WordPress 24-hour trainer / George Plumley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plumley, George.

Series:

Wrox guides.

Wrox guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

WordPress (Electronic resource).

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Blogs--Design.

Blogs.

Blogs--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

WordPress twenty-four hour trainer

Word Press 24-hour trainer

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Wiley, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The eagerly anticipated second edition, completely updated for WordPress 3.1 As an open source content management system, WordPress allows users to easily build feature-rich web sites with no programming experience. This unique book-and-video package is a friendly, self-paced beginners guide to the latest release of WordPress. Lessons are focused on practical, everyday tasks that users will need to create and maintain their sites: entering new content, creating new pages, managing menus, making content search-engine friendly. Plus you'll find lots of tips based on years of experience

Contents:

Wordpress® 24-Hour Trainer; Contents; Introduction; Section I: Before you Start; Lesson 1: Thinking Like Wordpress; Dynamic vs. Static Websites; Content Management Systems; WordPress as a CMS; How WordPress Assembles Pages; Why Separate Is Good; How WordPress Manages Content; Try It; Lesson 2: Planning your Site for Wordpress; How Content Will Be Entered; How Categories Will Be Organized; How the Site Should Look; Site Layout; Site Design; Try It; Section II: Firing up Wordpress; Lesson 3: Installing Wordpress; Uploading the WordPress Files; Setting Up Your Database; Doing the Installation

Try ItLesson 4: Admin Area Overview; Logging In; Navigating the Admin Area; The Dashboard; Customizing Admin Screens; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 5: Basic Admin Settings; Settings to Get You Started; Tagline; WordPress Address (URL); Site Address (URL); E-mail Address; Timezone; Setting Your Personal Profi le; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Section III: Working with Written Content; Lesson 6: Adding a New Post - Overview; Anatomy of a New Post; Writing a Post; The Button Bar; What You See Isn't Quite What You Get; Working with Text; Categories and Tags

CategoriesTags; Publishing a Post; Status; Visibility; Publish; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 7: Working with the Text Editor; Anatomy of the Text Editor; Sizing the Text Editor; Styling Text; Underlining; Coloring Text; The Formatting Menu; Working with Text Links; Internal Linking; Creating E-Mail Links; Editing Links; Removing Links; Importing Text; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 8: Laying out Text; Styling Paragraphs; Aligning; Blockquotes; Indenting; Creating Lists; Beginning a New List; Working with Existing Text and Lists

Tips for Laying Out PostsMaking Use of Headings; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 9: Advanced Post Options; Format; Featured Image; Additional Post Boxes; The Excerpt Box and the More Button; Custom Fields; Discussion; Comments; Slug; Author; Revisions; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 10: Adding a new Page; Pages vs. Posts; The Add New Page Options; Parent; Template; Order; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Section IV: Working with Media Content; Lesson 11: The Basics of Handling Media Files; The Upload/Insert Menu; Inserting an Image into a Post

The Media Library vs. GalleriesTry It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 12: The Upload/Insert Window Tabs; The From Computer Tab; The From URL Tab; The Gallery Tab; The Media Library Tab; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 13: Image Options in Detail; Text That Accompanies Images; Title; Alternate Text; Caption; Description; Other Image Options; Link URL; Alignment; Size; Use as Featured Image; Inserting vs. Saving; Insert Into Post; Save All Changes; Delete; Try It; Lesson Requirements; Step-by-Step; Lesson 14: Editing and Laying out Images; The WordPress Image Editor

An Example of Aligning and Resizing

Notes:

"Wrox programmer to programmer."

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613306524

9781118152966

1118152964

9781283306522

1283306522

9781118152942

1118152948

OCLC:

759935597