WordPress 24-hour trainer

This second edition has been fully revised for WordPress 3.1, the open source content management system that lets people build sites with many features without writing code. Written for newcomers who want to learn at their own pace, it pairs a printed guide with a DVD. The book covers the tasks people perform most often when running a site, such as publishing posts, building pages, arranging menus, and improving how a site ranks in search engines. Advice drawn from years of teaching WordPress to beginners appears throughout.

The author also shows how plugins can extend what WordPress does. Readers are introduced to plugins for linking a site to social media, building membership and online store features, publishing event calendars, and making pages display well on phones. A troubleshooting appendix offers solutions to common problems.

The package includes nearly 40 lessons that move through the software's main areas. Each lesson has a companion instructional video on the DVD. The book concentrates on the functions users rely on most and explains them in plain language.