[Lynda.com] WordPress Essential Training 2012 | 778 MB

WordPress Essential Training shows how to get the most out of the self -hosted version of WordPress and create feature-rich blogs and web sites. Author Morten Rand-Hendriksen explains how to get a web host, set up a domain, and download, configure, and upload WordPress to your newly hosted site.

The course then dives fully into the tools in WordPress, demonstrating how to set up your profile and create content to share with your web audience. Also the course includes tutorials on Everything from Adding Images, video, formatting, and make That Links Posts POP, to plug-ins Installing, Creating Custom themes, and attracting readers with permalinks, Social Sharing, and More. Note: This course is Also useful for migrating a blog from WordPress. com to a self-Hosting solution. Topics include: * Building and Modifying a profile * Publishing Posts and Pages * Utilizing Page templates * Inserting Images, video, and other Media * Working with themes * Understanding widgets * Creating Child themes * Working with the Twenty Eleven Theme * Setting up a site for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) * Ensuring Security site ''

Content
Introduction 1m 1s
Welcome 1m 1s
1. Getting to Know WordPress 11m 16S
What is WordPress? 4m 45s
Exploring the Difference Between Cloud Hosting and self-Hosting 5m 54s
Using your Own Asset Files 37s
2. Getting Started with Self-Hosting WordPress 23m 12S
Getting the Necessary info from your host 7m 25s
55s 3M Downloading WordPress
Uploading WordPress to host your 4m 1s
Installing WordPress with the 5-Minute Install 3M 30s
Installing WordPress Manually 4m 21s
3. WordPress for starting the First Time 26m 13s
Setting up WordPress 3M 1s
Logging in to the WordPress Admin Area for the first time 7m 11S
WordPress Using the Toolbar 4m 0s
Testing your WordPress site 5m 8s
INTO ITS Placing WordPress Own Directory 6m 53s
4. Setting Up Your User Profile 26m 43s
Editing your profile 9m 17s
Images Creating profile with Gravatar 7m 50s
Configuring Settings 9m 36s site
5. Creating Posts 1H 10m
Understanding the Difference Between Posts and Pages 8m 54s
Creating a New Post 4m 56s
Advanced text formatting in a New Post 8m 30s
Creating and Managing Links 5m 56s
8m 38S Adding Images
Adding an Image gallery 7m 46s
Adding Images, video, and Audio from external sources 7m 30s
Adding categories, tags, Post formats, Excerpts, and other Elements 7m 33s
Post Managing categories and tags 4m 55s
Publishing a Post 5m 29s
6. Creating Pages 16m 32s
Creating a Basic Page 4m 36s
Organizing Page hierarchy 4m 40s
Using 3M 4S Page templates
Creating a static Front Page 12S 4m
7. Managing Images, Video, and Other Media 11m 2s
Managing Media from the Admin Panel 6m 1s
Understanding How WordPress handles Media 5m 1s
8. Extending Functionality with WordPress Plug-ins 31m 53s
Installing plug-ins 8m 4S
Ten must-plug-ins Have for all WordPress sites 10m 15s
Creating a Contact Page with a Contact form 6m 56s
Troubleshooting When a plug-in crashes a site 6m 38S
9 . Working with Themes 24m 53s
Installing New themes from the WordPress Themes Directory 7m 44s
Installing New themes from the Internet 4m 41s
59s 3M Configuring themes
Best Practices for working with 3M 17s themes
Customizing WordPress for smartphones and tablets 5m 12S
10. WordPress behind the Scenes 16m 22s
Accessing the WP-content Folder 6m 17s
Manually Installing themes and plug-ins 3M 51s
What to do When your site crashes 6m 14s
11. The Twenty Eleven (Default) 23m 46s Theme
Theme Exploring options 2m 56s
Setting a Custom Background 5m 7s
Setting Custom header 3M 37s Images
Using the Showcase Page template 3M 46s
Customizing the widgets Showcase 2m 41s
Using Post formats 5m 39s
12. The Appearance Tab 26m 18S
Using widgets 5m 30s
Using Jetpack widgets 6m 42s
Creating Custom widgets using the Text Widget 5m 15s
Creating Custom menus 8m 51s
13. WordPress Settings 23m 35S
Managing site users 7m 27s
8m 18S Managing Comments
Using Disqus to handle and Avoid Spam Comments 7m 50s
14. Importing and exporting 5m 51s WordPress Content
Importing and exporting content from WordPress 5m 51s
15. WordPress Site Maintenance and Security 21m 34s
Backing up a WordPress site 8m 23S
Restoring a site from a crash 8m 41s
WordPress Keeping up to Date 4m 30s
16. Getting Readers 24m 42s
Creating user-Friendly permalinks 4m 55s
Setting up WordPress for Search Engine Indexing and Social Sharing 9m 18S
Enabling Easy Sharing through AddThis 7m 29s
Best Practices for writing content to get readers More 3M 0s
17. Further Diving INTO the World of WordPress 7m 42s
WordPress sites are not just plain Old blogs 5m 0s
Creating Child with WordPress themes 1m 37s
Portfolio Creating sites with WordPress 1m 5S