WordPress In Depth

Name: WordPress In Depth
Brand: Que Corporation,U.S.
Price: 47.27 EUR
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Bud E. Smith Michael McCallister(Author)

Que Corporation,U.S. (Publisher)

2nd Edition

Published on 4. August 2011

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600 pages

978-0-7897-4107-3 (ISBN)

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IntroductionWelcomeWhy This Book?How Our Book Is OrganizedConventions Used in This Book    Text Conventions    Special Elements Part I: Getting Started with Your Blog 1 Getting Started with WordPressWhat Is WordPress?    WordPress Versions in Brief    The WordPress Community    What Does It Cost You?Who Is WordPress For?    Blogger as a Worthy Alternative    WordPress User Case Study 1: Beginners    WordPress User Case Study 2: A Business BlogWordPress Hosting Options    Making the Move    Comparing WordPress.com with WordPress SoftwareOther Ways to Create an Online Presence 2 Starting Your Blog RightCreating Your BlogHow Many Visitors Do You Want?Playing the Domain Name Game    Starting with a Custom Domain Name    Adding a Custom Domain Name Later    Using a WordPress.com Domain Name ForeverSigning Up    Creating a WordPress Account and a Blog    Taking Advantage of ResourcesChanging Initial WordPress Settings    General Settings    Writing Settings    Reading Settings    Discussion Settings    Media Settings    Privacy Settings    Sharing SettingsOther Settings Subpanels: OpenID, Text Messaging, Domains, Email, andWebhooksWordPress Settings Not in the Settings Menu    Ratings Settings    Post by Email and Post by Voice Settings    Delete Site 3 Creating Your Blog's LookYou've Got the LookIntroducing Themes    What to Look for in a Theme    Colors    Number of Columns    Fixed-Width or Flexible-Width Columns    Widgets and Other Features    Should You Change Your Theme with CSS?    Listing the Themes    Choosing a ThemeChanging a Custom HeaderChanging mShots and Related LinksAdding Available Widgets    Placing Widgets    Preserving Existing Widgets    Adding New Widgets    A Brief Catalog of Widgets    Getting the Most Out of Widgets Part II: Running Your Blog 4 Creating Your First PostWhat Is a Blog Entry?Using the QuickPress ToolAdding a New Post    Working on Posts in Full-Screen Mode    Using Basic Formatting Commands    An Example of Text Formatting    Using Hyperlinks as Formatting    Using Secondary Formatting CommandsAdding Links    Linking Strategy    Creating a LinkUsing Shortlinks    Using bit.ly    Using the Get Shortlink FeatureSaving, Checking Your Spelling, and Publishing Posts 5 Taking Posts FurtherDoing More with PostsAnchor PostsPutting Your Posts in Categories    How People Think About Categories    Using and Creating Categories    Managing Categories    Moving Posts Among CategoriesTagging Your Posts    Using and Creating Tags    Managing Tags    Changing Tags Associated with PostsUpdating Links and Your Blogroll    Adding New Links    Editing Links    Link Categories 6 Using HTML in Your Widgets and BlogHow HTML Can Take You FurtherPower Tools for Better BloggingHTML Basics in WordPress    HTML Tags    The Visual and HTML Tabs    Character Formatting    List Formatting    Linking    The More Tag    HTML Editing in WordPress    What Tags Can I Use?YouTube as an Example of Embedded HTMLUsing the Text Widget    Content Providers for the Text Widget    Things You Can Do with the Text Widget    A Simple Sample Text Widget 7 Adding Features to Your BlogMaking Your Blog BetterAdding Users to Your Blog    Understanding WordPress User Roles    Inviting Users and Assigning RolesAdding a Static Page    Planning Static Pages    Designing a Static Page    Creating and Editing Static PagesAdding a Custom Menu    Planning Menus    Creating a Custom MenuAdding Polls 8 Tracking Statistics and Bringing In VisitorsGetting More People to Visit Your BlogWordPress Statistics    Why Are You Doing This?    