WordPress All-in-One For Dummies

A convenient how-to guide for maximizing your WordPress experienceWordPress is a state-of-the-art blog publishing platform with nearly ten million active installations. Eight minibooks provide you with expanded coverage of the most important topics to the WordPress… (More)

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Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
2 Conventions Used in This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You Don’t Have to Read
How This Book Is Organized
Book I: WordPress Basics
Book II: Setting Up the WordPress Software
Book III: Exploring the WordPress Dashboard
Book IV: Publishing Your Site with WordPress
Book V: Examining SEO and Social Media
Book VI: Customizing the Look of Your Site
Book VII: Using and Developing Plugins
Book VIII: Running Multiple Sites with WordPress
Icons Used in This Book
8 Where to Go from Here
Where to Go from Here
Chapter 1: Exploring Basic WordPress Concepts
12 Introducing the World of Blogging
Introducing the World of Blogging
Understanding Blogging Technologies
Archiving your publishing history
Interacting with your readers through comments
Feeding your readers
Tracking back
Dealing with comment and trackback spam
Using WordPress as a Content Management System
Chapter 2: Exploring the World of Open Source Software
Defining Open Source
Understanding WordPress Licensing
28 Applying WordPress Licensing to Your Projects
Applying WordPress Licensing to Your Projects
Chapter 3: Understanding Development and Release Cycles
Discovering WordPress Release Cycles
Upgrading your WordPress experience
Understanding the cycles of a release
Finding WordPress release archives
Keeping Track of WordPress Development
Downloading Nightly Builds
Chapter 4: Introducing the WordPress Community
42 Finding Other WordPress Users
Finding Other WordPress Users
Finding WordPress news and tips on community Web sites
Locating users on social networks
Users Helping Users
WordPress support forums
WordPress user manual
WordPress mailing lists
Discovering Professional WordPress Consultants and Services
WordPress designers
Developers
Consultants
50 Contributing to WordPress
Contributing to WordPress
Participating in Live WordPress Events
Chapter 5: Discovering Different Versions of WordPress
Comparing the Two Versions of WordPress
Choosing the hosted version from WordPress.com
Self-hosting with WordPress.org
60 Hosting Multiple Sites with One WordPress Installation
Hosting Multiple Sites with One WordPress Installation
62 Discovering WordPress VIP Services
Discovering WordPress VIP Services
Chapter 1: Understanding the System Requirements
Establishing Your Domain
Understanding domain name extensions
Considering the cost of a domain name
Registering your domain name
70 Finding a Home for Your Blog
Finding a Home for Your Blog
Getting help with hosting WordPress
Dealing with disk space and bandwidth
Chapter 2: Using File Transfer Protocol
Introducing FTP Concepts
78 Setting Up FTP on Your Hosting Account
Setting Up FTP on Your Hosting Account
Finding and Using Free and Easy FTP Programs
Connecting to the Web Server via FTP
Transferring files from point A to point B
Editing files by using FTP
Changing file permissions
Chapter 3: Introducing PHP and MySQL
Understanding How PHP and MySQL Work Together
90 Exploring PHP Basics
Exploring PHP Basics
92 Trying Out a Little PHP
Trying Out a Little PHP
94 Managing Your MySQL Database
Managing Your MySQL Database
Chapter 4: Installing WordPress on Your Web Server
Installing the WordPress Files
Using Fantastico to install WordPress
Installing WordPress manually
Chapter 5: Configurations for Optimum Performance and Security
116 Discovering the Configuration File
Discovering the Configuration File
Securing the configuration file
Exploring main configuration settings
Moving the /wp-content directory
Tweaking the configuration file for optimization
126 Using a Caching System for Speed and Performance
Using a Caching System for Speed and Performance
Minifying JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
Using a content delivery network
