Wiley Professional WordPress 978-0-470-56054-9 Benutzerhandbuch
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WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?
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Appreciating the provenance of the WordPress platform
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Choosing a suitable platform for your WordPress installation
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Downloading, installing, and performing basic configuration of
WordPress
WordPress
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Diagnosing and resolving common installation problems
If displaying ‘‘Hello World’’ on an appropriate device defines minimum competence in a pro-
gramming language, generating your first post is the equivalent in the blogging world. This
chapter provides a brief history of WordPress and then explores several options for hosting
a WordPress installation. Common miscues and misperceptions along with their resolutions
round out the chapter and put you on the edge of publishing your wit and wisdom.
gramming language, generating your first post is the equivalent in the blogging world. This
chapter provides a brief history of WordPress and then explores several options for hosting
a WordPress installation. Common miscues and misperceptions along with their resolutions
round out the chapter and put you on the edge of publishing your wit and wisdom.
Once you’ve installed, configured, and completed the bare-bones administration, you’re ready
to take advantage of the code walkthroughs and detailed component descriptions in later chap-
ters. Of course, if you already have a functional WordPress blog, you can skip this chapter and
dive head-first into the Dashboard control wonderland in Chapter 2, ‘‘Functional Overview.’’
to take advantage of the code walkthroughs and detailed component descriptions in later chap-
ters. Of course, if you already have a functional WordPress blog, you can skip this chapter and
dive head-first into the Dashboard control wonderland in Chapter 2, ‘‘Functional Overview.’’
WHAT IS WORDPRESS?
WordPress is one of the most popular open source blogging systems available, with global and
vibrant user, developer, and support communities. Though it can be compared to TypePad,
Moveable Type, Google’s Blogger, and the Apache Roller project as a user-generated content
workhorse, WordPress distinguishes itself with a broad array of hosting options, functional
extensions (plugins), and aesthetic designs and elements (themes).
vibrant user, developer, and support communities. Though it can be compared to TypePad,
Moveable Type, Google’s Blogger, and the Apache Roller project as a user-generated content
workhorse, WordPress distinguishes itself with a broad array of hosting options, functional
extensions (plugins), and aesthetic designs and elements (themes).
With the rise of self-publishing, low-cost web hosting and freely available core components
like the MySQL database, blogging software followed the same trend as most other digital
technologies, moving from high-end, high-cost products to widely available, low-cost consumer
or ‘‘hobbyist’’ systems. WordPress isn’t simply about creating a blog so that you can have
like the MySQL database, blogging software followed the same trend as most other digital
technologies, moving from high-end, high-cost products to widely available, low-cost consumer
or ‘‘hobbyist’’ systems. WordPress isn’t simply about creating a blog so that you can have
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