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[...]... for your host to maintain WordPress for you tip Not everything that’s available in WordPress. com is automatically available in WordPress software For instance, up-todate blog stats—one of the most powerful features of WordPress. com—is not automatically available in WordPress software You need to install a plug -in called WordPress. com stats” and enter your API key from your former WordPress. com site... Blogger, and introduce WordPress hosting options We then describe getting your blog started and introduce the rich topic of domain name options for your blog Finally, we describe the theme, header, and widget options available to WordPress. com users (And, in much richer form, to WordPress. org users.) In Part II, “Running Your Blog,” we go through actually running your blog—the heart of using WordPress. .. into four parts Each builds on the previous ones The first three parts are usable by both WordPress. com and WordPress. org users Only in Part IV, “Building Your Own WordPress Installation,” do we address WordPress. org users exclusively This is intended to help users of both kinds of WordPress WordPress.org users sometimes use WordPress. com for specific projects, and often end up serving as unpaid, informal... BLOG I N T H I S PA R T 1 Getting Started with WordPress 9 2 Starting Your Blog Right 27 3 Creating Your Blog’s Look 51 From the Library of Skyla Walker This page intentionally left blank From the Library of Skyla Walker 1 GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS What Is WordPress? WordPress is the leading blogging tool, period It’s popular with rank beginners, mainstream bloggers, business bloggers, and pros People... founded Automattic in 2005 Automattic is the business behind WordPress. com, the free, hosted version of WordPress, and Akismet, the spam blocker built for WordPress WordPress is the jewel in the crown of the blogging world Other blogging tools tend to be less capable, less popular, more limited, more expensive, or a combination of these Only WordPress has the combination of ease of (initial) use, power,... extensive for the WordPress software available from Wordpress. org WordPress. org is not a version of WordPress, as many people seem to think; it’s the nonprofit community that provides the great bulk of support for WordPress software However, bowing to widespread usage, we refer to using the WordPress software directly as “using WordPress. org” at some points in this book Part of the strength of WordPress comes... of starting a WordPress blog, the lack of upfront costs, and the extensive community that users tend to encounter soon after joining WordPress it feels like joining, not just using, WordPress are very supportive of this kind of blogging From the Library of Skyla Walker PART 18 G e t t i n g S t a r t e d w i t h Wo r d P r e s s I Personal Journalism Growing up reading comic books, or watching Superman... job interview with the company whose advertising you so eloquently criticized on your blog a year or two ago WordPress User Case Study 2: A Business Blog The use of blogs by business is only increasing Why? I’m sure many business bloggers ask themselves the same question as the clock ticks past midnight and they’re still awake, adding a post to the blog that’s eating their free time! Business blogging,... yourself In either event, you’ll be in a very powerful environment in which you can make your WordPress blog fully your own If you already decided to work with WordPress. org, you can still use this book from beginning to end Start in Chapter 11, “Installing and Upgrading WordPress Software,” to learn how to find a host and set up your blog Then you can go straight through the book, from Chapter 2, “Starting... hours in lost work We Had More to Say We use sidebars to dig a little deeper into more esoteric features, settings, or peculiarities of WordPress Some sidebars are used to explain something in more detail when doing so in the main body text would’ve been intrusive or distracting Sometimes, we just needed to get something off our chests and rant a bit Don’t skip the sidebars, because you’ll find nuggets . When Selecting a Theme for Your Blog 269 13 The WordPress Toolkit: Plug-Ins 271 WordPress Modular Architecture 271 Defining a Plug -In 272 Finding Plug-Ins 273 Finding and Installing Plug-Ins from the. 86 Using Basic Formatting Commands 88 An Example of Text Formatting 90 Using Hyperlinks as Formatting 91 Using Secondary Formatting Commands 92 Adding Links 93 Linking Strategy 94 Creating a Link. Directory 273 Finding Free Plug-Ins Outside the Directory 275 Finding Premium Plug-Ins 276 Manually Installing and Activating Plug-Ins 276 Downloading New Plug-Ins 276 Testing Your New Plug -In 277 Selection