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WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition - Fourth Edition

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WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition - Fourth Edition

Overview of this book

Back in the day, when you wanted to launch a new website, you either had to learn web programming yourself or hire a professional who would take care of the whole process for you. Those times are long gone due to WordPress and the great opportunities it brings. With WordPress, anyone can build an optimized site with the least amount of effort possible and then make it available to the world in no time. WordPress is a flexible and powerful tool that's ideal for creating both blog and non-blog websites. You can customize the features, incorporate your own design, and even write your own plugins with ease. Its versatility and ease of use have attracted a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. "WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition" is a practical guide for anyone who wants to start their journey as a web developer. This WordPress book takes you through a step-by-step process of planning out and then building your site. "WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition" will take you through the complete process of building a fully functional WordPress site from scratch. You will learn how to create your first blog post, what the difference between posts and pages is, and how to use multimedia files to accompany your content and make it more attractive. Next, you will find out what plugins and themes are and how to use them effectively. "With WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition" , you will learn all the ins and outs of WordPress and using it for publishing content on the Web. It provides easy-to-apply advice with tons of screenshots and actionable examples.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
WordPress 3.7 Complete Third Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Index

Podcasting


A podcast is a special feed that includes a reference to an audio or video file instead of just a text. People use a podcasting client, such as iTunes or Juice to collect and listen to the episodes.

Note

Fun fact: The word podcast is a combination of iPod and broadcasting

Have you ever considered creating your own podcast? It's like having your own radio or TV show. Your subscribers, instead of reading your posts at their computers, can listen through their headphones to your content at any time.

Adding a podcast to your WordPress blog is outrageously easy. While generating your blog's RSS feeds, WordPress automatically adds an <enclosure> tag, which is available in RSS 2.0, if a music file is linked within that post, and this tag is read by podcast clients. Therefore, all you have to do is make a post; WordPress will do the rest for you.

Creating a podcast

For basic podcasting, the following are just two steps you have to take:

  1. Record.

  2. Post.

Let's have a glimpse at these steps...