• Learn everything you need for creating your own feature-rich website or blog from scratch • Clear and practical explanations of all aspects of WordPress • In-depth coverage of installation, themes, plugins, and syndication • Explore WordPress as a fully functional content management system • Clear, easy-to-follow, concise; rich with examples and screenshots What you will learn from this book • Install WordPress in a variety of environments • Upgrade WordPress from older installations • Add images, videos, tags, and categories to blog posts • Personalize and control the content of your website • Manage the look and feel of your site with customized themes • Allow users to have a variety of control over content • Link your website to the outside world through feeds, syndication, and podcasting • Create custom post types to manage books, movies, people, or anything else you can imagine • Design and create your own themes and plugins from scratch