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| Introduction |
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| Part I: Introducing WordPress |
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Chapter 1 What WordPress Can Do for You |
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Discovering the Benefits of WordPress |
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Getting set up the fast and easy way |
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Extending WordPress's capabilities |
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Taking part in the community |
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Choosing a WordPress Platform |
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Choosing the hosted version from WordPress.com |
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Self-hosting with WordPress.org |
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Chapter 2 WordPress Basics |
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Shining the Spotlight on WordPress |
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Dipping into WordPress Technologies |
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Archiving your publishing history |
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Interacting with your readers through blog comments |
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22 | (1) |
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Dealing with comment and trackback spam |
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Using WordPress as a Content Management System |
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Exploring the difference between a website and a blog |
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Viewing examples: Blog versus website |
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Moving On to the Business of Publishing |
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| Part II: Setting Up WordPress |
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Chapter 3 Setting Up Blogging Base Camp |
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Understanding domain name extensions |
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Considering the cost of a domain name |
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Registering your domain name |
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Finding a Home for Your Website |
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Getting help with hosting WordPress |
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35 | (1) |
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Dealing with disk space and bandwidth |
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Understanding FTP Concepts |
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Setting up FTP on your hosting account |
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Connecting to the web server via FTP |
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Transferring files from point A to point B |
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Changing file permissions |
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46 | (2) |
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Installing WordPress manually |
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Setting up the MySQL database |
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49 | (2) |
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Uploading the WordPress files |
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51 | (2) |
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Last step: Running the install script |
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Chapter 4 Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard |
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Logging In to the Dashboard |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (4) |
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64 | (1) |
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Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes |
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Finding Inline Documentation and Help |
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Setting Options in the Dashboard |
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73 | (16) |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (2) |
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80 | (5) |
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85 | (3) |
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Creating Your Personal Profile |
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Setting Your Site's Format |
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91 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Establishing Your Publishing Routine |
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Staying on Topic with Categories |
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Changing the name of a category |
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Creating new categories and deleting others |
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Examining a Post's Address: Permalinks |
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Making your post links pretty |
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Customizing your permalinks |
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Making sure that your permalinks work with your server |
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107 | (2) |
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Discovering the Many WordPress RSS Options |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (10) |
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111 | (4) |
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Dressing up your posts with images, video, and audio |
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Refining your post options |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (1) |
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Look Who's Talking on Your Site |
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121 | (6) |
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Managing comments and trackbacks |
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Moderating comments and trackbacks |
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Tackling Spam with Akismet |
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123 | (2) |
| Part III: Flexing and Extending WordPress |
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Chapter 6 Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video |
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127 | (18) |
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Inserting Images into Your Content |
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128 | (9) |
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132 | (1) |
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Inserting a photo gallery |
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133 | (4) |
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Inserting Video Files into Your Posts |
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137 | (2) |
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Inserting Audio Files into Your Posts |
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139 | (1) |
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Keeping Media Files Organized |
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140 | (5) |
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Chapter 7 Making the Most of WordPress Plugins |
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Finding Out What Plugins Are |
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146 | (6) |
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Exploring the Plugins page |
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147 | (2) |
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Discovering the one-click plugin update |
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149 | (3) |
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Exploring the Plugins Included with WordPress |
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152 | (4) |
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152 | (4) |
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Using Plugins: Just the Basics |
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156 | (2) |
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Installing Plugins Manually |
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158 | (4) |
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Finding and downloading the files |
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Uploading and Activating Plugins |
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162 | (2) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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Understanding the Open Source Environment |
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166 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Finding and Installing WordPress Themes |
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Getting Started with Free Themes |
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169 | (5) |
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170 | (1) |
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Browsing and Installing Themes from the Dashboard |
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Deciding to Use Commercial Themes |
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| Part IV: Customizing WordPress |
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Chapter 9 Understanding Themes and Templates |
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Using WordPress Themes: The Basics |
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184 | (3) |
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Understanding theme structure |
