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WordPress For Dummies

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Get to know WordPress with this simple and approachable reference   WordPress For Dummies, 9th Edition helps readers discover the power of the WordPress web content building tool. Web builders have created 75 million websites using WordPress and this book will show you how to add your blogs and websites to that count.  WordPress For Dummies, 9th Edition drops you right into the fast lane to publishing your first website or blog by teaching you to:  ·         Customize a theme   ·         Create your first post   ·         Use WordPress as a content management system   ·         Work with multimedia formats   ·         Add plugins to your site   ·         Establish a publishing routine  Perfect for new bloggers, experienced bloggers converting to WordPress for the first time, and people accustomed to WordPress who want to learn more about the full potential of the technology, WordPress for Dummies, 9th Edition  is an indispensable addition to the library of every blogger and webmaster.  

Table of Contents:
Foreword xiii Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Introducing WordPress 5 Chapter 1: What WordPress Can Do for You 7 Discovering the Benefits of WordPress 8 Getting set up the fast and easy way 9 Extending WordPress’s capabilities 9 Taking part in the community 11 Choosing a WordPress Platform 12 Choosing the hosted version from WordPress.com 13 Self-hosting with WordPress.org 14 Chapter 2: WordPress Basics 17 Shining the Spotlight on WordPress 17 Dipping Into WordPress Technologies 19 Archiving your publishing history 19 Interacting with your readers through comments 21 Feeding your readers 22 Tracking back 23 Dealing with comment and trackback spam 24 Using WordPress as a Content Management System 25 Exploring the differences between a website and a blog 25 Viewing examples of blogs and websites 26 Moving On to the Business of Publishing 27 Part 2: Setting Up WordPress 29 Chapter 3: Setting Up Your WordPress Base Camp 31 Establishing Your Domain 32 Understanding domain name extensions 32 Considering the cost of a domain name 33 Registering your domain name 33 Finding a Home for Your Website 34 Getting help with hosting WordPress 35 Dealing with disk space and bandwidth 36 Understanding Secure File Transfer Concepts 38 Setting up SFTP on your hosting account 39 Connecting to the web server via SFTP 42 Transferring files from point A to point B 46 Editing files via SFTP 47 Changing file permissions 48 Installing WordPress 50 Exploring Preinstalled WordPress 51 Installing WordPress manually 53 Setting up the MySQL database 53 Uploading the WordPress files 55 Last step: Running the installation script 57 Chapter 4: Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard 65 Logging In to the Dashboard 66 Navigating the Dashboard 67 Welcome to WordPress! 69 Site Health 70 At a Glance 71 Activity 72 Quick Draft 73 WordPress Events and News 73 Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes 74 Finding Inline Documentation and Help 76 Setting Options in the Dashboard 78 Configuring the Settings 79 General 79 Writing 83 Reading 85 Discussion 86 Media 93 Permalinks 94 Privacy 95 Creating Your Personal Profile 97 Setting Your Site’s Format 100 Posts 100 Media 101 Pages 101 Comments 102 Appearance 102 Plugins 104 Users 104 Tools 105 Chapter 5: Establishing Your Publishing Routine 107 Staying on Topic with Categories 107 Changing the name of a category 108 Creating new categories and deleting others 111 Examining a Post’s Address: Permalinks 113 Making your post links pretty 114 Customizing your permalinks 115 Making sure that your permalinks work with your server 117 Discovering the Many WordPress RSS Options 119 Writing Your First Entry 120 Using the Block Editor 122 Discovering available blocks 123 Inserting new blocks 131 Configuring block settings 134 Refining Your Post Options 149 Publishing Your Post 153 Being Your Own Editor 154 Look Who’s Talking on Your Site 155 Managing comments and trackbacks 155 Moderating comments and trackbacks 157 Tackling spam with Akismet 158 Part 3: Flexing and Extending WordPress 159 Chapter 6: Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video 161 Inserting Images into Your Content 162 Uploading an image from your computer 163 Inserting an image from the Media Library 165 Using the Columns Block to Insert Multiple Images in a Row 166 Inserting a Cover Image into a Post 169 Inserting a Photo Gallery 174 Inserting Video Files into Your Posts 179 Adding a link to a video from the web 180 Adding video from your computer 181 Adding video using the Embed block 185 Inserting Audio Files into Your Blog Posts 189 Inserting Audio Using the Embed Block 191 Podcasting with WordPress 192 Chapter 7: Making the Most of WordPress Plugins 195 Finding Out What Plugins Are 196 Extending WordPress with plugins 197 Distinguishing between plugins and themes 197 Exploring the Plugins Page 199 Identifying Core Plugins 202 Incorporating Akismet 202 Saying Hello Dolly 206 Discovering the one-click plugin update 207 Using Plugins: Just the Basics 210 Installing Plugins Manually 211 Finding and downloading the files 212 Reading the instructions 214 Uploading and Activating Plugins 215 Uploading a new plugin 215 Activating a plugin 216 Setting Plugin Options 217 Uninstalling Plugins 218 Understanding the