Stats on Your WordPress Administration Page    The Stats Page in WordPress Administration    Analyzing Referrers    Incoming Links    Looking at Search Terms    Top Posts and Pages    Clicks    Blog Stats: Summary TablesHow Visitors Can Subscribe to Your Blog    Using the RSS Widget Part III: Taking Your Blog Further 9 Adding Graphics to Your Blog and PostsWhy Add Graphics and Other Media?Copyright and Media TypesPutting Pictures in Your PostsGraphics Tips for BloggersUsing the WordPress Image Editor    How Much Should I Scale and Crop?    When Should I Use a Separate Editor?Uploading and Inserting Graphics    Uploading an Image to the Media Library    Using an Image from Your Computer in Your Post    Using an Image from the Media Library in Your Post    Using an Image from the Web in Your Post    Using a Custom Header Image Per Post 10 Adding Upgrades, Audio, and VideoUpgrading Your BlogA Quick Description of Upgrades    Custom CSS    Unlimited Private Users    No-ads Upgrade    Space/Audio Upgrades: 5GB, 15GB, and 25GB    VideoPress Upgrade    Domain Names    Global DifferencesGetting a Good Domain Name    WordPress.com     Domain Names Versus    Custom Domain Names     How Domain Names Work     Choosing a Good Third-Level or Second-Level Domain NameUsing Audio in Your Blog    Where to Host Audio    Putting an Audio File in Your BlogUsing Video in Your Blog    Where to Host Video    Putting a Video File in Your Blog Part IV: Building Your Own WordPress Installation 11 Installing and Upgrading WordPress SoftwareGetting It Done for You: Hosted WordPress    Finding a Blog-Friendly Host    Why PHP and MySQL?    Using FTP to Upload Files    Preparing for the Five-Minute Hosted WordPress Installation    The Five-Minute Hosted WordPress Installation    Adding a User to Your Site    Upgrading WordPressTransferring Your WordPress.com BlogHosting WordPress Yourself    Installing a Test Web Server and MySQL Database    Editing the WordPress Configuration File 12 Taking Control of Your WordPress SiteA Quick Tour of the WordPress.org DashboardCustomizing Your DashboardGetting Social: WordPress Multisite and BuddyPress    Your Own Blog Network: WordPress Multisite    Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress 13 The WordPress Toolkit: Themes and SecurityEssential Tasks: Themes and SecurityShopping for Themes    Finding Free Themes    Finding Premium Themes    Installing and Activating a ThemeSecuring Your New Website    Security Considerations When Selecting a Theme for Your Blog    Protecting Your Site    Backup and Restore 14 The WordPress Toolkit: Plug-InsWordPress Modular ArchitectureDefining a Plug-InFinding Plug-Ins    Finding and Installing Plug-Ins from the Directory    Plug-In Compatibility    Finding Free Plug-Ins Outside the Directory    Finding Premium Plug-InsManually Installing and Activating Plug-Ins    Downloading New Plug-Ins    Testing Your New Plug-In    Selection and Activation    Managing and Updating Plug-InsMaking Your Site Mobile-Friendly    Fitting Your Site to the Small Screen    WordPress Mobile AppsSome "Essential" Plug-Ins    Basic WordPress Plug-Ins: Akismet and Hello Dolly    WordPress.com Jetpack: A Starter Kit    Administration and Security    Posting Aids    Statistics    Comments, Forums, and Other Discussions    Advertising/Search Engine Optimization    Links    Multimedia    Social Networks 15 Style Sheets for Building ThemesCreating Style SheetsIntroducing XHTML    Defining Web Standards    XML and XHTML    Writing HTML-Friendly XHTML in WordPressIntroducing CSS    What CSS Is Meant to Do    What Is a Style Sheet?    Anatomy of a Style SheetTweaking Theme Style Sheets    When Using an Existing Theme Is Good Enough    Tweaking an Existing Theme with the Theme Editor    Backing Up Themes to Preserve Your Choices    Creating a Child Theme    Some Common Tweaks    Creating a CSS-Based Theme from Scratch 16 PHP Basics: Themes and Plug-insIntroducing PHP    PHP 4 Versus PHP 5    Installing PHP on Your Test or Development Server    Writing PHP Scripts: Basic SyntaxMySQL Database Tables for WordPressCustomizing Your Site with FUNCTIONS.PHP    Making Your Content More Findable with Custom Taxonomies    Helping Visitors to Get Around Your Site with Custom MenusThe Heart of WordPress: The Loop    What Does "The Loop" Do?    Creating a Featured Posts Loop with WP_QueryPHP Theme Templates    The Index Template    The Sidebar Template    The Header Template    The Footer TemplateExamining an Existing Plug-InSubmitting to the WordPress Plugin Directory    Why Not Submit to the Plugin Directory?    Submitting to the Plugin Directory Part V: Appendixes A WordPress.com Versus WordPress.orgChoosing the Right WordPress for YouNaming of PartsChoosing WordPress.org    Making Money with Your Blog    Automattic's Ads on Your Site    Tapping the WordPress Community    Getting the Right HostChoosing WordPress.com B WordPress DocumentationFinding Your Way Through the Online DocumentsThe WordPress CodexProblems with WordPress DocumentationUsing Google to Access WordPress Documentation C Examples of WordPress BlogsWhy Look at Famous Blogs?XXLSurfin' SafariMaster of Arts in Teaching at USC D Examples of WordPress.com BlogsEqual Representation for .commiesFamous QuotesThe Outland InstituteMusic at SFSU E WordPress Site MapsNavigating the WordPress SitesNavigating WordPress.com    Home Page: <A href="http://wordpress.com/">http://wordpress.com</A>    Support Options: <A href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/">http://en.support.wordpress.com</A>    Forums: <A href="http://en.forums.wordpress.com/">http://en.forums.wordpress.com/</A>    Free Features: <A href="http://en.wordpress.com/features">http://en.wordpress.com/features</A>    Premium Features: <A href="http://en.wordpress.com/products">http://en.wordpress.com/products</A>    VIP Services: <A href="http://vip.wordpress.com/">http://vip.wordpress.com</A>    Theme Showcase: <A href="http://theme.wordpress.com/">http://theme.wordpress.com</A>    Popular Tags/Hot Topics: <A href="http://en.wordpress.com/tags">http://en.wordpress.com/tags</A>    News: <A href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/">http://en.blog.wordpress.com</A>    Stats    About Us: <A href="http://en.wordpress.com/about">http://en.wordpress.com/about</A>    Advanced Services: <A href="http://en.wordpress.com/advanced-services">http://en.wordpress.com/advanced-services</A>Navigating WordPress.org    Home Page: <A href="http://wordpress.org/">http://wordpress.org</A>    Showcase: <A href="http://wordpress.org/showcase">http://wordpress.org/showcase</A>    Themes, Plug-Ins, and Places to Complain: <A href="http://wordpress.org/extend">http://wordpress.org/extend</A>    The World of WordPress: <A href="http://wordpress.org/about">http://wordpress.org/about</A>    Latest from the Developers: <A href="http://wordpress.org/news">http://wordpress.org/news</A>    Getting Help from Your Peers: <A href="http://wordpress.org/support">http://wordpress.org/support</A>    Finding a Host: <A href="http://wordpress.org/hosting">http://wordpress.org/hosting</A>     Downloading WordPress: <A href="http://wordpress.org/download">http://wordpress.org/download</A>    Learning from the Sources on WordPress.tv: <A href="http://wordpress.tv/">http://wordpress.tv/</A> F Importing Content from Other SystemsDirect Import into WordPress    Transferring from Blogger/BlogSpot    Transferring from LiveJournal    Transferring from Movable Type/TypePad    Transferring from Posterous    Transferring from TextpatternIndirect Transfer    Transferring from an RSS Feed    Transferring from (X)HTML Wordpress G Writing SEO-Friendly Blog PostsKnow Your PurposeUse KeywordsGet LinksUse Tags and CategoriesConsider Using META TagsTry Using Plug-InsLiving in the Zone Index

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