Publisher's Synopsis
WordPress is free and with this WordPress how-to guide, it can also be easy!
Invest a bit of time with this book, and you´ll have a blog that suits your needs, delights your readers, and keeps visitors coming back. Here´s something for everyone: blogging basics if you´re just starting out, SEO and social media tricks to drive traffic to your site, and ways to customize your blog with plugins and themes.
- Build your foundation if you´re just getting started, learn WordPress and blogging basics
- Dig in learn about the software that powers WordPress, how to obtain a web server, and why you need FTP
- Dashing here and there see how to make the WordPress dashboard your administrative hub
- Publishing perfection discover options for posting to your site, saving drafts, adding multimedia files, and more
- Social media magic learn to make your site social media and search engine friendly
- What´s in a theme make your blog unique with personalized themes you can create or enhance
- Attention geeks tinker with plugin base code or create your own plugin from scratch
- Super you achieve "super admin" status by running a multisite installation
Open the book and find:
- Tips for making your blog stand out
- What you should know about open source
- WordPress web hosting requirements
- How to manage comments
- The difference between blog posts and static pages
- Pointers on finding social media influencers
- Advice on using site analytics
- How to find and install plugins
8 BOOKS IN 1
- WordPress Basics
- Setting Up the WordPress Software
- Exploring the WordPress Dashboard
- Publishing Your Site with WordPress
- Examining SEO and Social Media
- Customizing the Look of Your Site
- Using and Developing Plugins
- Running Multiple Sites with WordPress
