Author: Stephanie Leary Publisher: Apress ISBN: 1430228962 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 421
Book Description
One of the most popular open source blogging and content management systems, Wordpress lets you create a website to promote yourself or your business quickly and easily—and better yet, it's free. WordPress is a flexible, user-friendly system, and it can be extended with a variety of themes and plugins. Beginning WordPress 3 is a complete guide for the beginning developer who wants to start using WordPress. You'll learn how to publish and manage online content, add media, create widgets and plugins, and much more.
Author: Dr Andy Williams Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 254
Book Description
Master WordPress using our proven step-by-step visual approach (over 330 screenshots). This book is a major new release for 2021, covering the latest version of WordPress. If major changes do occur to WordPress during 2021, you can visit our updates web page for details, so you can always be up to date. Building a beautiful, professional-looking WordPress website (or a blog) is no longer the computer geeks' domain. WordPress makes it possible for anyone to create and run a website that looks great on any device - PC, Mac, tablet, and phone. Whether you want to build a business site, an affiliate site, a hobby site, or a blog, WordPress is a great choice, and this book shows you how. The primary goal of this book is to take anyone, even an absolute beginner, from zero to WordPress "guru" in a few short hours. Inside this book, veteran WordPress expert Andy Williams will start at the very beginning. You'll learn essential topics like: - The two different versions of WordPress. - How to set up web hosting and domain registrar the correct way. - Installing WordPress. - A Dashboard overview. - Cleaning out the stuff that is installed by default. - Finding and installing WordPress themes to change the look and feel of your website instantly. - Plugins. What they are and how they can add fabulous features to your site. - How to update WordPress, themes, and plugins. - Understand every single setting. You can use our suggested defaults. - How to find and use the RSS feeds to help search engines find your content. - Importance of user-profiles and assigning an image (Gravatar) to your email address. - Creating great navigation systems on your site, with custom menus, internal linking, and related posts. - Enabling and dealing with visitor comments. - Using the media library for images, video, and more. - The difference between pages and posts, and when to use each one. - Effective use of categories and tags. Misusing these can get your site penalized or even banned from search engines. - How to create content using both the Classic editor and the new Gutenberg editor. - Publish or schedule posts for a future date. - Post revisions. - Two different types of homepage. A blog-style page v a more traditional "static" homepage. - Using widgets on your site to add neat features. - Types of sites you can build with WordPress (blog, business, typical site), with videos on setting these up. We'll also cover a few vital plugins to: - Automatically take backups and get them sent to the cloud. - Automatically create important legal pages on your site, like terms and privacy policy. - Creating a contact page so visitors can contact you. - Add a related posts section to the end of every post to keep visitors on site longer. - Setup good SEO practices. - Setup social sharing buttons on your site, so visitors can easily share your pages with friends. Most people learn better when they can see what they are reading about, so this book isn't shy with screenshots. There are over 330 of them, plus additional videos, showing you precisely what you will see on your screen and prompting you to take specific actions as you learn and master WordPress. You may have heard that WordPress has a steep learning curve. With this book, you won't even notice it. Most chapters end with a "Tasks to Complete" section. By completing these tasks, you'll not only become proficient with WordPress; you'll become confident at using WordPress. By the end of the book, you'll be building great looking, professional WordPress websites that look fantastic on any device. And you'll enjoy doing it! Note: This book covers the self-hosted .org version of WordPress but contains a hack for the .com users to switch their dashboard so they can follow along.
Author: Tris Hussey Publisher: Que Publishing ISBN: 0133805174 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 429
Book Description
More than 70 million websites and blogs run on WordPress: it's the world's #1 web development tool. Now, you can make the most of WordPress without becoming a technical expert. WordPress Absolute Beginner's Guide is the fastest way to get comfortable and productive with WordPress and its most powerful tools. Whether you're new to WordPress or not, this practical, approachable book will show you how to do exactly what you want, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. Leading WordPress instructor Tris Hussey provides step-by-step instructions for every task requiring more than one step. Screenshots and illustrations guide you through complex processes, so you'll never get lost or confused. You'll find friendly, patient, crystal-clear coverage that always respects your intelligence, and never patronizes you. Hussey covers all this, and much more: Understanding the mechanics of a WordPress website Installing WordPress yourself, along with the themes and plug-ins you want Using WordPress.com if you don't want to run WordPress on your own equipment Setting up your site right the first time, to avoid problems later Tweaking themes to make your site look perfect Integrating images and media Making your site mobile-ready Using basic search engine optimization techniques to get your site discovered Troubleshooting, maintaining, and performance-tuning your site
Author: Lisa Sabin-Wilson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470908300 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 413
Book Description
The bestselling guide to WordPress, fully updated for newest version of WordPress WordPress, the popular, free blogging platform, has been updated with new features and improvements. Bloggers who are new to WordPress will learn to take full advantage of its flexibility and usability with the advice in this friendly guide. Previous editions have sold nearly 50,000 copies, and interest in blogging continues to explode. WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog platform that emphasizes aesthetics, Web standards, and usability WordPress For Dummies, 3rd Edition covers both the free-hosted WordPress.com version and WordPress.org, which requires users to purchase Web hosting services Written by an expert who works directly with the developers and cofounder of WordPress Shows readers how to set up and maintain a blog with WordPress and how to use all the new features Like its earlier editions, WordPress For Dummies, 3rd Edition helps bloggers quickly and easily take advantage of everything this popular blogging tool has to offer.
