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Part I Introducing WordPress
Chapter 1 What WordPress Can Do for You
Chapter 2 WordPress Basics
Part II Setting Up WordPress
Chapter 3 Setting Up Blogging Base Camp
Chapter 4 Understanding the WordPress.org Dashboard
Chapter 5 Establishing Your Publishing Routine
Part III Flexing and Extending WordPress
Chapter 6 Media Management: Images, Audio, and Video
Chapter 7 Making the Most of WordPress Plugins
Chapter 8 Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
Part IV Customizing WordPress
Chapter 9 Understanding Themes and Templates
Chapter 10 Tweaking WordPress Themes
Chapter 11 Understanding Parent and Child Themes
Chapter 12 WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS)
Chapter 13 Hosting Multiple Sites with WordPress
Chapter 14 Upgrading, Backing Up, and Migrating
Part V The Part of Tens
Chapter 15 Ten Popular WordPress Plugins
Chapter 16 Ten Free WordPress Themes
