WordPress for Beginners 2018: Subtitle What's this? A Visual Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Wordpress

by Andy Williams

Master WordPress using our step-by-step visual approach (over 250 screenshots).

Building a beautiful, professional looking WordPress website, is no longer the domain of computer geeks. WordPress makes it possible for anyone to create and run a website that looks great on any device - PC, Mac, tablet and phone, for hobby or business.

The primary goal of this book is to take anyone, even an absolute beginner, from zero to WordPress "guru" in a few short hours. I'll hold your hand, step-by-step, all the way. You get to watch over my shoulder as we explore the WordPress Dashboard.

Inside this book, veteran WordPress expert Andy Williams will start at the very beginning. You'll learn:


The two different versions of WordPress. Website hosting and domain registrars. How to set this up with separate registrar and host, for more security. How to install WordPress. An overview of the Dashboard including how to find hidden items. Cleaning out the stuff that is installed by default. Finding and installing WordPress themes to instantly change the look and feel of your website. Plugins. What they are and how you can use them to create magnificent websites. How to update WordPress, themes and plugins. Every single Dashboard setting, what they do, and what you should use in the settings of your website. How to find and use the RSS feeds on your site to help search engines find your content. The importance of user profiles, and how to assign a "Gravatar" image to your email address. How to create great navigation systems on your site, with custom menus, internal linking and related post sections. Enabling and dealing with visitor comments. Using the media library for images, video and more. The difference between pages and posts, and a simple way to know which one you should be using for each bit of content you publish on your website. Effective use of categories and tags. Using these incorrectly can get your site penalized or even banned from search engines. How to write posts, and even schedule them so they will be published at some future date. Using post revisions. Two different types of homepage. A blog style page v a more traditional "static" homepage. Using widgets on your site to add neat features. I'll take you through several essential plugins, including plugins that can:


Automatically backup your site and send backups to the cloud, or your email address. Automatically create important legal pages like terms and privacy policy. Create a Contact Page so your visitors can contact you. Setup good SEO practices. Setup social sharing buttons on your site, so visitors can easily tell their friends about your great web pages.

Genres: Reference

221 pages, Paperback

Published January 26, 2018

About the author

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Dr. Andy Williams

After graduating from Hull University (North Humberside, UK), I went on to do a Ph.D. at Cardiff University where I studied endocrinology in fish. After working as a research associate at Cardiff University I decided I wanted to be a teacher, so went back to University (this time Birmingham) to study for a teaching certificate.

My first teaching job took me to Tenerife, Spain where I met my wife to be. After a spell of teaching in Madrid, we went back to Tenerife. Two kids later, we now live in North Wales.

On a day to day basis, I write "How To" books and courses related to websites, SEO and other topics of interest to anyone running a website.

Reviews

[Don Gerstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

While it can be difficult to sift through all the WordPress books on the market, this one is definitely a gem. Author Dr. Andy Williams shows us how to build a WordPress website, eliminating the pain of attempting to slog our way through the learning process on our own.

Using pictures and text, the author walks us through each step. This is not a book that is meant to be read, but as a visual guide to getting your site up and running. I found that reading through each small section and then returning and completing the steps on the computer (with the book by my side) made the process easy.

Sections at the back of the book will aid those who already have a site through WordPress.com rather than WordPress.org. The author also provides links to additional video courses and other books.

Overall, an excellent book for those attempting to work their way through the initial confusion of setting up a WordPress site. Five stars.

[Luis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent book for WordPress beginners like me. It provides easy-to-follow instructions to setup your website; from getting your domain, finding a host and publishing your content. It is written in simple language and not overly technical. There are a few things missing that I would have liked to have been included in the book like setting up a mailing list opt-in form and some guidance as to how to setup basic forms of e-commerce. I’m not talking about necessarily including chapter on these topics, but at least some links or ideas as to where to look for reliable sources for this info.

Overall, it is a great book to get your feet wet in the world of WordPress.

[Sylvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Very helpful for starters to learn WordPress. Lots of screen shots to guide the total newbie. I followed the steps and they worked.

[Hamid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Andy ’s book helps me to run my site. I appreciate you, Andy. One day I hope I could be like you who is one of the experts in digital marketing World.

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently set-up a WordPress website and wanted to make sure I understood basic terms and principles. This book was very clear and understandable-even though some of the plug-ins had changed (which is bound to happen). Now, I have confidence to learn about more advanced concepts.

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Understandable step-by-step guide cleared up so many things I didn't understand before.