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184 | (2) |
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Contemplating the Structure of a WordPress Website |
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187 | (2) |
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Examining the Anatomy of a Template Tag |
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Getting Familiar with the Four Main Templates |
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Using additional stylesheets |
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212 | (1) |
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Customizing Your Blog Posts with Template Tags |
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212 | (1) |
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Using Tags with Parameters for Sidebars |
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213 | (12) |
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221 | (4) |
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Chapter 10 Tweaking WordPress Themes |
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225 | (28) |
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Styling with CSS: The Basics |
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226 | (4) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (2) |
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CSS properties and values |
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229 | (1) |
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Changing the Background Color |
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230 | (4) |
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Creating a custom background |
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231 | (2) |
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Changing the background using CSS |
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233 | (1) |
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Using Your Own Header Image |
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234 | (2) |
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Creating Custom Navigation Menus |
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Adding the Custom Menu feature to your theme |
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Building custom navigation menus |
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Displaying Custom Menus using widgets |
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240 | (3) |
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Changing Font Family, Color, and Size |
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243 | (4) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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Finding additional CSS resources |
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246 | (1) |
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Understanding Basic HTML Techniques |
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247 | (6) |
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Chapter 11 Understanding Parent and Child Themes |
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Customizing Theme Style with Child Themes |
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254 | (9) |
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Loading a parent theme's style |
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Customizing the parent theme's styling |
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257 | (2) |
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Using images in child theme designs |
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Modifying Theme Structure with Child Themes |
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Overriding parent template files |
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Adding new template files |
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Modifying the functions.php file |
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Chapter 12 WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) |
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Creating the Front Page of Your Website |
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Assigning a static page as the front page |
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273 | (1) |
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Tweaking the page to look like a website rather than a blog |
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Adding a Blog to Your Website |
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Creating a blank page for the blog |
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Assigning the new page as a blog |
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Creating Custom Page Templates to Achieve Different Layouts and Styles |
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Viewing the default Page template (page.php) |
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Creating a new category Page template |
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Comparing two Page templates |
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Pulling in content from a single category |
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283 | (2) |
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Creating Different Sidebar and Footer Templates for Your Pages |
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Creating Custom Styles for Sticky, Category, and Tag Posts |
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Adding Theme Support for Built-In Features |
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Adding support for custom post types |
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Adding support for post formats |
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Adding support for post thumbnails |
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Optimizing Your WordPress Site for Search Engines |
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Planting keywords in your website |
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312 | (1) |
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Optimizing your post and page titles for search engine success |
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Writing content with readers in mind |
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Creating categories that attract search engines |
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Using the <ALT> tag for images |
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Chapter 13 Hosting Multiple Sites with WordPress |
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Considering Web-Hosting Services |
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317 | (2) |
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Enabling the WordPress Network Feature |
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319 | (4) |
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PHP (PHP Hypertext Processor) |
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323 | (1) |
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Installing the Network on Your Site |
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323 | (2) |
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Exploring the Network Admin Dashboard Menu |
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325 | (3) |
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328 | (15) |
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329 | (5) |
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Stopping Spam Signups and Splogs |
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Diverting sploggers with settings and code |
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Plugins that help prevent Spam |
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Chapter 14 Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating |
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Getting Notified of an Available Upgrade |
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346 | (2) |
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Upgrading WordPress Automatically |
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349 | (2) |
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Upgrading WordPress Manually |
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Migrating Your Existing Site to WordPress |
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Preparing for the big move |
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Moving your website to WordPress |
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Importing from LiveJournal |
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Importing from Movable Type and TypePad |
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Importing from an RSS feed |
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Finding other import resources |
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Moving Your Website to a Different Host |
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Creating a backup and moving manually |
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Using a plugin to back up and move to a new host |
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| Part V: The Part of Tens |
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Chapter 15 Ten Popular WordPress Plugins |
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371 | (10) |
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AppPresser — Mobile App Framework |
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371 | (2) |
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378 | (1) |
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Sucuri Sitecheck Malware Scanner |
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379 | (2) |
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Chapter 16 Ten Free WordPress Themes |
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381 | (1) |
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