WordPress For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)
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Are you a wannabe blogger? A seasoned pro migrating your blog to WordPress? Looking to do more cool stuff with your existing WordPress blog? Then this fun guide is for you! WordPress for Dummies is a veritable smorgasbord of WordPress information, ideas, tools, resources, and instruction on everything you need to create and maintain your dream blog.
Unlike other blog hosts, WordPress gives you the ability to create a blog that is tailored to your own tastes and needs. Sure, the codes, tags, and terminology can seem a little intimidating at first, but WordPress for Dummies breaks it all down to show you just how intuitive, friendly, and extensible the software really is. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to:
- Sign up for a free WordPress account
- Set up and use a hosted blog with WordPress.com
- Install and set up the WordPress.Org and WordPress.MU software for single- and multi-user versions
- Find great themes, plugins, and consultants that will help you achieve JUST the kind of blog you want
- Use tags to work with WordPress templates
- Combat challenges with comments, trackback spam, and “splogs”
- Add special technologies to your blog, such as RSS feed, podcasting, vlogging, and photoblogging
- Find online support, tips, and resources for WordPress software
Whether you want to keep family and friends updated on your latest adventures, post pictures of your new puppy, or communicate your passion with millions of readers worldwide, WordPress for Dummies is your passport to creating the kind of blog that will keep your visitors coming back for more!
From the Back Cover
Includes coverage of WordPress MU community software
Create a hosted, self-hosted, or multi-user blog, explore plugins, and more.
WordPress is powerful software known for helping bloggers share their thoughts online. Whether you want to set up a blog in the WordPress community, add a blog in the WordPress community, add a blog to another site, or build your own blogging community, this book shows how WordPress can help. With this book, you’ll soon be navigating WordPress templates plugins, and themes with no problem.
Discover how to:
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Personalize WordPress settings
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Understand common template tags
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Manage and moderate comments
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Deal with spam and trackback
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Troubleshoot common problems
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I bought this book because it was the only comprehensive beginner’s guide to WordPress that I could find, and it was also up to date (important in this rapidly changing field). This was my first “Dummies” purchase; I’ve always hated that title and the implicit putdown it conveys.
I was pleasantly surprised. Lisa Sabin-Wilson knows her stuff, she writes well, and the advice is practical and easy to follow. The book uses a logical progression, teaching us step-by-step what WordPress is, what it can do, and where you can go to find further resources. Sections address important topics such as plugins, self-hosting, theme selection and development, migrating your blog from another site, and much more.
I was mostly looking for a guide on using WordPress as a website content management system (CMS), and although one chapter does address this, I wish the book had covered this in more depth. Also, I would have liked to read more about design and style issues. However, no one book can do it all, and at almost 400 pages this book was long enough. (Although it’s a very quick read; it took me only one morning to get through it, and not all chapters will be relevant to every reader.)
I recommend it to anyone wanting to gain basic familiarity with WordPress (and related technical jargon), see whether it’s the thing for you and, if so, get started using it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book is not for beginners
Transferring files from my computer to the hosting server through an ftp client was a nightmare. The section on this was too brief and without the necessary detail to…
Prior to WordPress for Dummies being published, the other WordPress books out there were very limited or not extensively covered. For those of you who have tried to use WordPress before, I know the WordPress Codex or documentation may seem overwhelming due to its extensive coverage. This book does a great job of really giving you the ins and outs of WordPress. The author tries to cover the most important features of WordPress without trying to overwhelm the readers and does a very good job of it. I really liked the part about the author covering the MU feature of WordPress as well as covering the common used template tags in addition making the templates, ‘the loop’ and template files easy to understand for beginners. If you are already proficient with CSS/XHTML and want to take your blog/sites to the next level, this book is for you. However, this book does NOT teach you CSS/XHTML (does provide other resources in the book) so I would suggest you pick up another book for that. If you want to know about WP and blogging in general, this book is for you.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very helpful in understanding and using Word Press.
This book almost has it all for “newest” version of Word Press. My only complaints (are quite minor) were that I found the Index rather cumbersome and not particularly clear as to…
This is actually the book I wish I had been there when I first started out with blogs and especially WordPress. A lot of time is spent addressing what blogs are and what they can do and then going through how to set up a WordPress.com account or how to install the WordPress.org software on your own site. Most of the book is really set up and functionality. While most of this information can be found on the web, having this book beside you would make the task so much easier. If you already have your blog all set up and in use, most of the book is of far less use to you. I find myself in that category since I run a number of person blogs, a couple of corporate WordPress sites, and have installed the software a number of times. The two parts then that I could really get my teeth into are the section on theme customization with an explanation of many of the variables, and the second detailing the author’s top ten plug-ins. I found some items there that I had somehow overlooked before and are coming in quite handy.
So, why the 4 star rating? If you are just starting out, you really need this book. Pick it up before you start. And for you it will stay with you for a while and be a 5 star. If you have been doing this for a while, there will only be a couple of chapters of real value to you, so it will most likely be a 3 star. Average them together and what do you have? 4 stars!
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent tool for blogging and website newbies!
I have (slowly) been building a website for the purpose of advocating for more action worldwide to minimize fire-related deaths in dwellings.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Content might be fine
I presume all of the written content is fine. At ;least I can read it easily with my Kindle 2My problem is with the tables, graphs, and charts.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Have a wordpress blog? Buy this book.
I bought this book before putting together my new blogs, and I’m glad I did. This book answered all of my questions.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Still a little lost
This book is an OK reference, but don’t expect it to be a step by step how-to on using WordPress or publishing your website.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Valuable Resource
This book was just what I needed. The easy to follow instuction had my new Word Press blog up and running in no time.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Essential Tool
WordPress for Dummies is an excellent tool for anyone interested in learning more about creating websites, blogs, etc. I highly recommend this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for beginners and intermediates
I bought this book because I wanted to familiarize myself with the inner workings of PHP, and how it affects the layout of a WordPress blog.
3.0 out of 5 stars
kindle pricing…
so how is it that the electronic version is more expensive than the tangible copy of the book??
what are the running costs of an ebook warehouse again…