WordPress MU 2.8 Beginner’s Guide

By: There is a person named Lesley A. Harrison.

There is a publisher. Packt Publishing is a company.

There is a publication date. November 17, 2009.

The format is: There is a book in the PDF format.

Is it a book? There was a case of 9781847196545

Description:

You can build a professional blog network with the help of the software. Each user can choose from a variety of templates and plug-ins to develop their own content. The mighty WordPress.com is one of the largest blog networks in the world.

You can follow the creation process step-by-step if you read this book, as it will show you the setup of a real, working blog network. With professional features such as friends lists, status feeds, groups, forums, photo galleries, and more, you will be able to build your ownWordPress.com, a place where users can quickly come and create a blog for themselves.

As you work through the book, you will be able to add on more and more features, all of which are integrated to achieve a professional, custom-built look.

There are new themes and plug-ins added to the site. The book will look at how you can manage your community and keep it safe and enjoyable for your users. Adding a forum and BuddyPress social networking components to your site will be done in the later chapters.

Imagine how happy you will be when your first multi- user network launches.

What you will learn from this book:

• Set up and run your own blog network using the multi-user version of the most popular open source blogging platform
• Monetize your blog network and earn revenue from using simple banner advertisements to paid upgrades and revenue sharing models
• Give users a chance to interact with each other and build community spirit by integrating a forum with your site
• Hook your blog network up to other social networking sites such as Twitter
• Increase traffic to your site with tagging, trackbacks, pings, and RSS
• Add popular features such as gravatars, polls, photo galleries, friends lists, and more
• Secure your blog network, and protect it from spam with reCAPTCHA and Bad Behaviour
• Implement backup and performance optimization techniques that will ensure that your blog network will be capable of handling large numbers of visitors

Approach:

The book is designed to be followed from beginning to end, although those with existing sites will be able to jump in at the later chapters and pick out the things that are important to them. The author’s expertise with creating a wide variety ofWordPress sites allows her to share insights on usingWordPress effectively, in a clear and friendly way. The chance to modify their site further will be given to those who are interested. As an example, you will build a blog network for Vampire Slayers at SlayerCafe.com throughout the book.

Who this book is written for:

This book is for people who want to build a network of blogs. You are not expected to know how to code. It’s not necessary to have experience with theBlogging and social networking world.

Table of Contents

The first chapter introduces the theme of the website. Chapter 2 is about installing a theme. Chapter 3 deals with the appearance of your site. Chapter 4 allows users to manage their Blogs. Chapter 5 is about protecting your site. Chapter 6 increases traffic to your website. Chapter 7 has features for your network. Chapter 8 adds forums. Chapter 9: Social Networking with BuddyPress Chapter 10 covers how to make money on your site. Chapter 11 is about siteoptimization. Maintaining your site is a topic in Chapter 12. There is an index.

About the Author:

With more than ten years experience in IT related fields, Lesley Harrison is a web developer and technology consultant. She moved on to systems administration for a well-known tech support outsourcing company after working in web design. She has been working as a freelancer since 2007, and spends most of her time working with content management systems. She wants to encourage the use of games and technology in learning.

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