Creating a website with WordPress : for anyone who wants to create their own professional website

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Author:

Visual Steps (Firm), author.

ISBN:

9789059054226

Publication Information:

[Netherlands] :

Visual Steps,

[2015]

Physical Description:

264 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Studio visual steps.

General Note:

Includes index.

Abstract:

"For many people today, creating and updating a personal website has become a fun and enjoyable hobby. A website can be used to share information about your family history, business, favorite genre of music or even to post the latest news and event information for a local club or organization. Thanks to a variety of software and online services, creating a website has never been easier. With the free, user-friendly WordPress software, you can make your own personal and professional website in no time at all. This practical how-to book, shows you step by step exactly what to do. You start off by choosing an attractive theme (template) with which to build your website. Then you fill the website with your own text, pictures, videos and hyperlinks. You can even include a photo gallery, a pulldown menu with links to other pages, or an online form enabling people to contact you. These are just a few of the things that can be added to your website. WordPress offers a wide variety of plugins and widgets that can easily add extra functionality to your website. By using this book and the software from WordPress, you will have everything you need to create your own website!-- Provided by publisher

Title Subject:

WordPress (Electronic resource)

Subject Term:

Web sites -- Design.

Web site development.

Added Corporate Author:

Visual Steps (Firm),

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For many people, creating and updating a personal website has become a fun and enjoyable hobby, and with the free, user-friendly WordPress software, you can make your own personal and professional website in no time at all. This practical how-to book shows you step by step exactly what to do. From choosing a theme and layout to adding text, hyperlinks, images, and videos, this book--and the software from WordPress--explains everything necessary for creating and finalizing your website and going live. The book is suitable for computers with Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, and Mac OS X.

Foreword	p. 11
Visual Steps Newsletter	p. 11
Introduction to Visual Steps™	p. 12
What You will Need	p. 13
Prior Computer Experience	p. 13
How to Use This Book	p. 14
The Website Accompanying This Book	p. 15
Test Your Knowledge	p. 15
For Teachers	p. 15
The Screenshots	p. 15
1 Starting with WordPress	p. 17
1.1 Working with WordPress	p. 18
1.2 Necessary for WordPress	p. 20
1.3 Necessary for Your Website	p. 22
1.4 Setting Up Your Web Space with a Provider that Supports WordPress	p. 24
1.5 Setting Up Your Web Space with a Regular Provider	p. 31
1.6 Downloading WordPress	p. 35
1.7 Unzipping WordPress	p. 37
1.8 Adjusting the WordPress Configuration File	p. 40
1.9 Installing and Setting Up FileZilla	p. 46
1.10 Placing WordPress in Your Web Space	p. 54
1.11 Installing WordPress	p. 57
1.12 Viewing the Basic WordPress Website	p. 61
1.13 Background Information	p. 64
1.14 Tips	p. 68
2 Setting Up WordPress	p. 71
2.1 Logging On to WordPress	p. 72
2.2 Getting Acquainted with the Dashboard	p. 74
2.3 Entering General Settings	p. 81
2.4 Entering the Write and Read Settings	p. 85
2.5 Entering Discussion Settings	p. 87
2.6 Entering Media Settings	p. 88
2.7 Entering Permalink Settings	p. 89
2.8 Entering User Settings	p. 92
2.9 Managing Users	p. 96
2.10 Logging Out of WordPress	p. 99
2.11 Background Information	p. 100
2.12 Tips	p. 101
3 Working with Themes	p. 103
3.1 Viewing the Default Theme	p. 104
3.2 Finding a Theme	p. 105
3.3 Installing a Theme	p. 111
3.4 Changing a Theme	p. 114
3.5 Deleting a Theme	p. 116
3.6 Setting Up a Theme	p. 118
3.7 Setting Colors	p. 124
3.8 Defining the Layout	p. 130
3.9 Adjusting the Header	p. 132
3.10 Background Information	p. 138
3.11 Tips	p. 139
4 Adding Content to Your Website	p. 141
4.1 Creating a New Page	p. 142
4.2 Adding a Title	p. 145
4.3 Adding Text	p. 145
4.4 Formatting Text	p. 151
4.5 Adding a Hyperlink to Text	p. 153
4.6 Saving Page Drafts	p. 156
4.7 Entering Page Attributes	p. 157
4.8 Publishing a Page	p. 161
4.9 Setting the Home Page	p. 162
4.10 Editing Text	p. 164
4.11 Adding an Image to the Media Library	p. 166
4.12 Adding an Image to a Web Page	p. 173
4.13 Editing an Image	p. 178
4.14 Working with Menus	p. 180
4.15 Deleting a Page	p. 188
4.16 Background Information	p. 191
4.17 Tips	p. 193
5 Adding Extra Components	p. 201
5.1 Installing a Widget	p. 202
5.2 Working with Plugins	p. 207
5.3 Installing a Plugin	p. 208
5.4 Background information	p. 217
5.5 Tips	p. 218
6 More Useful Plugins	p. 219
6.1 Adding a Video	p. 220
6.2 Adding a Form	p. 229
6.3 Adding a Dropdown Menu	p. 236
6.4 Adding Metatags	p. 241
6.5 Changing Fonts	p. 244
6.6 Visual Steps Website and Newsletter	p. 248
6.7 Background Information	p. 249
6.8 Tips	p. 250
Appendix A How Do I Do That Again?	p. 253
Appendix B Downloading the Practice Files	p. 255
Appendix C Index	p. 258

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