May 1st, 2010
Product Description
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 limited by HTML changes to their templates.
This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide shows you how to install, use, and customize WordPress to get the most from the software. Includes tips that explain why certain techniques are better than others, how to watch for potential problems, and where readers can find more information.
M. Bello says:
I learned WordPress from this book. It was easy and fun. I’ve read hundreds of technical books and this was one of the best books. This one is staying on my shelf.
Rating: 5 / 5
C. Douglas Barnes says:
This book is totally useless to me. It was not made clear in the advertising that this book applies to Windows users only. I have Macintosh equipment.
Rating: 1 / 5
Van W. Cottom says:
For a technical manual on a subject not familure to me the book was well written, constantly giving sources of other good information. This was the first time I had used the WordPress GNU software, and the book was an excellent tool to have by my side.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ivan Carey says:
I found this book very helpful to develop my WordPress 2 Blog. It gives many instructions on how to customize the Blog.
The instructions and examples are very easy to follow
Rating: 4 / 5
Kristopher P. Lagreca says:
Sorry folks, but skip this one (and many of VQGs, fyi).
My Beef:
1. leaves out explanations of “why” Wordpress works the way it does. (example: why doesn’t Safari display the editor toolbar?)
2. When things get complicated, instead of explaining how Wordress works, the authors suggest that you “leave it alone.” (Wow, thanks for the help!)
3. Too many simple things are detailed, for example directions on how to log onto a blog. (We can trim the fat in places like this, and add more details to say, tweaking a theme).
My suggestion: read the online documentation and participate in online discussions until a better read comes out. This one wasted $24 that I could of spent on beer.
Rating: 1 / 5