376 CHAPTER 13 (Web domain) INTRODUCING WORDPRESS WordPress is
376 CHAPTER 13 INTRODUCING WORDPRESS WordPress is semantic because it generates XHTML markup with meaning. It produces web pages that work without any style applied, work correctly with screen readers used by blind people, and validate by conforming to published web standards. This makes for lightweight pages that download faster onto a user s browser and that often appear on the screen quickly. WordPress is designed from the start to look good. It comes with two themes, both of which are elegant and simple. It is always important that your readers have a pleasant experience when visiting your blog. Equally important, the WordPress administration interface is good looking, too. That s where you, as blog owner, will spend most of your time, and you will appreciate having a pleasant work environment. If you have a little knowledge and a suitable hosting account, WordPress setup is quite literally a five-minute install. You will be up and running, and making your first post in a matter of minutes. WordPress Features WordPress includes the usual support for blogging, with comments, TrackBacks, and Pingbacks. Here is a summary of its main features: It supports multiple authors and registered visitors with the privilege to comment. You can configure different administration rights for each author. It supports a draft mode for your posts, so you can work on them until you are ready to publish. It supports protected posts, where a reader must supply a password to read the post. It supports private posts, visible only to you. It supports automatic Pingbacks, where all the links in an article can be pinged when the article is published. As well as categories for your posts, it also supports nested categories and multiple categories per post. It supports XML feeds in all the current formats. WordPress supports RSS, RDF, and Atom feeds. It also supports feeds by subject and by author, as well as feeds on comments. It has an integrated link manager, which supports categories, images, descriptions, notes, and XFN (XHTML Friends Network, http://gmpg.org/xfn/), as well as a built-in blogroll manager. It supports RSS enclosures for podcasting. WordPress supports podcasting in a simple, intuitive way. It generates standards-compliant XHTML and CSS, and uses nice-looking, search engine-friendly permalinks. WordPress supports typographic filters for proper formatting and styling of text. You don t need to learn HTML to enrich your postings.
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