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Build Amazing WordPress Sites Now:
Just Watch!
Master the #1 Web Publishing Toolset in 5 Hours of Easy
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Create great websites with WordPress—painlessly!
WordPress for Beginnersputs all the stunning power of WordPress at your command… even
if you've
neverused WordPress,
neverbuilt or run a site, never even created a web page! In
5 hours of brilliantly crafted video, top instructor John LeMasney
gets you 100% comfortable, productive, effective—
just watch!You'll learn how to use hosted services or
install WordPress on your own computer… master WordPress's
powerhouse tools… use themes to instantly get pro-quality
look-and-feel… organize content and add media… invite contributors,
organize forums, and manage users… add slick features with free or
cheap plug-ins… keep your site secure. Then, go even further:
integrate your site with Facebook, Twitter, and RSS subscription
feeds… even attract more visitors with proven SEO techniques and
advanced Google Analytics. WordPress can do it
all: that's why WordPress skills are in huge demand. With
these videos, those skills are yours, in just 5 hours. It's all
hands-on, up-to-date, and (above all)
easy!
6 modular lessons, organized for instant access & fast
mastery!
Part 1: Getting Started
Discover what WordPress is and what it does… choose between
hosted WordPress.com and self-hosting… reliably install and upgrade
WordPress… get comfortable with the Dashboard… create pages and
posts… work efficiently with content.
Part 2: Working with Plugins
Find, download, and install the best WordPress plug-ins,
including the incredible Jetpack toolset… Akismet for stamping out
comment spam… Zemanta's supercharged content production tools… easy
tools for creating maps, impressing search engines, and more!
Part 3: Working with Themes
Instantly create or revamp your site's look-and-feel… discover,
choose, and modify the perfect visual theme… create great
magazine-style sites with Magazino… or simple, elegant photography
sites with AutoFocus.
Part 4: Working with Widgets and Menus
Quickly build professional navigation with menus… organize
top-level pages… create attractive sidebars… add powerful content
features with widgets (including default, plug-in, and theme-based
widgets).
Part 5: Users and Roles
Safely allow and control contributions from many users… identify
new site authors… set profiles and establish roles to define what
everyone can and can't do… control discussion settings to create
the best possible community.
Part 6: Taxonomies, Sharing, and Analytics
Use tags and categories to attract users and search engines…
share content to Facebook, Twitter, and other networks… use your
WordPress site as a newsletter… use RSS to automatically forward
your content to subscribers… improve site performance with Jetpack
stats and Google Analytics!
Table of Contents
Part 1 Getting Started
Lesson 1.1 What is WordPress?
00:01:53
Lesson 1.2 WordPress.com and WordPress.org
00:03:19
Lesson 1.3 Installing and Upgrading
00:00:57
Lesson 1.4 Dashboard and settings
00:02:35
Lesson 1.5 Pages and Posts
00:02:20
Lesson 1.6 Working with Content
00:02:57
Part 2 Working with Plugins
Lesson 2.1 Finding great plugins
00:06:32
Lesson 2.2 Jetpack
00:08:05
Lesson 2.3 Akismet
00:01:01
Lesson 2.4 Maps integration
00:02:42
Lesson 2.5 Snippets
00:01:37
Lesson 2.6 WordPress SEO
00:04:18
Part 3 Working with Themes
Lesson 3.1 Choosing a theme
00:08:32
Lesson 3.2 Modifying themes
00:03:48
Lesson 3.3 Default Themes (Twenty-somethings)
00:04:28
Lesson 3.4 Magazino
00:04:26
Lesson 3.5 Autofocus
00:02:24
Part 4 Working with Widgets and Menus
Lesson 4.1 Top Level Pages as Menus
00:01:01
Lesson 4.2 Creating custom Menus
00:03:28
Lesson 4.3 The default widgets
00:03:57
Lesson 4.4 Plugin based widgets
00:02:15
Lesson 4.5 Theme based widgets and sidebars
00:03:56
Part 5 Users and Roles
Lesson 5.1 The First User
00:11:52
Lesson 5.2 User Management
00:01:20
Lesson 5.3 Author Identification
00:01:44
Lesson 5.4 Profile Settings
00:01:17
Lesson 5.5 Roles
00:06:05
Part 6 Taxonomies, sharing, and analytics
Lesson 6.1 Tags and categories
00:05:53
Lesson 6.2 Sharing to Facebook, Twitter, and other networks
00:07:37
Lesson 6.3 Using your WordPress site as a newsletter
00:02:56
Lesson 6.4 Jetpack stats and Google Analytics
00:05:58
Lesson 6.5 RSS feeds
00:02:32