WordPress 2.7 Complete
Create your own complete blog or website from scratch with WordPress
April Hodge Silver Hasin Hayder
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
WordPress 2.7 Complete
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First published: May 2009
Production Reference: 2040609
Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-847196-56-9 www.packtpub.com
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Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to WordPress What is a blog? Common terms Post Categories and tags Comments Permalinks Theme RSS Page What is WordPress? Why choose WordPress? A long time in refining Active in development Large community of contributors Amazingly extendable Detailed feature list Online WordPress resources WordPress news The Codex Theme and plugin directories WordPress.com Summary
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Where to build your WordPress website Building on WordPress.com Installing WordPress manually Preparing the environment Downloading WordPress Uploading the files Installing WordPress
Upgrading WordPress from older installations The WP Admin panel Changing the password Changing general blog information Your first post Your first comment Retrieving a lost password Summary
Chapter 3: Blogging Your Heart Out Posting on your blog Adding a simple post Common post options Categories and tags Adding an image to a post Using the Visual editor versus the HTML editor Drafts, timestamps, and managing posts
Advanced post options Excerpt Trackbacks Discussion Custom Fields Password and private protection Post slug
Additional writing options Press This Posting via email
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 Getting a WordPress.com API key Activating Akismet
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Adding and managing categories Summary
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Chapter 4: Pages, Images, Plugins, and More
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Pages Adding a page Managing pages Links Adding a new link Managing links and categories Media library Adding an image gallery Choosing a post or page Uploading images Tweaking your gallery Adding plugins Finding your plugin Downloading the plugin Uploading and activating the plugin Configuring and/or implementing—if necessary Auto-installation Summa