WordPress

Introduction to WordPress

• Overviewing components of a WordPress blog pt. 1
• Overviewing components of a WordPress blog pt. 2
• Comparing WordPress to WordPress MU

Getting Help

• Using WordPress.org documentation
• Using the WordPress.org support forums

Getting Started with WordPress

• Creating a blog at a free hosting site pt. 1
• Creating a blog at a free hosting site pt. 2
• Signing up with a paid hosting service
• Logging in to Site Admin
• Logging out
• Navigating Site Admin pt. 1
• Navigating Site Admin pt. 2
• Retrieving a lost password
• Changing your password
• Changing the admin e-mail address

Writing, Editing & Managing Posts

• Writing and publishing a basic post
• Saving a post as a draft
• Backing up a post as you write it
• Using the Edit Shortcut link to edit a post
• Using the Manage panel to edit or delete a post
• Browsing and searching posts in Site Admin

HTML Quicktags

• Using Quicktags instead of the Visual Editor
• Applying bold and italic formatting
• Creating a simple bulleted list
• Turning a simple list into a numbered list
• Using delete and insert
• Creating a block quote
• Creating a Web page link
• Breaking up a long post with “more”

The Visual Editor

• Using the Visual Editor
• Applying basic text and paragraph formatting
• Creating bulleted and numbered lists
• Linking to an image on the Web
• Creating a Web page link
• Working with spellchecker and help
• Breaking up a long post

Pages

• Writing a page is similar to writing a post
• Making one page the child of another
• Changing the order of links in the Pages menu
• Browsing, editing, and deleting a page

Post Status, Availability & Metadata

• Password-protecting a post
• Hiding and unhiding a post
• Changing a published post to draft and back again
• Setting the status of a new post to “publish”
• Changing the date of post publication
• Changing post author pt. 1
• Changing post author pt. 2
• Making post Web addresses more descriptive
• Setting the post slug

Reading & Editing Comments

• Reading and leaving comments
• Viewing comments in Site Admin
• Mass deleting comments
• Editing or removing a single comment

Avoiding Spam

• Setting blog privacy options
• Activating Akismet
• Helping Akismet get smarter
• Moderating comments pt. 1
• Moderating comments pt. 2
• Triggering moderation only when conditions are met
• Setting comment requirements
• Getting notified via e-mail about comments
• Restricting commenting to logged in users
• Closing comments on all new posts
• Overriding commenting permissions on a post

Managing Users

• Enabling open registration
• Manually registering a new user
• Understanding user roles
• Changing roles for new and existing users
• Deleting a user

Uploading, Using & Managing Files

• Uploading a file
• Browsing, editing the metadata for, and deleting files
• Attaching an uploaded image file pt. 1
• Attaching an uploaded image file pt. 2

Post Categories

• Understanding and navigating with categories
• Changing the default category pt. 1
• Changing the default category pt. 2
• Applying a category or categories to a new post
• Applying and removing a category when editing a post
• Creating a category in Site Admin
• Editing and deleting categories

Customizing Your Blog

• Setting the number of posts per page
• Changing your blog title and tagline
• Selecting a WordPress theme
• Changing the sidebar with widgets