WordPress 24-Hour Trainer, 2nd Edition

SECTION I: BEFORE YOU START.

LESSON 1: THINKING LIKE WORDPRESS 3

LESSON 2: PLANNING YOUR SITE FOR WORDPRESS 11

SECTION II: FIRING UP WORDPRESS.

LESSON 3: INSTALLING WORDPRESS 21

LESSON 4: ADMIN AREA OVERVIEW 31

LESSON 5: BASIC ADMIN SETTINGS 39

SECTION III: WORKING WITH WRITTEN CONTENT.

LESSON 6: ADDING A NEW POST — OVERVIEW 49

LESSON 7: WORKING WITH THE TEXT EDITOR 61

LESSON 8: LAYING OUT TEXT 73

LESSON 9: ADVANCED POST OPTIONS 81

LESSON 10: ADDING A NEW PAGE 91

SECTION IV: WORKING WITH MEDIA CONTENT.

LESSON 11: THE BASICS OF HANDLING MEDIA FILES 97

LESSON 12: THE UPLOAD/INSERT WINDOW TABS 105

LESSON 13: IMAGE OPTIONS IN DETAIL 113

LESSON 14: EDITING AND LAYING OUT IMAGES 121

LESSON 15: WORKING WITH IMAGE GALLERIES 137

LESSON 16: ADDING VIDEO AND AUDIO 147

LESSON 17: ADDING DOCUMENTS 153

SECTION V: MANAGING YOUR CONTENT.

LESSON 18: MANAGING POSTS AND PAGES 161

LESSON 19: MANAGING MEDIA FILES 173

LESSON 20: MANAGING POST CATEGORIES AND TAGS 179

LESSON 21: MANAGING WIDGETS AND MENUS 187

SECTION VI: MAKING YOUR SITE SOCIAL.

LESSON 22: THE LINKS MANAGER 201

LESSON 23: MANAGING COMMENTS 207

LESSON 24: BRINGING IN CONTENT FROM OTHER SITES 215

LESSON 25: HELPING OTHERS CONNECT TO YOUR SITE 223

LESSON 26: HAVING MULTIPLE SITE USERS 233

SECTION VII: CHOOSING AND CUSTOMIZING THEMES.

LESSON 27: OVERVIEW OF WORDPRESS THEMES 241

LESSON 28: CREATING A CHILD THEME 247

LESSON 29: BASIC CUSTOMIZATION OF YOUR DESIGN 255

SECTION VIII: BECOMING SEARCH ENGINE–FRIENDLY.

LESSON 30: OPTIMIZING YOUR CONTENT 267

LESSON 31: OPTIMIZING YOUR SITE AS A WHOLE 275

SECTION IX: HOUSEKEEPING CHORES.

LESSON 32: HOW IS YOUR SITE DOING? 285

LESSON 33: KEEPING UP TO DATE 291

LESSON 34: BACKING UP YOUR SITE 299

SECTION X: ADDING FUNCTIONALITY USING PLUGINS.

LESSON 35: INSTALLING AND ACTIVATING PLUGINS 307

LESSON 36: TWO EXAMPLE PLUGINS 315

LESSON 37: OTHER COMMON USES FOR PLUGINS 323

SECTION XI: TAKING WORDPRESS EVEN FURTHER.

LESSON 38: RUNNING MULTIPLE SITES WITH WORDPRESS 335

LESSON 39: CUSTOMIZING WORDPRESS 341

APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING WORDPRESS 347

APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY 351

APPENDIX C: WHAT’S ON THE DVD? 357

INDEX 361