Jeff Siarto is a user experience and webdesigner currently calling Chicago home. He hastwo degrees from Michigan State University andwas a student of the standards-based web designmovement——aspiring to the likes of Cederholm,Zeldman, and Meyer.
Jeff is a die-hard coworker and helps organizeJelly Chicago, a coworking group that meets twicea week in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.When Jeff isn't pushing pixels, he enjoys cookingand eating （OK, mostly eating） and spendingtime with his wife on Chicago's west side and inMichigan with friends and family.
目录
intro
1 getting started: wordpressfrom scratch
Web publishing for the masses
How WordPress works: the 30,000-foot view
The lifecycle of a WordPress blog post
The Acme Bit and Pixel Company
Download WordPress
The "famous" 5-minute WordPress Install
Upload your WordPress fries to the web server
FTP client options
WordPress installation step 2: Configuration
WordPress stores all your stuff in a database
Create a new database from your hosting panel
Every blog needs a rifle
Pilot your blog with the WordPress dashboard
Create your first blog post
Use both editors when creating new posts
Use Preview to check your post before you publish
Remove or replace sample posts before you go live
You don't need Photoshop to edit an image
Add an image using the media library
Update group permissions to get image uploads working
Adjusting images within the post editor
Edit your post to move the text down a line
Welcome to the Bit Blog
Your WordPress Toolbox
2 changing your blog's look and feel: a question of style
3 content management with wordpress: beyond the blog
4 users, categories, and tags: keeping things organized
5 video and plug-ins: getting things moving
6 podcasting and syndication: spreading the word
7 securing wordpress: locking things down
8 making wordpress fast: time for the passing lane
leftovers: the top ten things (we didn't cover)
摘要
We used a personalized, conversational style, because your brain is tuned to pay moreattention when it believes you're in a conversation than if it thinks you're passively listeningto a presentation. Your brain does this even when you're reading.We included loads of activities, because your brain is tuned to learn and remember morewhen you do things than when you read about things. And we made the exercises challenging-yet-do-able, because that's what most people prefer.We used multiple learning styles, becauseyou might prefer step-by-step procedures, whilesomeone else wants to understand the big picture first, and someone else just wants to seean example. But regardless of your own learning preference, everyone benefits from seeing thesame content represented in multiple ways.
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