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Find out what you need to build an online store and decide if WordPress is the right solution for you.

Set up a video blog using WordPress and three different free themes—Twenty Twelve, Origami, and Sundance—and get three completely different looks for your site.

Takes you through the process of making a Drupal website that automatically tailors and sizes content for a wide range of displays, from desktops to mobile devices.

Shows how to get the most out of the self-hosted version of WordPress 3.x and create feature-rich blogs and websites.

Establish a web presence quickly and easily with WordPress.com, without having to download any software or set up web hosting.

Discover how to use Joomla! to build a website from scratch—all without a single line of code.

Manage your Drupal sites even more efficiently with Drush, the shell interface for managing and scripting Drupal site development.

Set up an online magazine using WordPress and three different themes that result in three completely different looks—Max Magazine, Path, and Oxygen.

Create a child theme based on an existing parent theme in WordPress and change the functionality, presentation, or styling of a site.

Extend your Drupal 7 sites with custom modules, which allow you to create everything from admin interfaces to forms.

Discover Bootstrap, a free web development tool from Twitter that, with a little bit of CSS and JavaScript experience, makes building websites quick, intuitive, and fun.

Demonstrates different design strategies, best practices, and actual code examples for creating a web site that can adapt to multiple devices, screen sizes, and browsers.

Create a mobile-ready version of an existing WordPress web site by leveraging plugins.

Discover how to set up a portfolio of your work using WordPress and three free themes that result in three unique looks for your site—all without writing code!

Enhance your Joomla! site by adding advanced functionality through extensions, plugins, and templates.

Teaches web site designers how to take their sites to the next level with a few advanced techniques and the free and open-source Drupal software.

Shows how to use Joomla! to build a web site from scratch—no programming required—and guides site designers through the process, from installation to launch.

Shows how to build a WordPress theme in Dreamweaver from the ground up.

Shows how to build a mobile WordPress site in Dreamweaver.

Shows how to create a robust WordPress-based site using Dreamweaver.

Create and edit custom themes in Drupal 7 and migrate existing themes built in Drupal 6.

Shows how to build a Joomla! 1.6 or Joomla! 1.7 web site from scratch.

Create a network of sites and blogs from a single installation of WordPress with the WordPress Multisite feature.

Shows how to install and customize two free WordPress themes designed to create online photo portfolios.

Shows how to use the Views module and other add-ons in Drupal to present dynamic, data-rich content.

Build a powerful web site with Drupal, the free content management system (CMS) that powers over a quarter million sites.

Bridges the gap between site administration and customization by developing Joomla! components, plug-ins, modules, and other extensions.

Shows how to build an advanced portfolio site that showcases various types of content effectively using the free open-source application WordPress.

Illustrates various techniques for securing self-hosted WordPress sites.

Teaches PHP developers how to create custom functionality for WordPress using widgets and plugins.

Shows how to build a custom theme from scratch in WordPress 3.

Covers simple steps that can be taken to minimize a web site's risk to common exploits.

Demonstrates changes to the administrative interface and other Drupal 7 feature enhancements.

Shows how to create a web site design that integrates with a content management system (CMS) like WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla!, using open-source software.

Shows how to manage the look and feel of a web site via Drupal's themes.

Shows how a data-driven website can improve its interactivity by building out tables or connecting to real-world maps.

Shows how to set up a free WordPress.com account, create posts, and maintain a blog.

Shows how a blog can be customized to make it stand out in the digital crowd.

Shows how those familiar with Joomla! and with hand-coded HTML and CSS can take the next step in creating a dynamic web site.

Instruction and insight to help Joomla! users create eye-popping web sites with custom templates.

Covers all the important aspects of installing, configuring, customizing, and maintaining a Drupal-powered web site.

Use Joomla! to build a website from scratch with no programming at all, from installation to launch.

Maria Langer walks through the entire process of building and maintaining a blog.