WordPress 24-Hour Trainer: Watch, Read, and Learn How to Create and Customize WordPress Sites
A unique introduction to building web sites with WordPressWordPress is today's most popular open source blog publishing application, but its powerful features, simple interface, and easy expansion make it a great content management system for all types of web sites. This unique book-and-video package provides you with beginner-friendly tutorials for building and maintaining a WordPress web site. You'll discover how to customize WordPress to meet your needs and you'll see how critical—and simple—it is to expand and update content in order to make your site as effective as possible.Walks you through installing the software, provides an overview of the administration interface, and covers the basic settings you'll need to get startedExamines the ins and outs of uploading images, video, documents, etc., and using them on your siteDemonstrates how to customize the look of your site using cascading style sheetsReviews helpful techniques for optimizing your site and making it search-engine friendlyExplains how to track your site's statistics, keep your plugins and themes up to date, and practice smart backup habitsAddresses installing, activating, and troubleshooting pluginsWrox guidesare crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think. Written by programmers for programmers, they provide a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.On the DVDDon't just learn—do!The lessons within the book are each accompanied by an instructional demonstration on the DVD.You'll learn to:Plan your site for WordPressWrite and add a new postHandle revisionsAdd new pages & sub pagesWork with image galleriesManage media files, posts, categories, and widgetsLink to other sitesApprove, edit, and delete commentsCustomize the design and layoutOptimize your contentExtend WordPressPlease see the DVD appendix for details and complete system requirements.