WordPress: The Missing Manual
| By: | MacDonald, Matthew |
| Publisher: | O'Reilly Media, Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9781449309848 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781449309848 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Whether you’re a budding blogger or web development professional, WordPress is a brilliant tool for creating websites—if you know how to tap its impressive features. This jargon-free Missing Manual shows you how to use WordPress and its themes, plug-ins, and widgets to build just about any website you can imagine, from a classy blog to a basic e-commerce site.The important stuff you need to know:Create a blog. Get a free WordPress.com account, choose the right theme, and start publishing content.Build a website. Produce a professional-looking business site by customizing a WordPress theme.Add features. Choose from thousands of WordPress widgets and plug-ins to extend your site’s features.Mix in multimedia. Include slideshows, video clips, webcasts, podcasts, and music players.Involve your readers. Let readers leave comments, contribute to your site, and carry on a dialog.Build an audience. Learn search-engine optimization, measure your reader’s favorite pages, and publicize your site.Create a community. Use social media tools such as “Like” and sharing buttons, and provide RSS feeds of your posts.