WordPress for dummies

Professional blog designer Lisa Sabin-Wilson shows you how to use all the latest upgrades to WordPress and helps you decide whether to use the Wordpress.com hosted service or self-host your blog with WordPress.org. Topics covered include: theme development, plug-ins, archiving, domain registration, template tags, MySQL, RSS feeds, Dashboard, and permalinks. Introducing WordPress. What WordPress can do for you -- WordPress blogging basics -- Using the WordPress hosted service. Getting started with WordPress.com -- Writing and managing your blog -- Enhancing your blog with themes, widgets, and upgrades -- Self-hosting with WordPress.org. Setting up blogging base camp -- Understanding the WordPress.org administration panel -- Establishing your blog routine -- Flexing and extending WordPress. Media management: images, audio, and video -- Making the most of WordPress plugins -- Finding and installing WordPress themes -- Customizing WordPress. Understanding themes and templates -- Tweaking WordPress themes -- Beyond blogging: WordPress as a content management system -- Deciding to bring in the pros -- The part of tens. Ten WordPress web sites used as a CMS -- Ten popular WordPress plugins -- Ten free WordPress themes -- Migrating your existing blog to WordPress