Launch a WordPress.com Blog In A Day For Dummies (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-37975-2 (ISBN)
launch your blog
WordPress is among the most popular blogging platforms. If
you're ready to start your WordPress blog, this handy e-book will
get you going. It gets right to the point, showing you how to
create a WordPress.com account, navigate WordPress.com and use the
Dashboard, customize blog settings, use themes, organize your blog,
and dress it up with widgets and upgrades. A special link to
dummies.com provides additional information, including video
tutorials that boost your blog IQ. Read it today and have your blog
up and running tomorrow!
* This highly focused e-book gives you the straight line on
setting up a blog using WordPress.com
* Walks you through creating your account, navigating
WordPress.com and using the Dashboard, choosing a theme for your
blog, customizing settings, and organizing your blog by
categories
* Provides further materials, including video tutorials on
establishing settings and privacy controls, plus step-by-step
instructions for setting up your blog
Launch a WordPress.com Blog In A Day For Dummies is the
quick and easy way to join the blogosphere with WordPress.com.
Lisa Sabin-Wilson (Colgate,?WI)?is the founder and Creative Director of E.Webscapes Design Studio. Lisa is also a frequent public speaker and talks on the subject of WordPress development and design at conferences around the country.?She is the author of WordPress For Dummies, WordPress Web Design For Dummies, and lead author of the team that co-wrote WordPress All-in-One For Dummies. To learn more about Lisa, please visit (lisasabin-wilson.com).
Introduction 1
What You Can Do In A Day 1
Foolish Assumptions 1
Icons Used in This Book 2
Chapter 1: Getting Started with WordPress 3
Creating a WordPress Account 4
Navigating WordPress 10
Using the WordPress Dashboard 12
Right Now 14
Recent Comments 16
Your Stuff 17
What's Hot 17
QuickPress 17
Recent Drafts 18
Stats 18
Setting Important Options before You Blog 19
Setting your General options 20
Adjusting your Date and Time settings 21
Setting your public profile: Tell us a little about
yourself 23
Setting your personal preferences 29
Chapter 2: Writing and Managing Your Blog 33
Ready? Set? Blog! 34
Inserting media files into your post 36
Refining your post options 39
Publishing your post 42
Organizing Your Blog by Subject 44
Creating categories and subcategories 45
Filing posts in categories and subcategories 46
Creating and Categorizing Your Blogroll 47
Creating link categories 48
Adding new links to your blogroll 48
Managing and Inviting Users 52
Managing authors and users 52
Inviting friends to WordPress.com 54
Managing Comments and Comment Spam 55
Setting discussion options for your blog 55
Viewing comments 61
Creating a Static Page 63
Setting Up Your Front Page 64
Publishing a Public or Private Blog 66
Publicizing through Social Media 67
The Like Button 69
Interaction Through SMS (Text Messaging) 69
Chapter 3: Enhancing Your Blog with Themes, Widgets, and
Upgrades 71
Changing Your Blog's Look 72
Enhancing Your Theme with Features 73
Adding navigation menus 74
Changing the background color and image 76
Creating an iPad-friendly display 78
Changing the header image 80
Using Typekit fonts 82
Widget Wonder: Adding Handy Tools to Your Sidebar 82
Selecting and activating widgets 82
Using Text widgets 84
Upgrading Your WordPress Account (For a Fee) 89
Naming Your Domain 91
Chapter 4: Where to Go from Here 92
Taking Your First Steps 92
Visiting dummies.com 93
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.5.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | In A Day For Dummies | In A Day For Dummies |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Web / Internet ► Social Web |
| Schlagworte | Computer Science • Informatik • Web-Entwicklung • Web Site Development • WordPress, WordPress blog, blogging with WordPress, WordPress Dummies, learn to use WordPress, blogging with WordPress, books on WordPress, learn WordPress.com, how to set up a WordPress blog, using WordPress, tutorials on WordPress, blogging tutorials, books on blogging, guides to blogging, guides to Wordpress.com, e-books about blogging, ebooks on using wordpress |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-37975-6 / 1118379756 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-37975-2 / 9781118379752 |
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