Learning from libraries that use WordPress : content-management system best practices and case studies / Kyle M. L. Jones, Polly-Alida Farrington

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Kyle M. L., author.

Farrington, Polly-Alida, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library Web sites--Case studies.

Library Web sites.

Blogs--Computer programs.

Blogs.

Web sites--Authoring programs.

Web sites.

Library Web sites--Design.

WordPress (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : American Library Association, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This useful book shows how scores of libraries have used WordPress to create library websites that are both user-friendly and easy to maintain.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Getting Started with WordPress; Chapter 1: Multiple Identities; Chapter 2: Preparation, Installation, and Initial Settings; Part II: Full-On Customization withThemes and Plugins; Chapter 3: Extensibility via Plugins; Chapter 4: Look and Feel with Themes; Part III: WordPress Cookbooks:Tips, Tricks, and Plugins; Chapter 5: A Better Workflow; Chapter 6: Safe, Sound, Tracked; Chapter 7: Flexible Design; Chapter 8: Enhancing the User Experience; Chapter 9: Roll Your Own Social Network; Part IV: Guest Pieces; Creating Dynamic Subject Guides

First-Year Seminar BlogsBuddyPress and Higher Education; From LibGuides to WordPress; Creating Digital Archives with WordPress; Ten Ways WordPress Can Improve Website User Experience; Using WordPress to Create a Virtual School Library; Many Websites, One Installation; Kansas Libraries on the Web; Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 11, 2013).

ISBN:

0-8389-9610-8

OCLC:

839303187