Author: Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1789342589 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
Learn core WordPress concepts and components to create modern WordPress-based solutions Key FeaturesLearn the foundations of WordPress development and its hook-based architectureChoose the right components for any development taskBuild flexible solutions that works with existing plugins and themesBook Description WordPress is the most used CMS in the world and is the ideal way to share your knowledge with a large audience or build a profitable business. Getting started with WordPress development has often been a challenge for novice developers, and this book will help you find your way. This book explains the components used in WordPress development, when and where to use them, and why you should be using each component in specific scenarios. You begin by learning the basic development setup and coding standards of WordPress. Then you move into the most important aspects of the theme and plugin development process. Here you will also learn how themes and plugins fit into the website while learning about a range of techniques for extending themes and plugins. With the basics covered, we explore many of the APIs provided by WordPress and how we can leverage them to build rapid solutions. Next, we move on to look at the techniques for capturing, processing, and displaying user data when integrating third-party components into the site design. Finally, you will learn how to test and deploy your work with secure and maintainable code, while providing the best performance for end users. What you will learnExplore the role of themes, plugins, and built-in features in developmentAdapt to built-in modules and built-in database structuresWrite code for WordPress's hook-based architectureBuild, customize, and integrate WordPress pluginsExtend themes with custom design templatesCapture and process data with built-in features and custom formsImprove usability with AJAX and third-party componentsManage non-functional aspects, such as security, performance, and migrationWho this book is for This book is for web developers and site owners who want to build custom websites with WordPress. Basic knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS is required to get most out of this book.
Author: Dr Andy Williams Publisher: ISBN: 9781676657446 Category : Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Master WordPress using our proven step-by-step visual approach (over 340 screenshots). This book is a major new release for 2020, covering the latest version of WordPress. If major changes do occur to WordPress during 2020, you can visit our updates web page for details, so your copy of the book is always up to date.Building a beautiful, professional looking WordPress website (or a blog), is no longer the domain of computer geeks. WordPress makes it possible for anyone to create and run a website that looks great on any device - PC, Mac, tablet and phone. Whether you want to build a business site, an affiliate site, a hobby site or a blog, WordPress is a great choice.The primary goal of this book is to take anyone, even an absolute beginner, from zero to WordPress "guru" in a few short hours. Inside this book, veteran WordPress expert Andy Williams will start at the very beginning. You'll learn important topics like: - The two different versions of WordPress. - Website hosting and domain registrars. How to set this up the correct way. - How to install WordPress. - An overview of the Dashboard. - Cleaning out the stuff that is installed by default. - Finding and installing WordPress themes to instantly change the look and feel of your website. - Plugins. What they are and how you can use them to create magnificent websites. - How to update WordPress, themes and plugins. - Understand every single Dashboard setting and use our defaults if you want. - How to find and use the RSS feeds on your site to help search engines find your content. - The importance of user profiles, and how to assign a "Gravatar" image to your email address. - How to create great navigation systems on your site, with custom menus, internal linking and related post sections. - Enabling and dealing with visitor comments. - Using the media library for images, video and more. - The difference between pages and posts, and when to use each one. - Effective use of categories and tags. Using these incorrectly can get your site penalised or even banned from search engines. - How to create content using both the Classic editor and the new Gutenberg editor. - How to publish posts, and even schedule them so they will be published at some future date. - Using post revisions. - Two different types of homepage. A blog style page v a more traditional "static" homepage. - Using widgets on your site to add neat features. - Types of sites you can build with WordPress (blog, business, typical site), with videos on setting these up.We'll also cover those vital plugins every site need, including: - Automatically take backups and get them sent to the cloud. - Automatically create important legal pages on your site, like terms and privacy policy. - Creating a contact page so visitors can contact you. - Add a related posts section to the end of every post to keep visitors on site longer. - Setup good SEO practices. - Setup social sharing buttons on your site, so visitors can easily tell their friends about your great web pages. Most people learn better when they can actually see what they are reading about, so one thing this book isn't, is shy with screenshots. There are over 340 of them, showing you exactly what you will see on your screen, and prompting you to take specific actions as you learn and master WordPress. You may have heard that WordPress has a steep learning curve. With this book, you won't even notice it. Each chapter ends with a "Tasks to Complete" section. By completing these tasks, you'll not only become proficient with WordPress, you'll become confident at using WordPress. By the end of the book, you'll be building great looking, professional WordPress websites that look fantastic on any device... And you'll enjoy doing it!
Author: Lisa Sabin-Wilson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118093828 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 402
Book Description
Learn how WordPress can help you create a unique, customized Web site Once only a platform for bloggers, WordPress is gaining popularity as a tool for creating individualized Web sites. WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson makes it easy for anyone with a basic knowledge of the WordPress software to create a custom site using complimentary technologies including CSS, HTML, and PHP. This easy-to-follow, full-color guide helps you identify the tools and technologies you need to create the site you envision, build a user-friendly navigation system, select colors and layouts, work with existing WordPress themes, and even develop your own theme to personalize your site. WordPress offers a versatile tool for building customized Web sites; this full-color book walks you through the process, explains the complimentary technologies involved, and shows you how to select colors, fonts, and themes Case studies illustrate the process and the effects that can be achieved Shows how to incorporate WordPress templates, graphic design principles, HTML, CSS, and PHP to build a truly one-of-a-kind Web site If you know how to use WordPress software to create a blog, WordPress Web Design For Dummies will enable you to quickly and easily construct a unique Web site for your business, organization, or personal use.
Author: Jesse Friedman Publisher: New Riders ISBN: 0133016773 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 627
Book Description
Legions of web designers and developers are choosing WordPress for building sites. That's because it's powerful, reliable, flexible, scalable—and more. This book is your complete guide to mastering WordPress theme development, covering everything from installation to leveraging the community and resources to improve your WordPress skills for years to come. You'll learn how to: Install WordPress and work on a development server Create site plans and content architecture Develop basic through advanced WordPress themes Maintain responsive design integrity Implement the right plugins Convert an already-built website to a WordPress-powered theme Get involved with the WordPress community With detailed explanations, real-life examples, and step-by-step tutorials, you'll find everything you need to build and deploy WordPress-powered websites with no prior server-side or WordPress development experience.
Author: Matt Wolfe Publisher: ISBN: 9780615684741 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 135
Book Description
#1 Bestseller on Amazon! In this incredibly in-depth guide to WordPress, Matt Wolfe (of TheWPClassroom.com fame) gives an amazing amount of detail on pretty much everything you need to know to get started with WordPress. From all of the basics of getting a site online to advanced strategies of traffic generation and monetization. Gone are the days of hiring expensive coders to fix your website or spending thousands of dollars developing membership sites or ecommerce sites. WordPress makes these things simple to do YOURSELF. With WordPress Revealed, you will learn: How to get your first website online within 10 minutes. How to customize the look and feel of the site. How to add plugins to change the functionality of a site. Which plugins EVERY site must have. How to make sure you never run out of ideas for content on your site. What the most effective blog posts are to generate buzz. How to generate loads of traffic to any website (even if it's not WordPress) Monetization strategies to make money with your site. Plus many more tips and tricks to make your website as beautiful and effective as possible. As an added bonus, Matt interviews several experts in business and blogging on exactly how they use WordPress in their businesses. You'll learn from some of the most accomplished website owners on the internet about their strategies to monetize websites as well as their tips for getting started and the plugins that they couldn't live without. This section alone is easily worth 4 times the cost of the book. Some of the expert interviews include: Pat Flynn from SmartPassiveIncome.com Glen Allsopp from ViperChill.com Ori Bengal of CouchSurfingOri.com Sean "The WordPress Guy" Vosler Casey Zeman, creator of Easy Webinar Plugin Christina Hills of Website Creation Workshop Do not miss this guide that anyone aspiring to build a business online must own. It will be your one stop resource for everything WordPress. Simply scroll up and click the "Buy" button to access this extensive knowledge base on everything WordPress.
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