Download from Wow! eBook WordPress 3 Complete Create your own complete website or blog from scratch with WordPress April Hodge Silver BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI WordPress 3 Complete Copyright © 2011 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author(s), nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: January 2010 Production Reference: 1180111 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-849514-10-1 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Charwak A (
[email protected]) Download from Wow! eBook Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to WordPress What is WordPress? Use it for a blog or a website Blog: Definition and common terms Common terms Why choose WordPress? A long time in refining Active in development Large community of contributors Amazingly extendable Detailed feature list New feature list since 2.7 Learning more Online WordPress resources WordPress news The Codex Support from other users Theme and plugin directories WordPress.com Summary Chapter 2: Getting Started 1 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 16 17 Where to build your WordPress website Using WordPress.com Installing WordPress manually 17 19 22 Preparing the environment Downloading WordPress Upgrading from an earlier version of WordPress Uploading the files 22 23 24 25 Table of Contents Installing WordPress Learning more 27 32 The WP Admin panel Changing general blog information Your first post Your first comment Retrieving a lost password Summary 32 35 36 39 41 41 Chapter 3: Creating Blog Content 43 WP Admin conventions Lists of items Posting on your blog Adding a simple post Common post options 43 43 45 45 48 Categories and tags Images in your posts Using the Visual editor versus the HTML editor Drafts, timestamps, and managing posts Advanced post options 49 51 57 58 60 Excerpt and the MORE tag Trackbacks Discussion Custom Fields Protecting content Pretty permalinks 60 61 62 63 64 65 Additional writing options 66 Press This Posting via e-mail 66 67 Discussion on your blog—comments Adding a comment Discussion settings Submission, notification, and moderation settings When to moderate or blacklist a comment Avatar display settings Moderating comments How to eliminate comment spam 68 68 70 70 72 73 74 76 Getting a WordPress.com API key Activating Akismet 77 78 Adding and managing categories Summary 80 81 Chapter 4: Pages, Plugins, Image Galleries Menus, and More Pages Adding a page Managing pages 83 83 84 88