; Adding plugins; Finding your plugin; Installing and activating the plugin; Auto-installation; Download, (unzip?), upload; Configuring and/or implementing-if necessary; Adding an image gallery; Choosing a post or page; Uploading images; Using a lightbox plugin; Making your website mobile-friendly; Summary; 5. Choosing and Installing Themes; Finding themes; WordPress Theme Directory; Finding more themes; Some theme basics; What makes a theme?