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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
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First published: January 2010
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Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-849514-10-1 www.packtpub.com
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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
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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
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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
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Excerpt and the MORE tag Trackbacks Discussion Custom Fields Protecting content Pretty permalinks
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Additional writing options
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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
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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
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