Wordpress is “the” software for creating blog sites. Join expert trainer, Geoff Blake as he takes you through all the ins and outs of creating a "feature rich" Wordpress based website! Got something to say to the world? Looking to self publish? Blog it!
In the first part of this two part series, award winning software trainer, Geoff Blake, introduces you to all the ins and outs of creating awesome blogging websites using Wordpress. In his informal yet informative approach to training, Geoff takes you through all stages of blogging site design from installation to creating and editing posts. Along the way you’ll learn all about dashboard customization and individualizing the look and feel of your blog. Next he shows you how to drop in graphics, insert and edit images and videos to make your blog rich with features that will keep your audience coming back for more!
This tutorial, Wordpress Basics, is a must have for anyone interested in learning the essentials of Wordpress. You’ll be up and blogging like a pro in no time!
Table of Contents:
1. Welcome
2. About Blogging and WordPress
3. The Main Areas of A WordPress Blog
4. A Blog’s Front End and Back End
5. Setting Up A Free Blog On WordPress.com
6. Setting Up A Self-hosted
WordPress Blog
7. Installing Locally On A Mac Part One: Installing MAMP
8. Installing Locally On A Mac Part
Two: Installing Wordpress
9. Installing Locally On A PC Part One: Installing XAMPP
10. Installing Locally On A
PC Part Two: Installing Worpress
11. Task #1: Applications You May Use With WordPress
12. Viewing and
Customizing The Dashboard
13. touring The Rest Of The Admin Interface
14. The WordPress Codex and Online
Forums
15. Gettin’ to Settin’ Up Your Profile
16. Setting The Blog’s General Options
17. Now on to
Themes: Changing Your Blog’s Design
18. Discovering Even More Themes
19. Viewing Your Blog’s Theme Files
20. Using The WordPress Theme Directory
21. Manually Installing Themes
22. Auto Installing Themes From The
Theme Directory
23. Task #2: Ten Awesome WordPress Themes to Explore
24. Touring The Edit Post Screen and
Writing Posts
25. A Quick Mention: Setting Your Post’s Discussion Options
26. Editing Your Posts and A Look At
The Quick Edit Feature
27. Formatting and Previewing Your Posts
28. Inserting and Editing Links to Sites and
Email Addresses
29. Super-Sweet: It’s WordPress’s Kitchen Sink toolbar
30. Setting Publishing Options For Your
Posts
31. Understanding Excerpts, Trackbacks, and Pingbacks
32. Get Editing Your Published Posts
33.
Making Your Blog Easier to Read: Adding ""More"" Links
34. Creating and Editing Posts With The HTML Editor
35.
Ready For This? Creating HTML Posts With Dreamweaver
36. Adjusting Your Blog’s Writing Settings
37. Password
Protecting A Post
38. First Up, Setting Your Blog’s Media Options
39. Droppin’ Graphics Into Posts
40.
Adding An Image From A URL
41. Loading Images Into The Media Library
42. Inserting Images Into Posts From The
Library
43. Editing Your Inserted Images
44. Editing Images In The HTML Editor
45. Dig This: Using
WordPress’s Image Editor
46. Understanding Graphics In Web Design
47. Preparing Images In Photoshop For Use On
Your Blog - Part 1
48. Preparing Images In Photoshop For Use On Your Blog - Part 2
49. Preparing Images In
Photoshop For Use On Your Blog - Part 3
50. From Illustrator to Photoshop to Your Blog - Part 1
51. From
Illustrator to Photoshop to Your Blog - Part 1
52. And Now on to Video
53. Adding In Some Video to Your A
Posts
54. Using Auto-Embed to Add In Video
55. Droppin’ In Some Audio
56. Linking to PDFs and Other Types
Of Media
57. Managing Your Inserted Media
58. Wrap-Up