WordPress All-In-One for Dummies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabin-Wilson, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blogs--Computer programs.

Blogs.

Web sites--Authoring programs.

Web sites.

Web site development.

WordPress (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (611 pages)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

The no-nonsense guide to building your own WordPress site With the help of WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, you can get your first WordPress blog or website set up in no time. Fully updated for the latest WordPress releases, this 8-books-in-1 guide walks you through all the features of this powerful web builder. You'll discover how to choose and customize a theme, pick the perfect web host and URL, and manage multiple websites with multiple authors. Use WordPress as a content management software (CMS) platform, work with multimedia formats, and add plugins to your site. With state-of-the-art features, WordPress has become the go-to platform for website owners and bloggers who want to be noticed. This beginner-friendly Dummies guide gives you the know-how to make WordPress work for you. Build a website or blog with WordPress, the leading open-source web builder Discover the powerful, customizable features of the latest versions of WordPress Allow multiple people to contribute to your site and keep your content organized Easily make changes and modifications with the WordPress interface Both WordPress novices and more experienced users looking to dive into new features will love the easy-to-follow instructions and tips in WordPress All-in-One For Dummies.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Book 1 Understanding WordPress Basics

Chapter 1 Exploring Basic WordPress Concepts

Discovering Blogging

Understanding WordPress Technologies

Archiving your publishing history

Interacting with your readers through comments

Feeding your readers

Tracking back

Dealing with comment and trackback spam

Using WordPress as a Content Management System

Chapter 2 Exploring the World of Open-Source Software

Defining Open-Source

Understanding WordPress Licensing

Applying WordPress Licensing to Your Projects

Chapter 3 Understanding Development and Release Cycles

Discovering WordPress Release Cycles

Upgrading your WordPress experience

Understanding the cycles of a release

Finding WordPress release archives

Keeping Track of WordPress Development

Downloading Nightly Builds

Chapter 4 Meeting the WordPress Community

Finding Other WordPress Users

Finding WordPress news and tips on community websites

Locating users on social networks

Users Helping Users

WordPress support forums

WordPress user manual

Make WordPress

Discovering Professional WordPress Consultants and Services

WordPress designers

Developers

Consultants

Contributing to WordPress

Participating in Live and Virtual WordPress Events

Chapter 5 Discovering Different Versions of WordPress

Comparing the Two Versions of WordPress

Choosing the hosted version from WordPress.com

Self-hosting with WordPress.org

Hosting Multiple Sites with One WordPress Installation

Discovering WordPress VIP Services

Book 2 Setting Up the WordPress Software

Chapter 1 Understanding the System Requirements.

Establishing Your Domain

Understanding domain name extensions

Considering the cost of a domain name

Registering your domain name

Finding a Home for Your Site

Getting help with hosting WordPress

Dealing with disk space and bandwidth

Managing disk space

Choosing the size of your bandwidth pipe

Chapter 2 Using Secure File Transfer Protocol

Understanding SFTP Concepts

Setting Up SFTP on Your Hosting Account

Finding and Using Free and Easy SFTP Programs

Connecting to the web server via SFTP

Transferring files from point A to point B

Editing files by using SFTP

Changing file permissions

Chapter 3 Installing WordPress on Your Web Server

Exploring Preinstalled WordPress

Installing WordPress Manually

Setting up the MySQL database

Downloading the WordPress software

Uploading the WordPress files via SFTP

Running the installation script

Chapter 4 Configuring WordPress for Optimum Security

Understanding the Basics of Web Security

Updating WordPress

Installing patches

Using a firewall

Using Trusted Sources

Managing Users and Passwords

Hardening WordPress

Enabling multifactor authentication using the Two Factor Authentication plugin

Limiting login attempts

Disabling theme and plugin editors

Filtering by IP address

Killing PHP execution

Chapter 5 Updating WordPress

Getting Notified of an Available Update

Backing Up Your Database

Updating WordPress Automatically

Updating WordPress Manually

Chapter 6 Backing Up, Packing Up, and Moving to a New Host

Migrating Your Existing Site to WordPress

Movin' on up

Preparing for the big move

Converting templates

Moving your site to WordPress

Importing from Blogger

Importing from LiveJournal

Importing from Movable Type and TypePad

Importing from Tumblr

Importing from WordPress.