Open-Source Environment 219 Finding Plugins Beyond WordPress.org 220 Comparing Free and Commercial Plugins 222 Chapter 8: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes 225 Getting Started with Free Themes 226 Finding free themes 227 Avoiding unsafe themes 227 Previewing themes on the Themes page 230 Installing a Theme 231 Browsing the free themes 233 Previewing and activating a theme 235 Exploring Premium Theme Options 237 Examining the Default Theme: Twenty Twenty 241 Exploring the layout and structure 242 Customizing the site identity 244 Customizing colors 247 Including custom navigation menus 248 Enhancing Your Theme with Widgets 249 Adding widgets to your website 250 Using the Text widget 252 Using the RSS widget 253 Part 4: Customizing WordPress 257 Chapter 9: Understanding Themes and Templates 259 Using WordPress Themes: The Basics 260 Understanding theme structure 261 Connecting templates 263 Contemplating the Structure of a WordPress Website 263 Examining the Anatomy of a Template Tag 265 Getting Familiar with the Four Main Templates 266 The Header template 266 The Main Index template 271 The Sidebar template 275 The Footer template 276 Other templates 276 Putting a Theme Together 277 Connecting the templates 277 Using additional stylesheets 287 Customizing Your Posts with Template Tags 287 Using Tags with Parameters for Sidebars 287 The calendar 289 List pages 289 Post archives 292 Categories 293 Getting widgetized 295 Chapter 10: Tweaking WordPress Themes 297 Styling with CSS: The Basics 298 CSS selectors 299 Classes and IDs 299 CSS properties and values 301 Changing the Background Graphics with CSS 301 Uploading an image for background use 304 Positioning, repeating, and attaching images 304 Using Your Own Header Image 306 Customizing Colors in Twenty Twenty 308 Creating Custom Navigation Menus 309 Building custom navigation menus 309 Displaying custom menus with widgets 314 Changing Font Family, Color, and Size 315 Changing font color 316 Changing font size 317 Adding borders 318 Understanding Basic HTML Techniques 318 Inserting images 320 Inserting hyperlinks 320 Inserting lists 321 Chapter 11: Understanding Parent and Child Themes 325 Customizing Theme Style with Child Themes 326 Loading a parent theme’s style 328 Customizing the parent theme’s styling 330 Using images in child theme designs 330 Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes 334 Overriding parent template files 335 Adding new template files 336 Removing template files 337 Modifying the functions.php file 337 Preparing a Parent Theme 339 Chapter 12: WordPress As a Content Management System 341 Creating Different Page Views Using WordPress Templates 342 Uploading the template 343 Assigning the template to a static page 345 Creating a Template for Each Post Category 346 Using Sidebar Templates 349 Creating Custom Styles for Sticky, Category, and Tag Posts 350 Working with Custom Post Types 353 Adding Support for Taxonomies 360 Adding Support for Post Thumbnails 361 Adding the post thumbnails to a theme 362 Adding custom image sizes for post thumbnails 364 Optimizing Your WordPress Site 365 Planting keywords on your website 366 Optimizing your post titles for search engine success 366 Writing content with readers in mind 367 Creating categories that attract search engines 367 Using the tag for images 368 Chapter 13: Hosting Multiple Sites with WordPress 371 Deciding When to Use the Multisite Feature 372 Understanding the Difference between Sites and Blogs 374 Considering Web-Hosting Services 374 Enabling the WordPress Network Feature 376 DNS 377 Apache mod_rewrite 378 Virtual host 379 PHP 381 Installing the Network on Your Site 381 Exploring the Network Admin Dashboard Menu 383 Managing Your Network 386 Settings 386 Sites 392 Users 395 Themes 399 Plugins 400 Stopping Spam Signups and Splogs 401 Chapter 14: Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating 403 Getting Notified of an Available Upgrade 404 Backing Up Your Database 406 Upgrading WordPress Automatically 407 Upgrading WordPress Manually 408 Migrating Your Existing Site to WordPress 411 Movin’ on up 411 Preparing for the big move 412 Converting templates 413 Moving your website to WordPress 414 Importing from Blogger 415 Importing from LiveJournal 417 Importing from Movable Type and TypePad 418 Importing from Tumblr 420 Importing from WordPress 422 Importing from an RSS feed 422 Finding other import resources 423 Moving Your Website to a Different Host 424 Creating a backup and moving manually 425 Using a plugin to back up and move to a new host 426 Part 5: The Part of Tens 427 Chapter 15: Ten Popular WordPress Plugins 429 Custom Post Type UI 429 Jetpack 430 Limit Login Attempts Reloaded 431 Cookie Notice for GDPR & CCPA 432 Yoast SEO 433 BackupBuddy 433 WP Super Cache 434 WooCommerce 434 Google XML Sitemaps 435 Sucuri Security 436 Chapter 16: Ten Free WordPress Themes 437 Hybrid Core 438 Hestia 438 Responsive 439 Ashe 440 Prefer Blog 440 BlackBird 441 Storefront 442 Sinatra 443 Nisarg 444 Optics 444 Index 447


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781119696971
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 480
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Width: 185 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1119696976
  • Publisher Date: 18 Feb 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 634 gr


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