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Index
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You Are Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Where to Go from Here
What Word Press Can Do for You
Discovering the Benefits of WordPress
A little something for everyone
Easy to set up and use
Flex and extend WordPress capabilities
Taking part in the community
Your publishing history
Engaging in blog talk
Feeding your readers
Blogging Basics
Choosing the Hosted Version from WordPress.com
Self-Hosting with WordPress.org
Running a Network of Blogs with WordPress MU
Understanding the Differences in WordPress Versions
This Crazy Little Thing Called Blog
Dipping In to Blog Technologies
Archiving your content
Interacting with your readers through comments
Tracking back
Dealing with comment and trackback spam
Distributing new content to readers with RSS feeds
Moving On to the Business of Blogging
Getting Started with WordPress.com
Creating a WordPress.com Account
Logging In to WordPress.com
The WordPress.com Dashboard
Important Options to Set before You Blog
Setting your General options
Adjusting your Date and Time settings
Setting your profile: Tell us a little about yourself
Writing and Managing Your Blog
Ready? Set! BLOG!
Uploading and using images in your post
Refining your post options
Publishing your post
Organizing Your Blog by Subject
Creating categories and subcategories
Filing posts in categories and subcategories
Categorizing links in your blogroll
Managing and Inviting Users
Managing authors and users
Inviting friends to WordPress.com
Managing Comments and Comment Spam
Viewing comments
Setting discussion options for your blog
Awaiting moderation
Managing comment spam with Akismet
Creating a Static Page
Setting Up Your Front Page
Setting Up Your RSS Feed
Publishing a Public or Private Blog
Establishing Trust Relationships with OpenID
Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and Upgrades
Understanding Your WordPress.com Design Options
Changing Your Blog's Look
Widget Wonder: Adding Handy Tools to Your Sidebar
Selecting and activating widgets
Customizing widget options
Upgrading Your Hosted Service (For a Fee)
Naming Your Domain
Getting Help
Setting Up Blogging Base Camp
Establishing Your Domain
Registering a domain name
Understanding domain name extensions
Considering the cost of a domain name
Registering your domain name
Finding a Home for Your Blog
Getting help with hosting WordPress
Dealing with disk space and bandwidth
File Transfer from Point A to Point B
Installing WordPress
Setting up the MySQL database
Uploading the WordPress files
Last step! Running the install script
Understanding the WordPress.org Administration Panel
Logging In and Finding the Administration Panel
Welcome to WordPress
Tracking blog activity
Getting the latest news on WordPress development
Obtaining other WordPress news
Personalizing Your Profile Settings
Setting your General options
Creating your profile
Options Galore
Write
Manage
Comments
Blogroll
Presentation
Users
Options
Establishing Your Blog Routine
Staying On Topic with Categories
Changing the name of a category
Creating new categories
Blogrolls: Sharing Your Favorite Sites
Organizing your blogroll
Adding new link loves
Examining a Blog Post's Address
Giving Your Post Links a Makeover
Making sure your permalinks work with your server
Understanding and creating .htaccess files
Working with servers that don't use Apache mod_rewrite
Discovering the Many WordPress RSS Options
Blog It! Writing Your First Entry
Posting a text-only message
Uploading and using images in your post
Applying optional post settings
Categorize, privatize, and accessorize
You are your own editor
Look Who’s Talking on Your Blog
Managing comments and trackbacks
Moderating comments and trackbacks
Typing Up Templates
WordPress Themes - The Basics
Theme structure: An overview
Connecting templates
Contemplating the Structure of a WordPress Blog
Including the Five Required Templates
Examining the Anatomy of a Template Tag
Getting Familiar with the Four Main Templates
The Header template
The Main Index template
The Sidebar template
The Footer template
Other templates
Customizing Your Blog Posts with Template Tags
Putting It All Together
Using Tags with Parameters for Sidebars
The Calendar
List pages
Displaying bookmarks (blogroll)
Displaying post archives
Displaying categories
Checking Out Miscellaneous but Useful Template Tags
Making the Most of WordPress Plugins
What Are Plugins?
Finding Plugins
Installing a plugin: Just the basics
Considering the Materials and Mechanics
Downloading and Unpacking
Reading the Instructions
Uploading and Activating
Installing the Subscribe to Comments plugin files
Activating the Subscribe to Comments plugin
Setting plugin options
Managing Your Plugins
Exploring the Plugin Management page
Uninstalling a plugin
Getting the Most out of Plugins Included with WordPress
Akismet
Hello Dolly
Widgets
Widgetized themes
See It and Say It with WordPress Plugins
Podcasting: The talking blog
Podcasting with WordPress
Photoblogging
Vblogging
Open Source Development
Finding Plugin Resources
Designing Your Blog
Deciding Whether You Need a Professional
Getting Started Quickly and Easily with Free Themes
Finding and installing free themes
Activating your new theme
Checking Out the Types of Blog Professionals
Blog designers
Blog developers
Blog consultants
Hiring a Professional
Finding professionals
Auditioning your prospects
Making contact
Agreeing on the contract
It’s Your Blog: You Can Cry If You Want To
Implementing WordPress MU
Meeting WordPress MU
Hosting WordPress MU
Installing WordPress MU
Downloading and decompressing the installation files
Setting up the MySQL database
Uploading the WordPress MU files
Web server configurations for WordPress MU
Running the Install Script
Giving Your New Blog Community a Test Run
Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting
Managing Your WordPress MU Community
Logging In to WordPress MU
Exploring Your Site Admin Options in WordPress MU
Performing searches on the Site Admin page
Managing all the blogs in your community
Managing community users
Installing Themes for Your Users
Uploading and installing themes
Testing themes for your WordPress MU community
Enabling themes on a per-blog basis
Configuring site options
Upgrading WordPress MU
Using Plugins with WordPress MU
Plugins for the overall MU site
Plugins for your users to choose from
Maintaining WordPress MU
Getting a Real-World MU Perspective
Being in the Know
Upgrading WordPress MU
Fighting Spam and Splogs
Preventing splog signups
Preventing comment spam
Migrating Your Blog to WordPress
Movin’ On Up
Preparing for the Big Move
Converting Templates
Moving Your Blog
Importing from Blogspot/Blogger
Importing from Blogware
Importing from DotClear
Importing from GreyMatter
Importing from LiveJournal
Importing from Movable Type and TypePad
Importing from Textpattern
Importing from WordPress
Importing from an RSS feed
Finding Other Resources to Import
Beyond Blogging: WordPress as a Content Management System
Understanding What a Content Management System Can Do for You
Creating the Front Page of Your Web Site
Adding a Blog to Your Web Site
Defining Specific Templates for Static Pages
Creating a Template for Each Post Category
Using Sidebar Templates
Optimizing Your WordPress Blog
Planting keywords in your Web site
Optimizing your post titles for search engine success
Writing content with readers in mind
Creating categories that attract search engines
Using the ALT tag for images
Places to Bookmark
Ten Great — and Free — WordPress Themes
Cutline
Tarski
SandPress
xMark
Blog.txt
Rounded V2 Blue
Almost Spring
Redoable
Anaconda
K2
Ten Great WordPress Plugins
Related Entries
Subscribe to Comments
Share This
WP ShortStat
WordPress Mobile Edition
SRG Clean Archives
WP Ajax Edit Comments
Translate
Random Quotes
WordPress.com Stats
Configuration Options
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