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Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read $25.79 Having your own blog isn’t just for the nerdy anymore. Today, it seems everyone-from multinational corporations to a neighbor up the street-has a blog. They all have one, in part, because the folks at WordPress make it easy to have one. But to actually build a good blog-to create a blog people want to read-takes thought, planning, and some effort. From picking a theme and using tags to choosing widgets and building a community, creating your blog really starts after you’ve set it up. In "Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read" by blogger extraordinaire Scott McNulty, you’ll learn how to: Install and get your WordPress site running.Set up your site to ensure it can easily grow with you and your readers.Be the master of user accounts.Manage your site with the WordPress Dashboard and extend its capabilities with plug-ins.Make the most of images.Work with pages, templates, and links and-of course-publish your posts.Use custom post types and taxonomies to bend WordPress to your will.Deal with comments-if you even want readers commenting at all.Find a theme and make it your own. |
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WordPress in Depth $30.02 WordPress has grown into the #1 blogging tool in its category: several million bloggers have downloaded this powerful open source software, and millions more are using WordPress.com’s hosted services. Thirty-two of Technorati’s Top 100 blogs now use WordPress. WordPress InDepth, 2/e, is a comprehensive reference for everyone who wants to use either WordPress or WordPress.com more effectively — regardless of their experience with WordPress or with blogging. It offers comprehensive guidance for every aspect of using WordPress — from downloading, installing, and securing it through blog design, templates, themes, posting entries, working with comments and email, and managing WordPress blogs. WordPress software has moved from Version 2.9 to Version 3.0 and this new edition has been fully updated to reflect the changes, including: -New look. The software has a more sophisticated look. Some menu items have been moved around, and the font is different. -Menus editor. WordPress now allows users to create and manage menus -Graphics editor. -New default theme. The look and functionality of the default theme have changed -Merger of WordPress and WordPress Multi-User (WordPress MU) -Use of WordPress as a CMS. |
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Wordpress for Dummies $3.95 Are you a wannabe blogger? A seasoned pro migrating your blog to WordPress? Looking to do more cool stuff with your existing WordPress blog? Then this fun guide is for you "WordPress for Dummies" is a veritable smorgasbord of WordPress information, ideas, tools, resources, and instruction on everything you need to create and maintain your dream blog. Unlike other blog hosts, WordPress gives you the ability to create a blog that is tailored to your own tastes and needs. Sure, the codes, tags, and terminology can seem a little intimidating at first, but "WordPress for Dummies" breaks it all down to show you just how intuitive, friendly, and extensible the software really is. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to: Sign up for a free WordPress account Set up and use a hosted blog with WordPress.com Install and set up the WordPress.Org and WordPress.MU software for single- and multi-user versions Find great themes, plugins, and consultants that will help you achieve JUST the kind of blog you want Use tags to work with WordPress templates Combat challenges with comments, trackback spam, and "splogs" Add special technologies to your blog, such as RSS feed, podcasting, vlogging, and photoblogging Find online support, tips, and resources for WordPress software Whether you want to keep family and friends updated on your latest adventures, post pictures of your new puppy, or communicate your passion with millions of readers worldwide, "WordPress for Dummies" is your passport to creating the kind of blog that will keep your visitors coming back for more |
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WordPress (Paperback) $38.92 WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2E uses a visual approach to teach the essential elements of WordPress, one of the world's most popular publishing platforms. This book gives readers the tools they need to create beautiful, functional WordPress-powered sites with minimal hassle. Using plenty of screenshots and a clear, organized format, authors Jessica Neuman Beck and Matt Beck walk new users through the installation and setup process while providing valuable tips and tricks for more experienced users. With no other resource but this guide, readers can set up a fully-functional and well-designed WordPress site that takes advantage of all the features WordPress has to offer. This new, fully updated version covers all the key new features of WordPress 3, including an improved welcome screen with enhanced security and usability; internal linking to articles on one's own blog; support for individual author templates; improved menu interface allowing for changes to be made from inside the WordPress dashboard; and the new, easily customizable Default Theme, Twentyten, with support for child themes and header and background adjustments. It also covers more advanced features, such as improved content management with Custom Post types, which allow WordPress theme developers to create custom content types outside of pages and posts; and integration of the WordPress Multi-User into the WordPress core so that users can create and manage hundreds of blogs. |