Importing from an RSS feed

Finding other import resources

Moving Your Website to a Different Host

Creating a backup and moving manually

Moving the database and files to the new host

Book 3 Exploring the WordPress Dashboard

Chapter 1 Logging in and Taking a Look Around

Logging in to the Dashboard

Navigating the Dashboard

Welcome to WordPress! module

Site Health Status module

At a Glance module

Activity module

Quick Draft module

WordPress Events and News module

Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes

Changing the order of modules

Removing Dashboard modules

Finding Inline Documentation and Help

Chapter 2 Exploring Tools and Settings

Configuring the Settings

General

Writing

Reading

Discussion

Default Post Settings

Other Comment Settings

Email Me Whenever

Before a Comment Appears

Comment Moderation

Disallowed Comment Keys

Avatars

Media

Permalinks

Making your post links pretty

Customizing your permalinks

Making sure that your permalinks work with your server

Creating .htaccess files

Privacy

Creating Your Personal Profile

Setting Your Site's Format

Posts

Pages

Comments

Appearance

Plugins

Users

Tools

Chapter 3 Managing Users and Multiple Authors

Understanding User Roles and Capabilities

Allowing New User Registration

Adding New Users Manually

Editing User Details

Managing a Multiauthor Site

Tools that help authors communicate

Tools to promote author profiles

Tools to manage multiauthor blog posts

Chapter 4 Dealing with Comments and Spam

Deciding to Allow Comments on Your Site

Positive aspects of allowing comments

Reasons to disallow comments

Interacting with Readers through Comments

Tracking Back

Managing Comments and Trackbacks

Tackling Spam with Akismet.

Activating Akismet

Configuring Akismet

Chapter 5 Creating Categories and Tags

Archiving Content with WordPress

Building categories

Changing the name of a category

Creating new categories

Creating and Editing Tags

Book 4 Publishing Your Site with WordPress

Chapter 1 Exploring the WordPress Block Editor

Using the Block Editor

Discovering available blocks

Discovering core blocks

Inserting new blocks

Configuring block settings

Paragraph block settings

Image block settings

Chapter 2 Writing Your First Post

Composing Your Post

Refining Your Post Options

Publishing Your Post

Being Your Own Editor

Chapter 3 Creating a Static Page

Understanding the Difference between Pages and Posts

Creating the Front Page of Your Website

Creating the static page

Setting page options

Assigning a static page as the home page

Adding a Blog to Your Website

Chapter 4 Managing Media

Adding New Files to the Media Library

Getting to know allowed media file types

Uploading a new file to the Media Library

Uploading multiple files at once

Understanding Media Library Features

Filtering options in the Media Library

Managing files in Grid View

Managing files in List View

Other Media Library view settings

Viewing and Editing Media File Details

Editing file details on the Edit Media page

Editing images in the Media Library

Discover Some Great Plugins to Manage Media

Chapter 5 Embedding Video, Audio, and Other Media

Inserting Images into Your Content

Uploading an image from your computer

Inserting an image from the Media Library

Using the Columns Block to Insert Multiple Images in a Row

Inserting a Cover Image into a Post

Inserting a Photo Gallery

Inserting Video Files into Your Posts

Adding a link to a video from the web.

Adding video from your computer

Adding video using the embed block

Inserting Audio Files into Your Blog Posts

Inserting Audio Using the Embed Block

Podcasting with WordPress

Book 5 Examining Social Media and SEO

Chapter 1 Understanding Analytics

Understanding the Importance of Analytics

Exploring the Options for Tracking Data

Understanding Key Analytics Terminology

Adding Google Analytics to Your WordPress Site

Signing up for Google Analytics

Installing the tracking code

Verifying that you installed the code properly

Using the data from the plugin

Chapter 2 Monitoring Your Brand on the WordPress Dashboard

Exploring Reasons for a Social Media Listening Hub

Eavesdropping on yourself

Keeping tabs on your brand

Exploring Different Listening Tools

Monitoring with Google Alerts

Tracking conversations on Twitter with RSS

Searching communities with Boardreader

Creating Your Own Personal Monitoring Mix

Editing the Dashboard to Create a Listening Post

Chapter 3 Maximizing Your Site with Search Engine Optimization

Understanding the Importance of Search Engine Optimization

Outlining the Advantages That WordPress Presents for SEO

Understanding How Search Engines See Your Content

Using links as currency

Submitting to search engines and directories

Optimizing Your Site under the Hood

Metadata

The robots.txt file

Researching Your Niche

Creating Search Engine Strategies

Setting up your site

Improving your site's SEO practices

Dealing with duplicate content

Creating an editorial SEO list/calendar

Establishing a routine for publishing on your site

Creating a link-building strategy

Chapter 4 Exploring Popular SEO Plugins

Exploring Must-Use Plugins for SEO Best Practices

Yoast SEO

XML Sitemap Generator for Google

Redirection.

WP-Optimize - Cache, Clean, Compress.

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Other Format:

Print version: Sabin-Wilson, Lisa WordPress All-In-One for Dummies

ISBN:

9781394225408

1394225407

OCLC:

1420169498