WordPress is without a doubt the most popular open source blogging and content management system, which lets you create a website to promote yourself or your business easily and quickly, and – it’s free! The WordPress CMS is a flexible, user-friendly system which can be extended with a variety of plugins and themes.
The book Beginning WordPress 3 from Stephanie Leary is one of the first books about WordPress version 3.0, and it is a very complete guide for the beginning developer who wants to start using this great CMS. This book is a beginning developer guide that treats WordPress like the powerful content management system it has become. If you’re a web developer who has never used WordPress before but already understands HTML, CSS, and maybe some PHP this book is for you.
You will learn how to install, configure, and customize a WordPress installation to make it the perfect CMS for your next internet project. You will learn step by step the complete development of a WordPress site, starting with creating your own content or importing it from another CMS. You’ll then learn how to create custom WordPress themes that give you complete control over your website’s appearance and it´s search engine rankings (search engine optimization). You’ll learn how to extend your WordPress blog with plugins and widgets when your needs exceed the built-in features. At last you will learn how to secure your WordPress installation to prevent hacking and how to optimize its performance.
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