Launch a WordPress.com Blog In A Day For Dummies®

Table of Contents

Introduction
What You Can Do In A Day
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Chapter 1: Getting Started with WordPress
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
Chapter 2: Writing and Managing Your Blog
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)
Chapter 3: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades
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
Chapter 4: Where to Go from Here
Taking Your First Steps
Visiting dummies.com
About the Author
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