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Creating a WordPress Account Navigating WordPress Using the WordPress Dashboard Right Now Recent Comments Your Stuff What’s Hot QuickPress Recent Drafts Stats Setting Important Options before You Blog Setting your General options Adjusting your Date and Time settings Setting your public profile: Tell us a little about yourself Setting your personal preferences
Right Now Recent Comments Your Stuff What’s Hot QuickPress Recent Drafts Stats
Setting your General options Adjusting your Date and Time settings Setting your public profile: Tell us a little about yourself Setting your personal preferences
Ready? Set? Blog! Inserting media files into your post Refining your post options Publishing your post Organizing Your Blog by Subject Creating categories and subcategories Filing posts in categories and subcategories Creating and Categorizing Your Blogroll Creating link categories Adding new links to your blogroll Managing and Inviting Users Managing authors and users Inviting friends to WordPress.com Managing Comments and Comment Spam Setting discussion options for your blog Viewing comments Creating a Static Page Setting Up Your Front Page Publishing a Public or Private Blog Publicizing through Social Media The Like Button Interaction Through SMS (Text Messaging)
Inserting media files into your post Refining your post options Publishing your post
Creating categories and subcategories Filing posts in categories and subcategories
Creating link categories Adding new links to your blogroll
Managing authors and users Inviting friends to WordPress.com
Setting discussion options for your blog Viewing comments
Changing Your Blog’s Look Enhancing Your Theme with Features Adding navigation menus Changing the background color and image Creating an iPad-friendly display Changing the header image Using Typekit fonts Widget Wonder: Adding Handy Tools to Your Sidebar Selecting and activating widgets Using Text widgets Upgrading Your WordPress Account (For a Fee) Naming Your Domain
Adding navigation menus Changing the background color and image Creating an iPad-friendly display Changing the header image Using Typekit fonts
Selecting and activating widgets Using Text widgets
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