Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Conventions Used in This Book

What You Don't Have to Read

How This Book Is Organized

Book I: WordPress Basics

Book II: Setting Up the WordPress Software

Book III: Exploring the WordPress Dashboard

Book IV: Publishing Your Site with WordPress

Book V: Examining SEO and Social Media

Book VI: Customizing the Look of Your Site

Book VII: Using and Developing Plugins

Book VIII: Running Multiple Sites with WordPress

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Book I: WordPress Basics

Chapter 1: Exploring Basic WordPress Concepts

Introducing the World of Blogging

Understanding Blogging Technologies

Archiving your publishing history

Interacting with your readers through comments

Feeding your readers

Tracking back

Dealing with comment and trackback spam

Using WordPress as a Content Management System

Chapter 2: Exploring the World of Open Source Software

Defining Open Source

Understanding WordPress Licensing

Applying WordPress Licensing to Your Projects

Chapter 3: Understanding Development and Release Cycles

Discovering WordPress Release Cycles

Upgrading your WordPress experience

Understanding the cycles of a release

Finding WordPress release archives

Keeping Track of WordPress Development

Downloading Nightly Builds

Chapter 4: Introducing the WordPress Community

Finding Other WordPress Users

Finding WordPress news and tips on community Web sites

Locating users on social networks

Users Helping Users

WordPress support forums ...

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