Master Wordpress using our step-by-step visual approach - Updated October 2016 to the latest version of Wordpress. This book will take you from absolute beginner to Wordpress "guru" in a few short hours, because building a website is no longer the domain of computer geeks. Wordpress makes it possible for anyone to create and run a professional looking websites, for hobbies, or business. The primary goal of this book is to take anyone, even an absolute beginner, and get them building a professional looking website in a few short hours. I'll hold your hand, step-by-step, all the way. Inside this book, veteran Wordpress expert Andy Williams will start at the very beginning. You'll learn important topics like:
- The two different versions of Wordpress.
- Website hosting and domain registrars. How and why to set this up the correct way.
- How to install Wordpress.
- An overview of the Dashboard including how to find hidden items.
- Cleaning out the stuff that is installed by default.
- Finding and installing Wordpress themes to instantly change the look and feel of your website.
- Plugins. What they are and how you can use them to create magnificent websites.
- How to update Wordpress, themes and plugins.
- Every single Dashboard setting, what they do, and what you should use in the settings of your website.
- How to find and use the RSS feeds on your site to help search engines find your content.
- The importance of user profiles, and how to assign a "Gravatar" image to your email address.
- How to create great navigation systems on your site, with custom menus, internal linking and related post sections.
- Enabling and dealing with visitor comments.
- Using the media library for images, video and more.
- The difference between pages and posts, and a simple way to know which one you should be using for each bit of content you publish on your website.
- Effective use of categories and tags. Using these incorrectly can get your site penalized or even banned from search engines.
- How to write posts, and even schedule them so they will be published at some future date.
- Using post revisions.
- Two different types of homepage. A blog style page v a more traditional "static" homepage.
- Using widgets on your site to add neat features.
- Much more...
You'll also be shown how to install and configure a few plugins to:
- Automatically take database backups and email them to you on a schedule you choose.
- Automatically create important legal pages on your site, like terms and privacy policy.
- Help reduce the amount of comment spam your site receives.
- Setup good SEO practices.
- Setup social sharing buttons on your site, so visitors can easily tell their friends about your great web pages.
