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Are you a wannabe blogger? A seasoned pro migrating your blog to WordPress? Looking to do more cool stuff with your existing WordPress blog? Then this fun guide is for you! WordPress for Dummies is a veritable smorgasbord of WordPress information, ideas, tools, resources, and instruction on everything you need to create and maintain your dream blog. Unlike other blog hosts, WordPress gives you the... (more)

Building Online Communities With Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress

Building Online Communities With Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress

by Robert T. Douglass, Mike Little, Jared W. Smith

Content management, blogs, and online forums are among the most significant online trends today, and Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress are three of the most popular open source applications facilitating these trends. Drupal is a full content management system that allows you to create any type of website you desire, from an e-commerce to a community-based site. phpBB enables you to set up a bulletin board or... (more)

WordPress 2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)

by Maria Langer, Miraz Jordan

WordPress is an open-source personal publishing platform that is easy to use, flexible, and highly customizable. Although used primarily for publishing blogs, WordPress can easily be used to create and maintain complete Web sites. Taking the average blogger further than blogspot can, WordPress allows bloggers to create more complicated sites with their open-source technology, rather than blogger which is... (more)

WordPress Theme Design

by Tessa Blakeley Silver

In Detail This title will take you through the ins and outs of creating sophisticated professional themes for the WordPress personal publishing platform. It will walk you through clear, step-by-step instructions to build a custom WordPress theme. From development tools and setting up your WordPress sandbox, through design tips and suggestions, to setting up your theme's template structure, coding markup,... (more)

WordPress for Business Bloggers: Promote and grow your WordPress blog with advanced plug-ins, analytics, advertising, and SEO

WordPress for Business Bloggers: Promote and grow your WordPress blog with advanced plug-ins, analytics, advertising, and SEO

by Paul Thewlis

In Detail Blogging has been part of the web landscape for over a decade and has matured into a ubiquitous mode of live communication. The power of blogging has been recognized by the business community, and canny marketers view it as a powerful weapon in their digital arsenal. Done well, blogging can bring myriad benefits to businesses of any size. Done badly, it can cause more harm than good. Central to the... (more)

Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read

Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read

by Scott McNulty

Having your own blog isn't just for the nerdy anymore. Today, it seems everyone — from multinational corporations to a neighbor up the street — has a blog. They all have one, in part, because the folks at WordPress make it easy to get one. but to actually build a good blog — to create a blog people want to read — takes thought, planning, and some effort. From picking a theme and using tags to choosing widgets and... (more)

WordPress Plug-in Development (Beginner's Guide)

WordPress Plug-in Development (Beginner's Guide)

by Vladimir Prelovac

Build powerful, interactive plug-ins for your blog and to share online Everything you need to create and distribute your own plug-ins following WordPress coding standards Walk through the development of six complete, feature-rich, real-world plug-ins that are being used by thousands of WP users Written by Vladimir Prelovac, WordPress expert and developer of WordPress plug-ins such as Smart YouTube and... (more)

WordPress Complete: set up, customize, and market your blog

WordPress Complete: set up, customize, and market your blog

by Hasin Hayder

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to set up, customize, and market your blog using WordPress Clear practical coverage of all aspects of WordPress Concise, clear, and easy to follow, rich with examples In-depth coverage of installation, themes, syndication, and podcasting In Detail WordPress is an open-source blog engine released under the GNU general public license. It allows users to... (more)

Videoblogging For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Videoblogging For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

by Stephanie Cottrell Bryant

Have you ever felt the urge to share the entertaining and insightful things that happen in your everyday world? Got a message you’d like to get across to others? A cause you want people to support? A videoblog allows you to share whatever you choose in a colorful, interesting way that gets attention—and furthermore, videoblogging is fun! Grab Videoblogging For Dummies and put your videoblog on the fast... (more)

Rockstar WordPress Designer

by Collis Ta’eed,Harley Alexander

Smashing Wordpress: Beyond the Blog (Smashing Magazine Book Series)

Smashing Wordpress: Beyond the Blog (Smashing Magazine Book Series)

by Thord Daniel Hedengren

Push WordPress past its limits and take the basic blog into an entirely new blogosphere Smashing Magazine is the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers, boasting more visits than leading Web sites and blogs. Smashing WordPress is the ultimate guide to WordPress, one of the hottest topics on the web today. Written by a WordPress expert, this exciting book breaks the barriers of... (more)

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WordPress For Dummies

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson