What this book covers

Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring WordPress, covers the installation of WordPress on a web server, explores the WordPress dashboard, and discusses the difference between posts and pages.

Chapter 2, Setting Up Our Class Site, covers how to build a basic course website by adding and editing posts and pages, changing the look of the site with themes, and enhancing the site's functionality with widgets.

Chapter 3, Enhancing WordPress with Plugins, discusses the use of WordPress plugins to add additional features to our site. This chapter will guide you through the process of installing plugins and provide a list of plugins that are useful in an education setting.

Chapter 4, Enabling a Multisite Network, describes the process of running a network of sites from a single WordPress installation. This is ideal for powering student blogs and portfolios.

Chapter 5, Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress, covers how the BuddyPress plugin can be used to turn WordPress into a socially collaborative environment.

Chapter 6, BuddyPress Courseware, covers how the ScholarPress BuddyPress Courseware plugin can be used to turn WordPress into a fully-functioning course management system with course content, assignments, bibliographies, and course calendar.

Chapter 7, Site Management, discusses how to keep WordPress up to date, secure our WordPress installation, and ensure that the WordPress database is backed up.