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The bestselling guide to WordPress fully updated Updated to capture all the changes expected to come with the latest release of WordPress, the brand-new edition of this bestselling guide gives you an all-access pass to using this powerful publishing platform to get your very own blog or website up and running in no time. In WordPress For Dummies, you'll find out how to choose and customize a theme, pick the perfect web host, manage multiple websites with multiple authors, and tons more. Due in large part to its state-of-the-art features, WordPress has become the go-to platform for website owners and bloggers who want to be noticed. Whether you're new to the web/blogging community or want to maximize your site, this hands-on guide is packed with everything you need to navigate the wonderful world of WordPress and ensure the fruit of your labors gets the attention and traffic it deserves. * Get set up with a new WordPress.org account * Leverage the power of WordPress as a CMS tool * Forget one website manage as many as you want * Optimize aesthetics, web standards, and usability Not a WordPress guru? No worries! Everything you need to become a pro is a page and a click away!
Contents
Foreword xiiiIntroduction 1About This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 2Icons Used in This Book 3Beyond the Book 3Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: Introducing WordPress 5Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You 7Discovering the Benefits of WordPress 7Getting set up the fast and easy way 8Extending WordPress's capabilities 9Taking part in the community 10Choosing a WordPress Platform 11Choosing the hosted version from WordPress.com 13Self-hosting with WordPress.org 14Chapter 2: WordPress Basics 17Shining the Spotlight on WordPress 17Dipping Into WordPress Technologies 19Archiving your publishing history 20Interacting with your readers through comments 21Feeding your readers 22Tracking back 23Dealing with comment and trackback spam 24Using WordPress as a Content Management System 25Exploring the differences between a website and a blog 25Viewing examples of blogs and websites 26Moving On to the Business of Publishing 27Part 2: Setting Up WordPress 29Chapter 3: Setting Up Blogging Base Camp 31Establishing Your Domain 32Understanding domain name extensions 32Considering the cost of a domain name 33Registering your domain name 33Finding a Home for Your Website 34Getting help with hosting WordPress 35Dealing with disk space and bandwidth 36Understanding Secure File Transfer Concepts 38Setting up SFTP on your hosting account 39Connecting to the web server via SFTP 42Transferring files from point A to point B 45Editing files via SFTP 46Changing file permissions 48Installing WordPress 50Exploring Preinstalled WordPress 50Installing WordPress manually 52Setting up the MySQL database 53Uploading the WordPress files 55Last step: Running the installation script 57Chapter 4: Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard 63Logging In to the Dashboard 64Navigating the Dashboard 65Welcome to WordPress! 66At a Glance 67Activity 68Quick Draft 69WordPress News 70Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes 70Finding Inline Documentation and Help 72Setting Options in the Dashboard 75Configuring the Settings 75General 75Writing 79Reading 81Discussion 82Media 88Permalinks 90Creating Your Personal Profile 90Setting Your Site's Format 93Posts 93Media 94Pages 94Comments 95Appearance 95Plugins 96Users 97Tools 97Chapter 5: Establishing Your Publishing Routine 99Staying on Topic with Categories 99Changing the name of a category 100Creating new categories and deleting others 103Examining a Post's Address: Permalinks 105Making your post links pretty 106Customizing your permalinks 107Making sure that your permalinks work with your server 109Discovering the Many WordPress RSS Options 111Writing Your First Entry 112Composing your blog post 112Dressing up your posts with images, video, and audio 116Refining your post options 116Publishing your post 119Editing your post 121Look Who's Talking on Your Site 122Managing comments and trackbacks 122Moderating comments and trackbacks 124Tackling spam with Akismet 124Part 3: Flexing and Extending WordPress 127Chapter 6: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video 129Inserting Images into Your Content 130Aligning your images 134Inserting a photo gallery 135Inserting Video Files into Your Posts 140Inserting Audio Files into Your Posts 142Keeping Media Files Organized 143Chapter 7: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins 147Finding Out What Plugins Are 148Extending WordPress with plugins 149Distinguishing between plugins and themes 149Exploring the Plugins Page 151Identifying Core Plugins 153Incorporating Akismet 154Saying Hello Dolly 157Discovering the one-click plugin update 158Using Plugins: Just the Basics 160Installing Plugins Manually 162Finding and downloading the files 162Reading the instructions 165Uploading and Activating Plugins 165Uploading a new plugin 166Activating a plugin 166Setting Plugin Options 168Uninstalling Plugins 169Understanding the Open-Source Environment 170Finding Plugins Outside the Plugins Page on the WordPress.org Website 