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# Basic Tutorial

- 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](http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress)