TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Kyle M.L. AU - Farrington,Polly-Alida TI - Learning from libraries that use WordPress: content-management system best practices and case studies SN - 9780838996102 AV - Z674.75.W67 J66 2013eb U1 - 025.042/2 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - WordPress (Electronic resource) KW - Library Web sites KW - Design KW - Blogs KW - Computer programs KW - Web sites KW - Authoring programs KW - Case studies KW - WordPress (Electronic resource)Library Web sites KW - Design. Blogs KW - Computer programs. Web sites KW - Authoring programs. Library Web sites KW - COMPUTERS KW - Web KW - Site Directories KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index; Multiple identities : for blogs, for CMSs, and so much more -- Preparation, installation, and initial settings -- Extensibility via plugins -- Look and feel with themes -- A better workflow -- Safe, sound, tracked -- Flexible design -- Enhancing the user experience -- Roll your own social network -- Creating dynamic subject guides / by Laura Slavin and Joshua Dodson -- First-year seminar blogs / by Jacob Hill and Peg Cook -- BuddyPress and higher education / by Michael Stephens and Kenley Neufeld -- From LibGuides to WordPress / by Paul Boger -- Creating digital archives with WordPress / by Kelli Bogan -- Ways WordPress can improve website user experience / by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches-Johnson -- Using WordPress to create a virtual school library / by Anne Robinson -- Many websites, one installation : blogging with WordPress MU at Skokie Public Library / by Mick Jacobsen and Toby Greenwalt -- Kansas libraries on the Web / by Liz Rea N2 - Explores the variety of ways libraries are implementing WordPress as a CMS, from simple "out-of-the-box" websites to large sites with many custom features. Emphasizing a library-specific perspective, the authors analyze the software's strengths and weaknesses, spotlighting its advantages over other existing web publishing platforms as well as discussing the limitations libraries have encountered. This useful book shows how scores of libraries have used WordPress to create library websites that are both user friendly and easy to maintain UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=563844 ER -