Understanding WordPress What is a Blog? What is WordPress? How a Blog Functions Setting Up a Free Blog on WordPress.com Activating Your Wordpress.com Blog Setting Up a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

Touring the WordPress Interface Viewing the Dashboard pt. 1 Viewing the Dashboard pt. 2 Customizing the Dashboard Viewing the Posts Category Opening the Media Library Exploring the Links Category Viewing Pages A Look at Comments Displaying the Appearance pt. 1 Displaying the Appearance pt. 2 Viewing the WordPress Editor Viewing Installed Plugins Exploring Users and Tools Settings Creating Posts Writing a Post in the Visual Editor Saving Drafts and Previewing Posts Formatting a Post pt. 1 Formatting a Post pt. 2 Inserting Hyperlinks Editing Hyperlinks Using the Kitchen Sink Toolbar Setting Publishing Options Publishing Your Post Understanding Excerpts Understanding Trackbacks and Pingbacks Additional Posting Techniques Editing Published Posts Adding a More Link to a Post Touring the HTML Editor Using the HTML Editor for Posts Editing HTML Posts Adjusting Writing Settings Password Protecting a Post Removing a Password Adding Media to Posts Setting Media Options Inserting Images into Posts Setting Image Options Editing Inserted Images Image Editing Options pt. 1 Image Editing Options pt. 2 Image Editor Including an Image from a URL Adding Images to the Media Library Inserting Images from the Library Adding Video pt. 1 Adding Video pt. 2 Auto-Embedding Video Adding Audio Files Inserting Other Types of Media Managing Your Media Working with Categories and Tags Getting Started with Categories Creating a New Category Applying a Category to a Post Another Way to Create New Categories Determining a Category RSS URL Creating Parent Categories Setting the Default Category Applying Tags to Posts Working with Pages Understanding Pages Versus Posts Editing the About Page Creating New Pages Controlling Page Order Using Page Templates Creating and Managing a Blogroll Getting Started with the Blogroll Adding Links to the Blogroll Editing Links Creating Link Categories Adding Additional Links Viewing Comments and Adding Users Viewing Comments Admin Comment Display Moderating Comments Setting Discussion Options Adding Additional Users Getting Started with Blog Customization Editing Your Profile General Options and Privacy Settings Changing Reading Settings Setting Permalinks Customizing Permalinks Changing Your Theme Exploring More Themes WordPress Theme Directory Working with Widgets Understanding Widgets Adding Widgets Going Further with Widgets pt. 1 Going Further with Widgets pt. 2 Creating a Custom Widget Working with Plugins Understanding Plugins pt. 1 Understanding Plugins pt. 2 Exploring New Plugins Installing Plugins Conclusion Wrap Up Credits About the Author