Book description
WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, 3E uses a visual approach to teach the essential elements of WordPress, one of the world's most popular publishing platforms. This book gives readers the tools they need to create beautiful, functional WordPress-powered sites with minimal hassle. Using plenty of screenshots and a clear, organized format, authors Jessica Neuman Beck and Matt Beck walk new users through the installation and setup process while providing valuable tips and tricks for more experienced users. With no other resource but this guide, readers can set up a fully-functional and well-designed WordPress site that takes advantage of all the features WordPress has to offer.
This new, fully updated version covers all the key new and improved features of WordPress, including: using the Theme Customizer; adding custom headers and backgrounds; adding content in new ways such as posting from your desktop or mobile device, as well as importing from another WordPress blog or other blogging services; and new ways to work with media, such as editing images, using video and audio, and creating image galleries. There is also a completely new chapter on menus, which covers menu setup and adding and editing menus.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Special Thanks to
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. First Steps
- 2. Getting Familiar with WordPress
- 3. Settings
- 4. Managing Accounts
- 5. Setting Up a WordPress Theme
- 6. Widgets and Plug-ins
- 7. Adding Content
- 8. Menus
- 9. Working with Media
- 10. Managing Comments
- 11. Getting Fancy with Themes
- 12. Advanced Theme Development
- 13. Custom Content Types
- 14. One Installation, Multiple Blogs
- 15. More Ways to Customize WordPress
- 16. Best Practices
- A. Troubleshooting
- B. Online Resources
- Index
Product information
- Title: WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, Third Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2013
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780133522778
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