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
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Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions
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Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere
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Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out
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Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own
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Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style
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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
Author(s): Bud E. Smith, Michael McCallister
Edition: 1 Original
Publisher: Que
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 406
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
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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
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