Table of Contents

1. Welcome to Ten Ton WordPress Mastery!
   • Ready for Some WordPress? 00:01:30
2. Chapter 1: Understanding What WordPress Is
   • About Blogging And WordPress 00:06:31
   • The Main Areas Of A WordPress Blog 00:02:56
   • A Blog's Front End And Back End 00:04:46
3. Chapter 2: Lets Getcha Up And Running with WordPress
   • Setting Up A Free Blog On WordPress.com 00:09:20
   • Setting Up A Self-Hosted WordPress Blog 00:09:06
   • Installing Locally On A Mac Part One: Installing MAMP 00:08:17
   • Installing Locally On A Mac Part Two: Installing WordPress 00:14:04
   • Installing Locally On A PC Part One: Installing XAMPP 00:05:54
   • Installing Locally On A PC Part Two: Installing WordPress 00:11:40
   • TASK #1: Applications You May Use With WordPress 00:04:38
4. Chapter 3: The Sights: A Tour Of The WordPress Interface
   • Viewing And Customizing The Dashboard 00:09:59
   • Touring The Rest Of The Admin Interface 00:07:29
   • The WordPress Codex And Online Forums 00:04:14
5. Chapter 4: Making Your Blog Your Own
   • Gettin' To Settin' Up Your Profile 00:07:32
   • Setting The Blog's General Options 00:05:50
   • Now On To Themes: Changing Your Blog's Design 00:05:27
   • Discovering Even More Themes 00:07:10
   • Viewing Your Blog's Theme Files 00:06:36
   • Using The WordPress Theme Directory 00:04:50
   • Manually Installing Themes 00:03:37
   • Auto Installing Themes From The Theme Directory 00:03:00
   • TASK #2: Ten Awesome WordPress Themes To Explore 00:03:49
6. Chapter 5: Let's Get Creating Some Posts
   • Touring The Edit Post Screen And Writing Posts With The Visual Editor 00:07:52
   • A Quick Mention: Setting Your Post's Discussion Options 00:01:14
   • Editing Your Posts And A Look At The Quick Edit Feature 00:03:05
   • Formatting And Previewing Your Posts 00:06:10
   • Inserting And Editing Links To Sites And Email Addresses 00:07:46
   • Super-Sweet: It's WordPress's Kitchen Sink Toolbar 00:05:01
   • Setting Publishing Options For Your Posts 00:05:45
   • Understanding Excerpts, Trackbacks, And Pingbacks 00:07:07
7. Chapter 6: Additional Posting Techniques
   • Get Editing Your Published Posts 00:03:38
   • Making Your Blog Easier To Read: Adding 00:05:16
   • Creating And Editing Posts With The HTML Editor 00:07:29
   • Ready For This? Creating HTML Posts With Dreamweaver 00:08:33
   • Adjusting Your Blog's Writing Settings 00:04:25
   • Password Protecting A Post 00:04:44
8. Chapter 7: Adding Media To Posts, Part One
   • First Up, Setting Your Blog's Media Options 00:06:01
   • Droppin' Graphics Into Posts 00:06:41
   • Adding An Image From A URL 00:04:08
   • Loading Images Into The Media Library 00:04:25
   • Inserting Images Into Posts From The Library 00:02:13
   • Editing Your Inserted Images 00:06:22
   • Editing Images In The HTML Editor 00:05:05
   • Dig This: Using WordPress's Image Editor 00:06:35
   • Understanding Graphics In Web Design 00:09:57
   • TECHNIQUE #1: Preparing Images In Photoshop For Use On Your Blog 00:17:16
   • TECHNIQUE #2: WordPress Workflow: From Illustrator To Photoshop To Your Blog 00:12:35
   • And Now On To Video 00:00:50
9. Chapter 8: Adding Media To Posts, Part Two
   • Adding In Some Video To Your A Posts 00:05:51
   • Using Auto-Embed To Add In Video 00:04:03
   • Droppin' In Some Audio 00:04:17
   • Linking To PDFs And Other Types Of Media 00:04:05
   • Managing Your Inserted Media 00:03:57
10. Chapter 9: Working With Categories And Tags
    • Getting Started With Categories 00:03:32
    • Creating New Blog Categories 00:03:46
    • Gettin' Organized; Applying Categories To Posts 00:04:39
    • Setting Your Blog's Default Category (And A Fast Way For Creating Categories) 00:04:55
    • Get Applying Tags To Posts 00:05:09
11. Chapter 10: Working With WordPress Pages
    • Understanding Pages Versus Posts 00:08:00
    • Editing And Scratch Building WordPress Pages 00:06:55
    • TECHNIQUE #3: Creating An HTML Contact Page With Dreamweaver 00:17:22
    • Setting Your Blog's Front Page And Going Further With Dreamweaver Design 00:08:40
    • Controlling Page Order And Hierarchy 00:05:00
    • Makin' Use Of Your Theme's Page Templates 00:06:03
12. Chapter 11: Creating And Managing A Blogroll
    • What The Heck Is A Blogroll? Let's Get Started 00:05:01
    • Adding Links To Your Blogroll 00:05:32
    • Adding And Removing Blogroll Links 00:02:24
    • Creating Custom Link Categories 00:05:41
13. Chapter 12: Viewing Comments And Adding Users
    • A Real-World Look At The Disqus Commenting System 00:04:25
    • Moderating Comments On Your Blog 00:03:43
    • Setting Up Discussion Options 00:05:40
    • Allowing Others To Contribute: Adding Additional Users 00:06:37
    • Understanding WordPress's Different User Privileges 00:06:51
14. Chapter 13: Customizing Permalinks And RSS Feeds
    • Setting Your Blog's Permalinks 00:05:05
    • So Let's Get Creating Custom Permalinks 00:07:31
    • Viewing Your Blog's .Htaccess File 00:02:12
    • Blog Syndication: Understanding RSS Feeds 00:03:27
    • Determining Your Blog's RSS URL 00:04:25
    • Figuring Out RSS Feeds For Your Blog's Categories 00:04:00
15. Chapter 14: Extending Your Blog With Widgets
    • Diggin' Into Sidebar Customization 00:04:17
    • Getting More Comfortable With Widgets (And Setting Up An RSS Widget) 00:03:30
    • A First Look At The Arbitrary Text Widget 00:03:49
    • Using Dreamweaver To Create A Custom Widget 00:06:04
    • TECHNIQUE #4: Adding A Twitter Widget To Your Blog 00:08:39
16. Chapter 15: Into The World Of Plugins
    • Now On To Plugins: A Big Toe In The Massive Pool Of WordPress Plugins 00:05:44
    • Exploring The WordPress Plugin Directory 00:06:07
    • Installing And Configuring Plugins 00:05:44
    • Manually Installing Plugins On Your Blog 00:06:14
    • TASK #3: Ten Killer WordPress Plugins To Explore 00:02:49
    • Adding In Some Custom Widgets 00:05:22
17. Chapter 16: Uploading Your Completed Site!
    • Step One: Exporting the Local Database 00:04:18
    • Step Two: Changing Local URLs to Remote URLs 00:04:44
    • Step Three: Creating the Live MySQL Database 00:02:27
    • Step Four: Adding A User to the Live Database 00:02:00
    • Step Five: Importing the Local Database into the Live Database 00:02:32
    • Step Six: Setting Live Database Info 00:03:48
    • Step Seven: Uploading the Site Files 00:02:57
    • Step Eight: Viewing the Live Result 00:01:23