Using plugins to make caching easier
Editing Files and Testing Performance with WordPress Tools
Choosing the text editor that’s right for you
Notepad (Windows)
Notepad++ (Windows)
TextMate (Mac)
Understanding and choosing a Web browser
Discovering different browsers and tools
Understanding cross-browser compatibility
Chapter 6: Upgrading WordPress
Getting Notified of an Available Upgrade
144 Backing Up Your Database
Backing Up Your Database
Upgrading WordPress Automatically
Upgrading WordPress Manually
Chapter 7: Backing Up, Packing Up, and Moving to a New Host
Migrating Your Existing Blog to WordPress
Movin’ on up
Preparing for the big move
Converting templates
Moving your blog to WordPress
Importing from Blogspot, er Blogger
Importing from LiveJournal
Importing from Movable Type and TypePad
Importing from WordPress
Importing from an RSS feed
Finding other import resources
Moving Your Web Site to a Different Host
Creating a backup and moving manually
Using a plugin to back up and move to a new host
Chapter 1: Logging In and Taking a Look Around
Logging In to the Dashboard
170 Navigating the Dashboard
Navigating the Dashboard
Right Now
Recent Comments
Incoming Links
Plugins
QuickPress
Recent Drafts
WordPress Blog
Other WordPress News
Chapter 2: Customizing Your Dashboard
Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes
Removing Dashboard Modules
Changing the Dashboard layout
Finding Inline Documentation and Help
188 Creating Your Own Workspace
Creating Your Own Workspace
Chapter 3: Exploring Tools and Settings
Configuring the Settings
General
Writing
Reading
Discussion
Media
Privacy
Permalinks
214 Creating Your Personal Profile
Creating Your Personal Profile
Setting Your Blog’s Format
Posts
Links
Pages
Comments
Appearance
Users
Tools
Chapter 4: Managing Users and Multiple Authors
Understanding User Roles and Capabilities
Allowing New User Registration
226 Adding New Users
Adding New Users
228 Editing User Details
Editing User Details
Managing a Multi-Author Site
Tools that help authors communicate
Tools to promote author profiles
Tools to manage multi-author blog posts
Chapter 5: Dealing with Comments and Spam
Deciding to Allow Comments on Your Site
Positive aspects of allowing comments
Exploring reasons to disallow comments
Interacting with Readers through Comments
Comment and trackback display
238 Managing Comments and Trackbacks
Managing Comments and Trackbacks
240 Dealing with Comment and Trackback Spam
Dealing with Comment and Trackback Spam
Tackling Spam with Akismet
Chapter 6: Building Link Lists
Organizing Your Links
Adding new links
254 Displaying Link Lists on Your Site
Editing existing links
Displaying Link Lists on Your Site
Chapter 7: Creating Categories and Tags
Archiving Content with WordPress
Building categories
Changing the name of a category
Creating new categories
Creating and Editing Tags
Chapter 1: Writing Your First Post
Composing Your Blog Post
276 Refining Your Post Options
Refining Your Post Options
Publishing your post
Being your own editor
282 Creating Your Own Workspace for Writing
Creating Your Own Workspace for Writing
Adjusting screen options
Arranging post modules
Chapter 2: Examining the Difference between Posts and Pages
Understanding the Difference between Posts and Pages
288 Creating the Front Page of Your Web Site
Creating the Front Page of Your Web Site
Creating the static page
Setting page options
Assigning a static page as the front page
294 Adding a Blog to Your Web Site
Adding a Blog to Your Web Site
Chapter 3: Uploading and Displaying Photos and Galleries
Inserting Images into Your Blog Posts
Adding an image from the Web
Adding an image from your computer
Aligning your images
Inserting a Photo Gallery
Chapter 4: Exploring Podcasting and Video Blogging
Inserting Video Files into Your Blog Posts
Adding video from the Web
Adding video from your computer
312 Inserting Audio Files into Your Blog Posts
Inserting Audio Files into Your Blog Posts
Podcasting with WordPress
Keeping Media Files Organized
Chapter 5: Working with Custom Fields
Understanding Custom Fields
320 Exploring the Custom Fields Interface
