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Basic Tutorial

by Tom Johnson on Apr 19, 2007
categories: technical-writing

  • WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
  • Installing WordPress
  • Logging in
  • Finding WordPress Tutorials
  • Writing Posts and Pages
  • Visual editor and code editor
  • Editing Posts and Pages
  • Creating Categories
  • Enabling Permalinks
  • Adding Users
  • Allowing Comments
  • Activating Plugins
  • Writing Posts and Pages
  • Switching Themes
  • Folder Structure
  • Finding Theme Files
  • Changing Title and Tagline
  • Searching WordPress Codex and Forum

Recommended Resource: http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress

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Tom Johnson

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