WordPress 24-Hour Trainer, Third Edition by Plumley, George -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Introduction

Who This Book Is For What This Book Covers How This Book Is Structured Instructional Videos Conventions Errata p2p.wrox.com

Section I: Before You Start

Lesson 1: Thinking Like WordPress

Static Versus Dynamic Web Pages Content Management Systems Your Role in Making Your Site Flexible Try It

Lesson 2: Planning Your Site for WordPress

Mapping Out Your Site Content Special Site Functionality How You Want the Site to Look Try It

Section II: Firing Up WordPress

Lesson 3: Installing WordPress

Hosting WordPress Manually Installing WordPress Auto-Installing WordPress When the Installation Is Finished Try It

Lesson 4: Admin Area Overview

Logging In Navigating the Admin Area The Dashboard Customizing Admin Screens Getting Comfortable Try It

Lesson 5: Basic Admin Settings

The Settings Menu Profile Settings Try It

Section III: Working with Written Content

Lesson 6: Adding a New Post: An Overview

Navigating to Add a New Post Adding a New Post Try It

Lesson 7: Working with Text in the Content Editor

Anatomy of the Content Editor Working with the Content Editor Try It

Lesson 8: Basic Post Screen Functions

Publish Try It

Lesson 9: Advanced Post Functions

Revisions Excerpt Custom Fields Discussion Comments Slug Author Try It

Lesson 10: Adding a New Page

Pages Versus Posts Adding a Page Page Attributes Order Try It

Section IV: Working with Media Content

Lesson 11: The Basics of Adding Media Files

Uploading and Inserting an Image into a Post Uploading an Image to the Media Library Problems Uploading Media Files Try It

Lesson 12: The Media Uploader Window

Insert Media Create Gallery Set Featured Image Insert from URL Try It

Lesson 13: Working with Images in the Content Editor

The Image Details Window Moving Images Resizing Images Design Considerations for Image Placement Try It

Lesson 14: Using the WordPress Image Editor

The Image Editor Functions Cropping an Image Scaling an Image Controlling WordPress Image Dimensions Flipping an Image Try It

Lesson 15: Working with WordPress Image Galleries

Creating an Image Gallery in a Post More Gallery Options Try It

Lesson 16: Adding Video and Audio

Video Audio Try It

Lesson 17: Adding Documents

Uploading and Inserting a Document Document File Types Updating a Document Try It

Section V: Managing Your Content

Lesson 18: Managing Posts and Pages

Finding Posts and Pages Using Quick Edit Using Bulk Actions Importing Content from Another Site Admin Settings Affecting Posts and Pages Try It

Lesson 19: Managing Media Files

The Two Faces of the Media Library Filtering and Searching the Media Library Editing and Deleting Media Files Admin Settings for Media Try It

Lesson 20: Managing Post Categories and Tags

Managing Categories Managing Tags Converting Categories and Tags Try It

Lesson 21: Managing Widgets and Menus

Widgets and Widget Areas The WordPress Menu System Try It

Section VI: Making Your Site Social

Lesson 22: Connecting To Social Media

Helping Visitors Follow You Letting Visitors Share Your Content Posting Directly to Social Media Displaying Social Media Activity Try It

Lesson 23: Managing Comments

Allow Comments? Admin Settings for Commenting Knowing You Have Comments Approving, Editing, or Deleting Comments Dealing with Spam Comments Farming Out Comments Try It

Lesson 24: Bringing in Content from Other Sites

Adding Content from Third-Party Sites RSS Feeds Try It

Lesson 25: Connecting by E-mail

Contacting You by E-mail Collecting Visitor E-mails E-mailing Site Updates Try It

Lesson 26: Managing Multiple Site Users

User Roles and Their Capabilities Adding a User Changing a User's Abilities Users and Security Try It

Section VII: Choosing and Customizing Themes

Lesson 27: Overview of WordPress Themes

What Is a WordPress Theme? Choosing a WordPress Theme Changing Themes Try It

Lesson 28: Theme Installation and Basic Customization

Installing and Activating a Theme Built-in WordPress Design Functions Theme Options Try It

Lesson 29: Advanced Design Customization

Using Custom CSS Using a Child Theme More Ways to Customize Try It

Section VIII: Becoming Search Engine Friendly

Lesson 30: Optimizing Your Content

Writing Search-Friendly Titles Writing Search-Friendly Content Creating Search-Friendly Links Making Images Search-Friendly Try It

Lesson 31: Optimizing Behind the Scenes

Optimizing Admin Settings Meta Tags Plugins for SEO Monitoring Site Statistics Try It

Section IX: Maintenance and Security

Lesson 32: Keeping Up to Date

Updating WordPress Updating Plugins Updating Themes Try It

Lesson 33: Keeping Backups

The Elements of Backing Up Try It

Lesson 34: Keeping Your Site Secure

Six Steps to Greater WordPress Security Dealing with Sensitive Data Secure Hosting Try It

Section X: Adding Functionality Using Plugins

Lesson 35: Installing and Activating Plugins

What Is a Plugin? Try It

Lesson 36: More Plugin Suggestions

Plugin Categories JetPack Plugins for Other Plugins and Themes Try It

Section XI: References

Appendix: Troubleshooting WordPress

Site Visible but with an Error Message Error Establishing a Database Connection The White Screen of Death Page Cannot Display You Cannot Recover Your Password Finding Help Online

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