Exploring the Custom Fields Interface
Adding Custom Fields to Your Template File
Entering the code in the template file
Getting WordPress to check for your Custom Field
328 Exploring Different Uses for Custom Fields
Exploring Different Uses for Custom Fields
Chapter 6: Using WordPress as a Content Management System
Creating Different Page Views Using WordPress Templates
Uploading the template
Assigning the template to a static page
Creating a Template for Each Post Category
338 Pulling in Content from a Single Category
Pulling in Content from a Single Category
Finding the category ID number
Adding the <query_post> tag
Using Sidebar Templates
342 Custom Styles for Sticky, Category, and Tag Posts
Custom Styles for Sticky, Category, and Tag Posts
344 Working with Custom Post Types
Working with Custom Post Types
350 Optimizing Your WordPress Blog
Optimizing Your WordPress Blog
Planting keywords in your Web site
Optimizing your post titles for search engine success
Writing content with readers in mind
Creating categories that attract search engines
Using the <ALT> tag for images
Chapter 1: Exposing Your Content
Understanding the Three C’s of the Social Web
Content
Communication
Consistency
366 Making It Easy for Users to Share Your Content
Making It Easy for Users to Share Your Content
370 Determining Where You Need to Participate
Determining Where You Need to Participate
Finding Influencers
376 Leveraging Twitter for Social-Media Success
Leveraging Twitter for Social-Media Success
Building your Twitter account by using automated tools
Updating Twitter from your WordPress blog
Engaging with Facebook
Chapter 2: Creating a Social-Media Listening Hub
382 Exploring Reasons for a Social-Media Listening Hub
Exploring Reasons for a Social-Media Listening Hub
Eavesdropping on yourself
Keeping tabs on your brand
Exploring Different Listening Tools
Monitoring with Google Alerts
Tracking conversations with Social Mention
Listening to blogs with BlogPulse
Checking rank with Technorati
Connecting conversations with BackType
Searching communities with Boardreader
Staying on top of conversations with Twitter Search
Microblog searching with Twingly
392 Creating Your Own Personal Monitoring Mix
Creating Your Own Personal Monitoring Mix
Grouping your monitoring results
Cleaning and combining your feeds
400 Editing the Dashboard to Create a Listening Post
Editing the Dashboard to Create a Listening Post
Chapter 3: Understanding Analytics
Understanding the Importance of Analytics
404 Exploring the Options to Track Data
Exploring the Options to Track Data
Understanding Key Analytics Terminology
Signing Up and Installing Google Analytics on Your WordPress Site
Signing up for Google Analytics
Installing the tracking code
Verifying that you installed the code properly
Installing and configuring the Analytics plugin
Using the data from the plugin
418 Using PostRank with WordPress
Using PostRank with WordPress
Chapter 4: Search Engine Optimization
Understanding the Importance of Search Engine Optimization
422 Outlining the Advantages That WordPress Presents for SEO
Outlining the Advantages That WordPress Presents for SEO
424 Understanding How Search Engines See Your Content
Understanding How Search Engines See Your Content
Using links as currency
Submitting to search engines and directories
428 Optimizing Your Blog under the Hood
Optimizing Your Blog under the Hood
Metadata
Robots.txt
Researching Your Niche
430 Creating Search Engine Strategies
Creating Search Engine Strategies
Setting up your blog
Improving your blog’s design
Dealing with duplicate content
Creating an editorial SEO list/calendar
Establishing a routine for publishing posts on your site
Creating a link-building strategy
Chapter 5: Exploring Popular SEO Plugins
Exploring Must-Use Plugins for SEO Best Practices
438 All in One SEO Pack
440 XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress
XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress
Redirection
Yoast Breadcrumbs
WP-Page Navi
Robots Meta
Chapter 1: Examining the Default Theme: Twenty Ten
Exploring the Layout and Structure
