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Your full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with WordPress
Are you familiar with the fundamentals of WordPress, but want to take your skills to the next level? From bestselling author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this new edition of WordPress Web Design For Dummies quickly gets you up to speed on the latest release of the software and shows you how to use it as a tool to create a customized, compelling, and cost-effective website--without losing your cool.
WordPress can be used to create a custom design for your website using complimentary technologies such as graphic design, CSS, HTML coding, PHP programming, and MySQL administration. With the help of this hands-on, friendly guide, you'll discover how to create an effective navigation system, choose the right color palette and fonts, and select different layouts. Plus, you'll find out how to tweak existing website designs with available themes, both free and premium, and gain the confidence to translate your design skills into paid work.
Create dynamic, custom websites with the self-hosted version of WordPress
Use free themes and enhance them with CSS and HTML
Create a responsive design for mobile devices and tablet users
Get to grips with the newest release of WordPress
Whether you want to use WordPress to spruce up your existing website or create a brand-new one from scratch, this do-it-yourself guide has you covered.
Autorentext
Lisa Sabin-Wilson is the co-owner of WebDevStudios, a development company specializing in custom WordPress plugins, themes, and deployments. She is a popular conference speaker and bestselling author of WordPress For Dummies and WordPress All-in-One For Dummies. Find her on Twitter @LisaSabinWilson.
Zusammenfassung
Your full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with WordPress Are you familiar with the fundamentals of WordPress, but want to take your skills to the next level? From bestselling author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this new edition of WordPress Web Design For Dummies quickly gets you up to speed on the latest release of the software and shows you how to use it as a tool to create a customized, compelling, and cost-effective websitewithout losing your cool. WordPress can be used to create a custom design for your website using complimentary technologies such as graphic design, CSS, HTML coding, PHP programming, and MySQL administration. With the help of this hands-on, friendly guide, you'll discover how to create an effective navigation system, choose the right color palette and fonts, and select different layouts. Plus, you'll find out how to tweak existing website designs with available themes, both free and premium, and gain the confidence to translate your design skills into paid work.
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 4
Part I: Establishing a WordPress Foundation 5
Chapter 1: Exploring Web Design with WordPress 7
Delving Into the Differences Between Blogs and Websites 8
Using WordPress as a Content Management System 10
Discovering the World of WordPress Themes 12
Checking Out Premium WordPress Themes and Frameworks 15
Getting Your Site Up and Running 16
Chapter 2: Understanding WordPress Requirements 17
Establishing Your Domain 17
Understanding domain name extensions 18
Considering the cost of a domain name 18
Registering your domain name 19
Finding a Home for Your Website 20
Examining what services web hosts offer 21
Finding a host that provides WordPress features 23
Planning for future needs 23
Being cautious about offers of unlimited space and bandwidth 24
Chapter 3: Installing WordPress on Your Web Server 25
Installing WordPress 25
Setting up the MySQL database 27
Uploading the WordPress files 29
Running the install script 31
Discovering WordPress Release Cycles 37
Understanding why you need to upgrade regularly 38
Examining release cycles 39
Keeping Track of WordPress Development 40
Chapter 4: Managing Content with WordPress 43
Archiving Content with WordPress 43
Building categories 46
Changing the name of a category 47
Creating new categories 49
Using static page parents and children 50
Customizing Permalinks 52
Making your post links pretty 52
Customizing your permalinks 54
Making sure that your permalinks work with your server 55
Syndicating Your Content with RSS Feeds 57
Introducing feed readers 58
Discovering the many WordPress RSS options 58
Using your RSS feeds with your social media accounts 59
Part II: Choosing the Right Tools 61
Chapter 5: Exploring Editors, Browsers, and FTP 63
Choosing the Right Text Editor for You 64
Notepad (Windows) 64
Notepad+ + (Windows) 65
TextMate (Mac) 67
Understanding and Choosing a Web Browser 67
Discovering browsers and tools 67
Understanding cross-browser compatibility 70
Introducing File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 72
Setting Up FTP on Your Hosting Account 74
Transferring Files with an FTP Client 76
Connecting to the web server via FTP 76
Transferring files from point A to point B 79
Editing files by using FTP 80
Changing file permissions 81
Chapter 6: Choosing Graphics and Software Resources 83
Exploring Image Types and Formats 83
Comparing raster and vector images 84
Looking at image file formats 86
Exploring Graphic Design Software 88
Using raster-based software 89
Using vector-based software 93
Using Online Image-Optimization Tools 95
Finding Online Image Libraries 96
Chapter 7: Choosing Colors and Fonts 99
Understanding Color 99
Checking out the color wheel 100
Examining the RGB and hex color models 101
Creating Color Schemes with Helpful Tools 102
Exploring different color combinations 102
Finding RGB and hex codes 104
Understanding Typography Essentials 106
Exploring font styles 106
Discovering web-safe fonts for content 108
Finding and Using Fonts for Graphic Design 110
Finding the right fonts for your project 110
Installing fonts on your computer 111
Chapter 8: Planning Your Design Strategy 113 &l...