Chapter 5
Starting a WordPress Blog
IN THIS CHAPTER
Examining the different versions of WordPress
Doing your WordPress install
Kicking the Dashboard tires
Writing your first post
Customizing your blog
Searching for all things WordPress
If you spend much time looking at blogs or talking to bloggers, you can't miss references to WordPress, one of the best-known and well-liked blogging software options available today. WordPress comes in two flavors — hosted and installable. In this chapter, I provide a snapshot of working both with the installable version that you place on your own web server as well as the WordPress hosted version. You can learn more about selecting a web server in Chapter 3.
This chapter runs through an overview of how to install WordPress on your server, use the administration panel, play with themes and widgets, and find out where to connect with other WordPress ...
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