Customizing the Header Image
456 Customizing the Background Color
Customizing the Background Color
Including Custom Navigation Menus
462 Enhancing Your Web Site with Widgets
Enhancing Your Web Site with Widgets
Adding widgets to your sidebar or footer
Using the Text widget
Using the RSS widget
Chapter 2: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
Getting Started with Free Themes
Understanding What to Avoid with Free Themes
Installing a Theme
Browsing the free themes
Previewing and activating a theme
480 Exploring Premium Theme Options
Exploring Premium Theme Options
Chapter 3: Exploring the Anatomy of a Theme
486 Starting with the Basics
Starting with the Basics
Understanding the Stylesheet
490 Exploring Template Tags, Values, and Parameters
Exploring Template Tags, Values, and Parameters
Understanding the basics
Using parameters
Customizing common tags
Digging deeper into the WordPress Codex
Creating New Widget Areas
Registering your widget
Displaying new widgets on your site
Simplifying customization with functions
Exploring common problems
498 Examining the Main Index and The Loop
Examining the Main Index and The Loop
Header template
Sidebar template
506 Examining Other Template Files
Footer template
Examining Other Template Files
Customizing Your Blog Posts with Template Tags
508 Putting It All Together
Putting It All Together
Connecting the templates
Using additional stylesheets
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Theme
518 Changing Your Background Graphic
Changing Your Background Graphic
Uploading an image for background use
Positioning, repeating, and attaching images
Changing Your Header Graphic
Considering the image dimensions
Uploading a header image
Personalizing Your Theme with CSS
CSS selectors
CSS IDs and classes
CSS properties and values
532 Understanding Basic HTML Techniques
Understanding Basic HTML Techniques
Changing Basic Elements for a Unique Look
Background colors and images
Font family, color, and size
Borders
536 Finding Additional Resources
Finding Additional Resources
Chapter 5: Understanding Parent and Child Themes
Customizing Theme Style with Child Themes
Creating a child theme
Loading a parent theme’s style
Customizing the parent theme’s styling
Using images in child theme designs
548 Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes
Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes
Overriding parent template files
Adding new template files
Removing template files
Modifying the functions.php file
Preparing a Parent Theme
Chapter 6: Digging into Advanced Theme Development
Getting Started with Advanced Theming
Finding a good starting point
Customizing the theme to your needs
Adding New Template Files
Creating named templates
Creating and using template parts
Exploring content-specific standard templates
Using page templates
564 Adding Theme Support for Built-In Features
Adding Theme Support for Built-In Features
Adding support for custom menus
Adding support for custom post types
Adding Support for Custom Taxonomies
Adding support for post formats
Adding support for post thumbnails
Exploring Theme Options
Understanding theme options basics
Building a simple theme options page
Using theme options in the theme
Chapter 7: Using Theme Frameworks to Simplify Customization
602 Understanding Theme Frameworks
Understanding Theme Frameworks
Discovering Popular Frameworks
Theme Hybrid
Carrington
Thematic
Genesis
iThemes Builder
Headway
608 Common Framework Features
Common Framework Features
Theme functions
Hooks
Child themes
Layout options
Styling
Customizing Theme Frameworks
Chapter 1: Introducing WordPress Plugins
Extending WordPress with Plugins
Identifying core plugins
Distinguishing between themes and plugins
Finding free plugins to use on your site
Comparing free and premium plugins
Evaluating plugins on the fly
Getting Started with Popular Free Plugins
All in One SEO Pack
Subscribe to Comments
AJAX Edit Comments
Twitter Tools
Contact Form 7
Chapter 2: Installing and Activating Plugins
✓ Installing WordPress plugins via the Dashboard
Installing WordPress Plugins via the Dashboard
