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[...]... Systems WordPress as a CMS How WordPress Assembles Pages Why Separate Is Good How WordPress Manages Content Try It LESSON 2: PLANNING YOUR SITE FOR WORDPRESS How Content Will Be Entered How Categories Will Be Organized How the Site Should Look Site Layout Site Design Try It 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 9 11 11 13 14 15 16 17 SECTION II: FIRING UP WORDPRESS LESSON 3: INSTALLING WORDPRESS 21 Uploading the WordPress Files... joys of WordPress He also runs the WordPress help site www.seehowtwo.com and is the author of Website Design and Development: 100 Questions to Ask Before Building a Website (Wiley, 2011) ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR MIKE LITTLE is the cofounder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of zed1.com ltd, a WordPress specialist web development consultancy He has developed many websites for his clients (WordPress- based,... real power of WordPress: putting more control in the hands of the website owner WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is for beginners at two levels: those who’ve never built a website and those who’ve never built or used a WordPress website You should be aware that there are two versions of WordPress: ‰ The free hosted version at WordPress. com ‰ The open-source downloadable version from WordPress. org, which... 357 358 358 358 359 359 361 INTRODUCTION ALTHO UGH WORDPRESS is currently the world’s number-one blogging software, this is not a book about blogging In WordPress 24-Hour Trainer, you learn how to use this open-source software to build and maintain a website, whether it’s a blog, has a blogging section, or has nothing at all to do with blogging WordPress is a content management system — a system you... of WordPress and its continued improvement From the people who created and maintain WordPress, to the people who make plugins and themes, to the people who write about WordPress on their blogs or contribute to the official and unofficial forums, there are thousands of bright minds giving back to the community with code, ideas, fi xes, and more You never have to feel you’re alone when you’re using WordPress. .. programmers who make WordPress possible, and the WordPress community, from whom I’ve learned and continue to learn so much; and finally, I want to thank all my clients over the years and the readers of the fi rst edition, who, by asking great questions, have helped me learn to explain things more clearly CONTENTS INTRODUCTION xxvii SECTION I: BEFORE YOU START LESSON 1: THINKING LIKE WORDPRESS Dynamic vs... adapt This book shows you how WordPress fulfi lls all these needs This last quality — ease of growing and adapting — is particularly important on the Web, where technological change is fast and furious WordPress is nimble for reasons I’ll go into later, and that makes it well suited to fast-paced change For example, when Facebook introduced “like” buttons, a number of WordPress plugins were released by... 214 215 215 217 218 220 220 220 223 223 225 227 228 231 231 231 233 233 235 236 237 238 238 238 CONTENTS SECTION VII: CHOOSING AND CUSTOMIZING THEMES LESSON 27: OVERVIEW OF WORDPRESS THEMES What Is a WordPress Theme? Choosing a WordPress Theme Try It LESSON 28: CREATING A CHILD THEME 241 241 243 245 247 What Is a Child Theme? Starting a Child Theme Installing a Theme Try It 247 248 251 253 Lesson Requirements... when building and maintaining a website with WordPress This means that not every feature of WordPress is covered — I’ll provide links to places on the Web where you can get that kind of detailed reference material The goal here is to show you the key skills you’ll use every day The 39 lessons are grouped into themed sections: ‰ ‰ Section II: Firing Up WordPress — Instructions for installing the software,... Network Sites Troubleshooting Multisite Installations Try It LESSON 39: CUSTOMIZING WORDPRESS Custom Templates Custom Fields Custom Post Types Custom Taxonomies Some Final Thoughts Try It APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING WORDPRESS Troubleshooting an Installation Troubleshooting After Installation Finding Help Online The WordPress. org Site Using Search Engines Finding Professional Help 335 335 337 338 340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361 WordPress ® 24-Hour Trainer WordPress ® 24HOUR TRAINER Second Edition George Plumley WordPress 24-Hour Trainer, Second Edition Published by John. START LESSON 1: THINKING LIKE WORDPRESS 3 Dynamic vs. Static Websites 3 Content Management Systems 4 WordPress as a CMS 4 How WordPress Assembles Pages 5 Why Separate Is Good 6 How WordPress Manages Content. is the cofounder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of zed1.com ltd, a WordPress specialist web development consultancy. He has developed many websites for his clients (WordPress- based, of course),