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Welcome to Creating a Website with WordPress

Author: Studio Visual Steps
ISBN: 978 90 5905 422 6
Book type: Paperback, full color
Number of pages: 264
Table of contents - PDF file
Sample chapter - PDF file
Price: US $24.95 Canada $29.95

For many people today, creating and updating a personal website has become a fun and enjoyable hobby. A website can be used to share information about your family history, business, favorite genre of music or even to post the latest news and event information for a local club or organization. Thanks to a variety of software and online services, creating a website has never been easier. With the free, user-friendly WordPress software, you can make your own personal and professional website in no time at all. This practical how-to book, shows you step by step exactly what to do. You start off by choosing an attractive theme (template) with which to build your website. Then you fill the website with your own text, pictures, videos and hyperlinks. You can even include a photo gallery, a pulldown menu with links to other pages, or an online form enabling people to contact you. These are just a few of the things that can be added to your website. WordPress offers a wide variety of plugins and widgets that can easily add extra functionality to your website. By using this book and the software from WordPress, you will have everything you need to create your own website!

Learn how to:

• Choose a theme and layout
• Add text, hyperlinks, images and videos
• Configure the settings
• Work with widgets and plugins
• Finalize your website and go live

Suitable for:
Windows 10, 8.1, 7 and Mac.

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Visual Steps

Creating a Website with WordPress is written using the acclaimed Visual Steps method. This method features the following:

• Content - the special needs and requirements of the beginning user with little or no technical background have been taken into account.
• Structure - self-paced, learn as you go. Proceed step by step with easy to follow instructions. What's more, the chapters are organized in such a way that you can skip a chapter or repeat another as desired.
• Illustrations - plentiful use of screen illustrations to show you if you are on the right track.
• Layout - large sized book and large print make it easy to read.

The Studio Visual Steps Authors

The Studio Visual Steps team of authors consists of different professionals, all thoroughly experienced in their subject field.