638 Manually Installing Plugins
Manually Installing Plugins
Upgrading Plugins
Upgrading automatically
642 Activating and Deactivating Plugins
Upgrading manually
Activating and Deactivating Plugins
644 Uninstalling Plugins
Uninstalling Plugins
Uninstalling automatically
Uninstalling plugins manually
Chapter 3: Exploring Plugin Options and Settings
Discovering Global and Page/Post Specific Settings
Advanced Plugin Configuration
WP Super Cache
WordPress.com Stats
Widget Settings
Setting Up a Test Site
Finding Technical Support
Chapter 4: Modifying Existing Plugin Code to Your Liking
Troubleshooting Plugin Problems
Locating Plugin and Theme Conflicts
Exploring Plugin Interaction with WordPress
Understanding action hooks
Understanding filter hooks
Identifying Functions within a Plugin
Identifying Functionality and Output
Editing Plugin Files
Chapter 5: Creating Simple WordPress Plugins from Scratch
Understanding Plugin Structure
Inspecting WordPress’s default plugins
Knowing the requirements
Following best practices
Creating Your First Plugin
Setting up the plugin files
Adding the plugin header
Testing the plugin
Fixing Problems
White screen of nothingness
Unexpected output error
Filtering Content
Setting up the plugin structure
Testing the filter
Replacing contractions in your content
Creating Shortcodes
Building a simple shortcode
Using shortcode attributes
Adding content to shortcodes
Adding Widgets
Coding a simple widget
Adding an options editor to a widget
Building a Settings Page
Adding a new Admin menu entry
Creating a settings form
Configuring default settings
Adding settings functions
Creating the MSP_Form class
Chapter 6: Exploring Plugin Development Best Practices
Attending to the Basics
Creating a readme.txt File
Internationalizing or Localizing Your Plugin
Using GetText Functions for Text Strings
Creating the POT file
Chapter 7: Plugin Tips and Tricks
✓ Using a plugin template
Using a Plugin Template
Making Your Plugin Pluggable
Enhancing Plugins with CSS and JavaScript
Calling stylesheets within a plugin
Calling JavaScript within a plugin
Custom Post Types
Using Custom Shortcodes
Adding Functionality to Profile Filters
Correcting Hyperlink Problems
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Multiple Sites
Exploring the Merge from Multiuser to Network
Understanding the Difference between Sites and Blogs
Discovering When You Should Use the Network Feature
Setting Up the Optimal Hosting Environment
Checking out shared versus dedicated hosting
Exploring subdomains versus subdirectories
Adding a virtual host to the Apache configuration
Chapter 2: Setting Up and Configuring Network Features
Enabling the Network Feature
Exploring the Difference between Subdirectories and Subdomains
Installing the Network on Your Site
Disabling the Network
Dealing with Common Errors
Chapter 3: Becoming a Network Admin
Exploring the Network Admin Menu
Managing Your Network
Settings
Sites
Themes
Updates
Stopping Spam Sign-Ups and Splogs
Chapter 4: Management of Users and Access Control
Setting Default User Permissions
User registration
Controlling access to sites
Importing users
Changing Defaults
Site-specific sign-up
Changing roles on sign-up
Locking down menus
Exploring Default Site Settings
Private blogs
Enabling plugins
Chapter 5: Using Network Plugins and Themes
Using One Theme on Multiple Sites
Enabling themes for individual sites
Installing themes for network use
Setting the default theme for sites
Gathering and Displaying Network-wide Content
Adding Posts from Network Sites
Listing network sites
Displaying user comments
Sitewide tags and categories
Using and Installing Network-wide Plugins
Discovering Handy Network Plugins
Chapter 6: Using Multiple Domains within Your Network
✓ Introducing domain mapping
Introducing Domain Mapping
Parking or pointing domains
Domain name server records
Installing the Domain Mapping Plugin
Obtaining your IP address
Mapping a domain to a site
Mapping a Large Volume of Domains
Apache configuration
Hiding the original installation domain
Setting Up Multiple Networks
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