Wordpress: the missing manual: the book that should have been in the box

Description

A guide to WordPress provides bloggers with everything they need to know to build, design, manage, and customize their blogs, including step-by-step coverage of everything from installation and security to publishing and customization, as well as themes, widgets, and plug-ins.;pt. 1: Starting out with WordPress. The WordPress landscape -- Signing up with WordPress.com -- Installing WordPress on your web host -- pt. 2: Building a WordPress blog. Creating posts -- Choosing and polishing your WordPress theme -- Jazzing up your posts -- Adding pages and menus -- Comments : letting your readers talk back -- pt. 3: Supercharging your blog. Getting new features with plug-ins -- Adding picture galleries, video, and music -- Collaborating with multiple authors -- Attracting a crowd -- pt. 4: From blog to website. Editing themes: the key to customizing your site -- Building an advanced WordPress site -- pt. 5: Appendixes. Migrating from WordPress.com -- Securing a self-hosted site -- Useful websites.