Wordpress For All : How To Create A Website For Business Or Personal Use, Quickly & Easily - Whatever Your Skill Level

231 Pages·2013·3.8 MB·English

by  Chris O'Connor

WORDPRESS FOR ALL
How To Create A Website For Business Or Personal
Use, Quickly & Easily - Whatever Your Skill Level

By Chris O’Connor

© 2013 Chris O’Connor
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Who Is This Book For?
What This Book Covers
Which Wordpress?
No Limits
SEO
How Much Technical Knowledge Do You Need To Do This?
Why Me?
THE BASICS
Wordpress.com vs Wordpress.org
Why Wordpress?
What Sort Of Website Will You Be Able To Create?
What You Need To Get Started
Research
CHOOSING AND BUYING A DOMAIN NAME
How To Choose A Domain Name
What Should You Go For?
Where To Get A Domain Name
HOSTING
The Importance Of Getting It Right
What Hosting Do You Need To Install Wordpress?
Different Types Of Account
Here Are The Hosting Companies That I Use And Can Personally
Recommend
Getting Your Domain Onto Your Hosting Account
INSTALLING WORDPRESS
Single Site vs Multi-Site
Single Site Installation
An Alternative Way To Install Wordpress
Multi-Site Installation
BEFORE YOU LOGIN – EXPLAINING THE CONCEPTS
Make Sure You Read This!
What Is Wordpress
Front & Back End
User Roles
Pages & Posts
Categories
Tags
Custom Menus
Media Library
The Wordpress Editor
Widgets & Sidebars
LOGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Settings - General
Wordpress Address (URL)
Site Address (URL)
Email Address
Membership
New User Default Role
Timezone
Date Format
Time Format
Week Starts On
Settings - Writing
Size of the post box
Formatting
Default Post Category
Default Post Format
Default Link Category
Press This
Post via e-mail
Remote Publishing
Update Services
Reading Settings
How many posts to show?
Encoding
Discussion Settings
Default article settings
Other comment settings
Comment Moderation & Comment Blacklist
Avatars
Media Settings
Embeds
Uploading Files
Privacy Settings
Permalinks
THEMES – GETTING THE RIGHT LOOK
Custom Development
Doing It Yourself
Drag & Drop Themes
Developing A Theme On Your PC Or Mac
Adding A Theme To Your Site
Installing a theme from the Wordpress repository
Installing using a zip file
ADDING THE FUNCTIONALITY
Different Requrements
How To Install A Plugin
To install a free plugin from the Wordpress repository
To install a plugin by uploading a zip file
Essential Plugins
Replace the Wordpress WYSIWYG Editor
TinyMCE Advanced
Ultimate TinyMCE
SEO Plugins
Captcha Plugins
Other spam protection
Other Extremely Useful Plugins
Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order
Gravity Forms
HOUSEKEEPING
Clearing Out The Unnecessary Stuff
Rummaging In The Trash
ADDING CONTENT
The Boring (But Necessary) Stuff
Creating a Contact Page
Other Pages That You Should Have
Custom Menus
Adding The Fun Stuff (REAL Content)
Your First Post
Adding an image
Publishing Options
Adding Video And Other Media From External Sites
Where to store your videos
Adding A Gallery Of Images
MULTIPLE AUTHORS
SECURITY
Not Just Wordpress
Insecure Themes And Plugins
Keeping Up To Date
Backups & Other Precautions
SPECIFIC SITE USE
Building Other Types Of Websites
Membership Sites
Membership Plugins
Merchant Integration
Ecommerce Sites
Sales Page Websites
Affiliate Websites
Niche blogging
The Review Site
The Niche Store
CONCLUSION
How To Keep Up With Changes In Wordpress
Recommended Resources
Feedback
ABOUT THIS BOOK