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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Introduction: Welcome......Page 14
Why This Book?......Page 15
How Our Book Is Organized......Page 16
Text Conventions......Page 17
Special Elements......Page 18
I: Getting Started With Your Blog......Page 20
What Is WordPress?......Page 22
Who Is WordPress For?......Page 28
WordPress Hosting Options......Page 35
Other Ways to Create an Online Presence......Page 38
Creating Your Blog......Page 40
How Many Visitors Do You Want?......Page 41
Playing the Domain Name Game......Page 42
Signing Up......Page 44
Changing Initial WordPress Settings......Page 49
WordPress Settings Not in the Settings Menu......Page 60
You’ve Got the Look......Page 64
Introducing Themes......Page 65
Changing a Custom Header......Page 79
Changing mShots and Related Links......Page 81
Adding Available Widgets......Page 82
II: Running Your Blog......Page 92
What Is a Blog Entry?......Page 94
Using the QuickPress Tool......Page 95
Adding a New Post......Page 97
Adding Links......Page 106
Saving, Checking Your Spelling, and Publishing Posts......Page 110
Doing More with Posts......Page 114
Putting Your Posts in Categories......Page 115
Tagging Your Posts......Page 123
Updating Links and Your Blogroll......Page 130
How HTML Can Take You Further......Page 136
Power Tools for Better Blogging......Page 137
HTML Basics in WordPress......Page 138
YouTube as an Example of Embedded HTML......Page 151
Using the Text Widget......Page 154
Making Your Blog Better......Page 160
Adding Users to Your Blog......Page 162
Adding a Static Page......Page 165
Adding Polls......Page 173
Getting More People to Visit Your Blog......Page 180
WordPress Statistics......Page 181
How Visitors Can Subscribe to Your Blog......Page 197
Using the RSS Widget......Page 199
III: Taking Your Blog Further......Page 202
Why Add Graphics and Other Media?......Page 204
Copyright and Media Types......Page 206
Graphics Tips for Bloggers......Page 207
Uploading and Inserting Graphics......Page 211
Upgrading Your Blog......Page 222
A Quick Description of Upgrades......Page 223
Getting a Good Domain Name......Page 228
Using Audio in Your Blog......Page 232
Using Video in Your Blog......Page 236
Where to Host Video......Page 237
IV: Building Your Own WordPress Installation......Page 240
Getting It Done For You: Hosted WordPress......Page 242
Transferring Your WordPress.com Blog......Page 256
Hosting WordPress Yourself......Page 259
A Quick Tour of the WordPress.org Dashboard......Page 265
Customizing Your Dashboard......Page 268
Shopping for Themes......Page 270
Security Considerations When Selecting a Theme for Your Blog......Page 282
WordPress Modular Architecture......Page 284
Defining a Plug-In......Page 285
Finding Plug-Ins......Page 286
Manually Installing and Activating Plug-Ins......Page 289
Some “Essential” Plug-Ins......Page 292
Creating Style Sheets......Page 300
Introducing XHTML......Page 301
Introducing CSS......Page 307
Tweaking Theme Style Sheets......Page 312
Introducing PHP......Page 334
PHP and MySQL......Page 343
PHP Theme Templates......Page 345
Examining an Existing Plug-In......Page 352
Submitting to the WordPress Plugin Directory......Page 357
V: Appendices......Page 360
Choosing the Right WordPress for You......Page 362
Naming of Parts......Page 363
Choosing WordPress.org......Page 365
Choosing WordPress.com......Page 368
Finding Your Way Through the Online Documents......Page 370
The WordPress Codex......Page 371
Problems with WordPress Documentation......Page 373
Using Google to Access WordPress Documentation......Page 374
Why Look at Famous Blogs?......Page 376
Surfin’ Safari......Page 377
New Kids on the Block......Page 378
Famous Quotes......Page 380
The Outland Institute......Page 381
Music at SFSU......Page 382
Navigating WordPress.com......Page 384
Navigating WordPress.org......Page 390
F: Importing Content from Other Systems......Page 398
Direct Import into WordPress......Page 399
Indirect Transfer......Page 401
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B......Page 405
C......Page 406
D......Page 407
F......Page 408
G......Page 409
H......Page 410
I......Page 411
M......Page 412
O......Page 413
P......Page 414
Q......Page 415
S......Page 416
T......Page 418
U......Page 419
W......Page 420
Y-Z......Page 423
