Introduction
WordPress is the most popular online content management software on the planet. Between the hosted service at WordPress.com and the self-hosted software available at WordPress.org, millions of bloggers use WordPress, and to date, WordPress powers over 45 percent of the Internet. That’s impressive! With WordPress, you can truly tailor a website to your own tastes and needs.
With no cost for using the benefits of the WordPress platform to publish content on the web, WordPress is as priceless as it is free. WordPress makes writing, editing, and publishing content on the Internet a delightful, fun, and relatively painless experience, whether you’re a publisher, a business owner, a designer, a developer, or a hobbyist blogger.
About This Book
The fact that WordPress is free and accessible to all, however, doesn’t make it inherently easy for everyone to use. For some people, the technologies, terminology, and coding practices are a little intimidating or downright daunting. That’s where this book comes in. WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition, eases any trepidation about using WordPress. With a little research, knowledge, and time, you’ll soon have a website that suits your needs and gives your readers an exciting experience that keeps them coming back for more.
WordPress All-in-One For Dummies is a complete guide to WordPress that covers the basics: installing and configuring the software, using the Dashboard, publishing content, utilizing the site and block ...