171Comparing Free and Commercial Plugins 173Chapter 8: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes 175Getting Started with Free Themes 175Finding free themes 177Avoiding unsafe themes 177Previewing themes in the Theme Directory 180Installing a Theme 181Browsing the free themes 183Previewing and activating a theme 184Exploring Premium Theme Options 186Examining the Default Theme: Twenty Seventeen 191Exploring the layout and structure 191Customizing the header media 194Customizing the colors 197Including custom navigation menus 198Enhancing Your Theme with Widgets 199Adding widgets to your sidebar 199Using the Text widget 202Using the RSS widget 203Part 4: Customizing WordPress 207Chapter 9: Understanding Themes and Templates 209Using WordPress Themes: The Basics 210Understanding theme structure 210Connecting templates 212Contemplating the Structure of a WordPress Website 213Examining the Anatomy of a Template Tag 215Getting Familiar with the Four Main Templates 216The Header template 216The Main Index template 221The Sidebar template 225The Footer template 226Other templates 226Putting a Theme Together 227Connecting the templates 228Using additional stylesheets 237Customizing Your Posts with Template Tags 238Using Tags with Parameters for Sidebars 238The calendar 240List pages 240Post archives 242Categories 244Getting widgetized 245Chapter 10: Tweaking WordPress Themes 249Styling with CSS: The Basics 250CSS selectors 250Classes and IDs 251CSS properties and values 253Changing the Background Graphics with CSS 253Uploading an image for background use 255Positioning, repeating, and attaching images 256Using Your Own Header Image 258Customizing Colors in Twenty Seventeen 260Creating Custom Navigation Menus 261Adding the Custom Menu feature to your theme 262Building custom navigation menus 263Displaying custom menus with widgets 268Changing Font Family, Color, and Size 269Changing font color 270Changing font size 270Adding borders 271Understanding Basic HTML Techniques 272Inserting images 273Inserting hyperlinks 274Inserting lists 274Chapter 11: Understanding Parent and Child Themes 277Customizing Theme Style with Child Themes 278Loading a parent theme's style 280Customizing the parent theme's styling 282Using images in child theme designs 283Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes 287Overriding parent template files 287Adding new template files 288Removing template files 289Modifying the functions.php file 289Preparing a Parent Theme 291Chapter 12: WordPress As a Content Management System 293Creating Different Page Views Using WordPress Templates 294Uploading the template 295Assigning the template to a static page 296Creating a Template for Each Post Category 298Using Sidebar Templates 301Creating Custom Styles for Sticky, Category, and Tag Posts 302Working with Custom Post Types 304Adding Support for Post Formats 312Adding post formats to a theme 313Using template tags for post formats 314Adding Support for Post Thumbnails 318Adding the post thumbnails to a theme 319Adding custom image sizes for post thumbnails 320Exploring the Custom Fields Interface 321Adding Custom Fields to your template file 323Entering the code in the template file 324Getting WordPress to check for your Custom Field 326Exploring different uses for Custom Fields 327Optimizing Your WordPress Site 328Planting keywords on your website 329Optimizing your post titles for search engine success 330Writing content with readers in mind 330Creating categories that attract search engines 331Using the tag for images 332Chapter 13: Hosting Multiple Sites with WordPress 333Deciding When to Use the Multisite Feature 334Understanding the Difference between Sites and Blogs 335Considering Web-Hosting Services 336Enabling the WordPress Network Feature 338DNS 339Apache mod_rewrite 340Virtual host 340PHP 341Installing the Network on Your Site 341Exploring the Network Admin Dashboard Menu 343Managing Your Network 345Settings 346Sites 351Users 355Themes 357Plugins 358Updates 359Stopping Spam Signups and Splogs 359Diverting sploggers with settings and code 359Preventing spam with plugins 360Chapter 14: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating 361Getting Notified of an Available Upgrade 362Backing Up Your Database 364Upgrading WordPress Automatically 365Upgrading WordPress Manually 366Migrating Your Existing Site to WordPress 369Movin' on up 369Preparing for the big move 370Converting templates 371Moving your website to WordPress 372Importing from Blogger 373Importing from LiveJournal 375Importing from Movable Type and TypePad 376Importing from Tumblr 378Importing from WordPress 380Importing from an RSS feed 380Finding other import resources 381Moving Your Website to a Different Host 382Creating a backup and moving manually 383Using a plugin to back up and move to a new host 384Part 5: The Part of Tens 385Chapter 15: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins 387AppPresser 387Jetpack 388Subscribe to Comments 389Facebook 390All in One SEO Pack 391BackupBuddy 391WP Super Cache 392WooCommerce 392Google XML Sitemaps 393Sucuri Security 394Chapter 16: Ten Free WordPress Themes 395Hybrid Core 396Hestia 396Responsive 398P2 398Annotum Base 399Blackbird 399iTheme2 400Esquire 401Nisarg 401Optics 402Index 403
