Getting started with wordpress E-Book

Rémy Lentzner

• Herausgeber: Remylent
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Französisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 69

Beschreibung

Welcome to WordPress, the free application that allows you to develop websites without programming a language and without real difficulty. WordPress is a content management system that provides many features to add chronological posts, static pages, menus, texts, images and media, templates, and SEO techniques that help for referencing. Once the installation is complete, all the work of creation is done through the dashboard.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Remy Lentzner has been a computer trainer since 1985. Specialized in mastering office automation tools, he supports companies in the professional training of their employees. Self-taught, he has fifteen computer books to his credit.

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REMY LENTZNER

GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS

French original title : Bien débuter avec WordPress

EDITIONS REMYLENT, Paris, 1ère édition, 2021

R.C.S. 399 397 892 Paris

25 rue de la Tour d’Auvergne - 75009 Paris

[email protected]

www.REMYLENT.FR

ISBN EPUB : 9782490275540

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This book is dedicated to Anna and Tama.

I could not have written it without their support, advice, encouragements and proofreading.

Graphic illlustration : Anna LENTZNER

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Table of contents

Chapter 1 Installation

1.1 WordPress.com

1.2 WordPress.org

Chapter 2 The dashboard

2.1 Editing your profile

2.2 Screen elements and updating WordPress

2.3 Viewing and customizing the website

2.3.1 The site identity

2.3.2 Colors and dark mode

2.4 Categories and Posts

2.4.1 Creating a category

2.4.2 Creating a post

2.4.3 Editing a post

2.4.4 Linking a category to a post

2.4.5 Adding a block

2.4.6 Adding a tag

2.4.7 Applying a tag to a post

2.4.8 Finding a post using the Archive widget

2.5 The pages

2.5.1 Creating a page

2.5.2 Editing a Page

2.5.3 Defining a home page

2.5.4 Modifying the site identity

2.5.5 Adding a menu

2.5.6 Adding an Image Gallery

2.6 Comments

2.6.1 Viewing and managing comments

2.6.2 Configuring comment settings

2.7 Permalinks and slugs

Chapter 3 Plugins

3.1 Plugins to install and activate

3.2 The Contact Form 7 plugin

3.2.1 Plugin settings

3.2.2 Using the Contact form in a post

3.3 The Disable Gutenberg plugin

3.4 Creating a catalog with the Name Directory plugin

3.4.1 Adding the Name Directory plugin

3.4.2 Viewing the plugin settings

3.4.3 Using the plugin in a post

3.5 Inserting a calendar

Chapter 4 Referencing

4.1 SEO techniques

4.2 The Yoast SEO plugin

4.2.1 The configuration wizard

4.2.2 General settings

4.2.3 Yoast settings in each post

4.2.4 Social networks

Chapter 5 Importing media

5.1 Image manipulation

5.1.1 Inserting an image

5.1.2 Acting on the image

5.2 Inserting an image gallery

5.3 Inserting a media & text

Chapter 6 The additional CSS

6.1 Reminders on HTML

6.2 Styles and Cascading Style Sheets

6.3 A style sheet for each theme

6.4 Adding additional CSS

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to WordPress, the free application that allows you to develop websites without programming a language and without any real difficulty. WordPress is a content management system that provides many features to add chronological posts, static pages, text, images, layout templates, menus, a home page, media, SEO techniques, and much more.

You can work online with WordPress.com directly but alternatively, you can use an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to install WordPress.org which is much more powerful. Once the installation is completed (you log into WordPress with a username and a password). All the work of creating posts and pages will be done through the dashboard.

This book is structured into 6 chapters.

Chapter 1 presents the two ways to install WordPress, either through the online application or through an Internet provider.

Chapter 2 details the dashboard and how to create posts and pages that are static information. You will also discover the settings that are available for comments.

Chapter 3 deals with the extensions that are also called plugins. These are features that can be added to the WordPress framework.

Chapter 4 explains SEO techniques and the Yoast SEO extension in particular that optimizes natural referencing for search engines. You will discover the general settings but also the improvements that can be applied to each post.

Chapter 5 focuses on media import techniques.

Chapter 6 shows how to program HTML/CSS code into your site to enhance layouts.

I hope this book will give you a better understanding of WordPress.

Feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any comments or questions.

I will be sure to answer you.

Enjoy your reading.

The Author

Chapter 1 Installation

There are two ways to work with WordPress. Either directly online with WordPress.com and more precisely with the Internet address https://fr.wordpress.com, or through an Internet Service Provider. The ISP rents you a domain name, and then installs WordPress for free in your reserved space.

In the first case, you work with WordPress.com. In the second case, you work with WordPress.org with hosting of your website by the provider. The latest version of WordPress is 5.7.2 (at the time of writing this book) and you should update the application regularly.

1.1 WordPress.com

If you choose to install the WordPress.com online version without going through an Internet Service Provider, you will need to create a WordPress account. The system will ask you to choose a financing plan for that account. Then WordPress will offer you the option of working with a free version that will be paid for after one year. However, if you don't want to pay but only discover the application, go through the paid process and delete the contents of the shopping cart.

Then, you will be able to use the dashboard as a guide throughout the creation of all the web pages.

To work with WordPress.com, the following procedures will show you the steps to follow.

Open your browser.Type the address https://wordpress.com and validate.

Figure 1.1 shows the home page.

Figure 1.1: Starting WordPress.com

Click on the blue Start your website button.Create an account with your email address, username and password.

Figure 1.2 shows the next step.

Figure 1.2 : User name and password

Click on the Create your account button.

WordPress asks you to provide a domain name. It is a word people will use to access your site. You can pay a subscription fee or test the application for free for 1 year with a renewal at 15€ per year.

Figure 1.3 : The domain name

Click the Select button.Choose the plan for 4€ to finance the domain name. This is a one time fee.

Figure 1.4 : The chosen plan

If you do not wish to pay for the plan, click on the small white cross at the top left corner of the window.

Figure 1.5 : Cancelling the plan

The WordPress dashboard appears. Click on the Basket at the top right of the window then remove the plan and domain name orders by clicking on the two trash icons.

Figure 1.6 : Emptying the basket

Click on the My Home icon.

Figure 1.7 shows the dashboard.

Figure 1.7 : The Dashboard with WordPress.com

WordPress.com is the ideal tool for quickly creating a website. However, it is not as complete as WordPress.org which is installed for free by your Internet Service Provider (LWS, OVH or others). It allows you to manage the MySQL database underlying the application.

1.2 WordPress.org

One speaks about WordPress.org when WordPress is installed by the ISP, either at the root of the site or in a specific directory. In addition, the provider often provides access to the MySQL database that is used by WordPress for information management. You can view WordPress files using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program that can access your server remotely.

After installing WordPress through your Internet provider, you can connect to it by typing the following address :

https://your_domain_name/directory/wp-login

For example, to connect to my dashboard, I type the address below in any Internet browser.

http://remylent.fr/wordpress/wp-admin/

Figure 1.8 shows the WordPress.org dashboard with many links that can help you to find information.

Figure 1.8: The dashboard

The left vertical banner provides tools and devices that act on pages and application settings.

Notice the horizontal banner. You can edit your profile information at the top right of the window. You see the results of your website by clicking on the Home/ Visit Site link, at the top left of the window. Chapter 2 will detail the options of the dashboard.

To display a smaller dashboard, follow the next steps :

click on Dashboard / Screen OptionsDisable the options you are not interested in.

Figure 1.9 : Changing Screen Options