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Jan 6th, 2011

If you enjoyed WordPress Basics, then strap yourself in for Deeper Into WordPress! Join award-winning trainer Geoff Blake as he takes you through the ins and outs of creating full-featured WordPress-driven blogs and websites!

In the second half of this two-part series, you'll discover techniques and tools that will take your blog beyond the basics. You'll learn how to sort and organize your posts with categories and tags, how to create and manage a blogroll, and how to adjust and customize your blog's permalinks and RSS feeds. From there, you'll discover how to work with stand-alone WordPress pages, and how they differ from normal posts. Finally, dig into customizing and extending your blog even further by getting introduced to the amazing possibilities with widgets and plug-ins.

All this and more awaits in Deeper Into WordPress ... get started today!

• Web Design 101: XHTML Basics
• Web Design 102: WordPress Basics
• Web Design 201: Deeper Into XHTML
• Web Design 202: Deeper Into WordPress
• Web Design 205: Designing CSS Floating Layouts

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• Chapter 1: Working With Categories And Tags
• 1: Working With Categories And Tags
• 02:10
  1. Welcome
• 03:35
  2. Getting Started With Categories
• 04:13
  3. Creating New Blog Categories
• 04:42
  4. Gettin’ Organized; Applying Categories To Posts
• 04:58
  5. Setting Your Blog’s Default Category (And A Fast W...
• Chapter 2: Working With WordPress Pages
• 2: Working With WordPress Pages
• 05:12
  6. Get Applying Tags To Posts
• 08:03
  7. Understanding Pages Versus Posts
• 06:59
  8. Editing And Scratch Building WordPress Pages
• 17:25
  9. Technique #3: Creating An HTML Contact Page With Dre...
• 08:44
  10. Setting Your Blog’s Front Page And Going Further ...
• 05:03
  11. Controlling Page Order And Hierarchy
• Chapter 3: Creating And Managing A Blogroll
• 3: Creating And Managing A Blogroll
• 06:06
  12. Makin’ Use Of Your Theme’s Page Templates
• 05:04
  13. What The Heck Is A Blogroll? Let’s Get Started
• 05:36
  14. Adding Links To Your Blogroll
• 02:27
  15. Adding And Removing Blogroll Links
• Chapter 4: Viewing Comments And Adding Users
• 4: Viewing Comments And Adding Users
• 05:44
  16. Creating Custom Link Categories
• 04:29
  17. Viewing A Blog’s Comments
• 03:46
  18. A Real-World Look At The Disqus Commenting System
• 05:43
  19. Moderating Comments On Your Blog
• 06:40
  20. Setting Up Discussion Options
• 06:54
  21. Allowing Others To Contribute: Adding Additional Us...
• Chapter 5: Customizing Permalinks And RSS Feeds
• 5: Customizing Permalinks And RSS Feeds
• 02:58
  22. Understanding WordPress’s Different User Privileg...
• 05:08
  23. Setting Your Blog’s Permalinks
• 07:34
  24. So Let’s Get Creating Custom Permalinks
• 02:15
  25. Viewing Your Blog’s .htaccess File
• 03:30
  26. Blog Syndication: Understanding RSS Feeds
• 04:28
  27. Determining Your Blog’s RSS URL
• Chapter 6: Extending Your Blog With Widgets
• 6: Extending Your Blog With Widgets
• 04:03
  28. Figuring Out RSS Feeds For Your Blog’s Categories
• 04:20
  29. A First Look At Widgets
• 03:33
  30. Diggin’ Into Sidebar Customization
• 03:53
  31. Getting More Comfortable With Widgets (And Setting ...
• 06:07
  32. A First Look At The Arbitrary Text Widget
• 08:43
  33. Using Dreamweaver To Creating A Custom Widget
• Chapter 7: Into The World Of Plugins
• 7: Into The World Of Plugins
• 08:07
  34. Technique #4: Adding A Twitter Widget To Your Blog
• 05:47
  35. Now On To Plugins: A Big Toe In The Massive Pool Of...
• 06:10
  36. Exploring The WordPress Plugin Directory
• 05:48
  37. Installing And Configuring Plugins
• 06:17
  38. Manually Installing Plugins On Your Blog
• 02:52
  39. Task #3: Ten Killer WordPress Plugins To Explore
• 05:25
  40. Adding In Some Custom Widgets
• 05:14
  41. Wrap-Up

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