Using Wordpress, with DVD (Using)

WordPress has grown into the #1 blogging tool in its category: several million bloggers have downloaded this powerful open source software, and millions more are using WordPress.com's hosted services. Thirty-two of Technorati's Top 100 blogs now use WordPress. Using Wordpress is a customized, media-rich learning experience designed to help new users master Wordpress quickly, and get the most out of it, fast! It starts with a concise, friendly, straight-to-the-point guide to Wordpress. This exceptional book is fully integrated with an unprecedented collection of online learning resources: online video, screencasts, podcasts, and additional web content, all designed to reinforce key concepts and help users achieve real mastery. The book and interactive content work together to teach everything mainstream Wordpess users need to know. This practical, approachable coverage guides readers through getting started fast, and covers the recent release of Wordpress 3. This major upgrade includes built-in image editor and the ability to host multiple blogs from one WordPress install. This new version of Using Wordpress adds a DVD, so that all the interactive material previously available only online is now also available for offline reading and study.

Tris Hussey is a speaker, former training manager, charter member of the Professional Bloggers Association, and Special Projects Manager for Media 2.0. He has been a blogger since 2004, and was one of Canada's first professional bloggers. The author of thousands of posts and articles on social media and blogging, he was named one of Vancouver's top 20 social media people. He is also a professional photographer.

1. Domains and Hosts: Getting the Foundation in Place

2. Installing WordPress on your own

3. How WordPress.com is different than WordPress.org

4. Getting Around self-installed WordPress

5. Configuring WordPress to work its best

6. Organizing the content on your blog

7. All about Themes

8. Finding and Using Plugins

9. Creating content with WordPress

10. Creating a site with WordPress

11. Tuning Your WordPress Site for Search Engines

12. Managing multimedia with WordPress

13. Keeping your blog in shape: Maintaining WordPress

14. Understanding WordPress Security

15. Troubleshooting Common Problems

16. Tips and Tools to make things easier

17. Managing Multiple blogs

18. Becoming a part of the WordPress Community