WordPress For Dummies, 5th Edition

11/24/2012 · No Responses

The popular guide to WordPress, fully updated to help you get blogging

Join the millions of bloggers who rely on WordPress, the popular and free blogging platform. This guide covers all the features and improvements in the most up-to-date version of WordPress. Whether you are switching to WordPress from another blogging platform or just starting your first blog, you’ll find lots of advice in this friendly guide. With this easy-to-follow book, you?ll be able to take full advantage of the flexibility and usability of WordPress.

WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog platform that emphasizes aesthetics, web standards, and usability
Shows what it takes to set up and maintain a blog with WordPress and how to use all the new features
Covers the changes and improvements to the latest release of WordPress

Written by WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this guide helps bloggers take advantage quickly and easily of everything this popular blogging tool has to offer.

Table of Contents
Part I: Introducing WordPress
Chapter 1. What WordPress Can Do for You
Chapter 2. WordPress Blogging Basics

Part II: Using the WordPress Hosted Service
Chapter 3. Getting Started with WordPress
Chapter 4. Writing and Managing Your Blog
Chapter 5. Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades

Part III: Self-Hosting with WordPress.org
Chapter 6. Setting Up Blogging Base Camp
Chapter 7. Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard
Chapter 8. Establishing Your Blog Routine

Part IV: Flexing and Extending WordPress
Chapter 9. Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video
Chapter 10. Making the Most of WordPress Plugins
Chapter 11. Finding and Installing WordPress Themes

Part V: Customizing WordPress
Chapter 12. Understanding Themes and Templates
Chapter 13. Tweaking WordPress Themes

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 14. Ten Popular WordPress Plugins
Chapter 15. Ten Free WordPress Themes