WordPress For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
| Author: Lisa Sabin-wilson
Creator: Matt Mullenweg
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0470149469
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780470149461
Publication Date: November 12, 2007
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Product Description
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 ability to create a blog that is tailored to your own tastes and needs. Sure, the codes, tags, and terminology can seem a little intimidating at first, but WordPress for Dummies breaks it all down to show you just how intuitive, friendly, and extensible the software really is. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to: - Sign up for a free WordPress account
- Set up and use a hosted blog with WordPress.com
- Install and set up the WordPress.Org and WordPress.MU software for single- and multi-user versions
- Find great themes, plugins, and consultants that will help you achieve JUST the kind of blog you want
- Use tags to work with WordPress templates
- Combat challenges with comments, trackback spam, and “splogs”
- Add special technologies to your blog, such as RSS feed, podcasting, vlogging, and photoblogging
- Find online support, tips, and resources for WordPress software
Whether you want to keep family and friends updated on your latest adventures, post pictures of your new puppy, or communicate your passion with millions of readers worldwide, WordPress for Dummies is your passport to creating the kind of blog that will keep your visitors coming back for more!
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 A Great Wordpress Tool! May 13, 2008
This book was very helpful in figuring out how Wordpress works and what you can do with it. I was very happy to find useful examples and explanations of the inner workings of the software. I especially recommend the section on using Wordpress as a content management system.
I recommend this book as a way to get started and a place to go when you get confused over blog specific lingo and the like.
 Comprehensive and easy reference book May 9, 2008
i have dozens of wp sites and bought this book for one of my bloggers. it is a very useful 'how-to' companion for anyone working with wordpress and blogs.
WordPress made easy May 6, 2008
I bought WordPress for Dummies a few weeks ago. I have been very impressed so far (I'm more than halfway through the book). Lisa explains why you need to do certain things and points out situations where you need to be careful before changing parameters. The book is broken down into easily digestible chapters and is easy to read and comprehend. If you are new to Wordpress and need help, I'd highly recommend this book.
Start WordPressing Here April 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whether you're new to blogging or a pro, the platform you choose matters. WordPress is the present and future of blogging. Of course Web 2.0 is a buz-phrase these days, but WordPress is on the cutting edge of incorporating the most promising features of the latest web technologies. Lisa Sabin-Wilson's WordPress for Dummies provides the single-best start to a whole new way to blog yourself through the 21st century.
If you're intimidated by the idea of starting WordPress, let these items ease your concerns:
Everything you need to get started with a WordPress blog is included cover to cover;
- You don't need to know HTML or CSS but you'll be inspired to learn;
- The book tells you how to distinguish your blog;
- Simple lists are provided for finding key features of WordPress;
- Resources for expanding your blog's potential are included throughout the book;
When Sabin-Wilson says that you can set up your own hosted WordPress blog in minutes, she's not kidding. She gives you the big picture,and then pixelates that picture with important details.
And don't worry about updates since those can be found on the author's blog or publisher's Dummies site. You need a resource now and this one will serve your needs.
Once you're set up, you'll be so educated about WordPress that you'll not only be blogging on the most democratic platform but also involved with one of the most friendly, intelligent and devoted open source communities in the world. Soon you'll be customizing your blog to the bliss you'll be following for the rest of your life.
Not sure where to start blogging? Stuck fiddling around with your blog's limitations? Interested in improving the world through a remarkable blogging platform? Then do yourself a big favor and invest in WordPress for Dummies.
 Nightmare In Progress April 17, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The two books :
WordPress Complete by Hasin Hayder
and
WordPress for Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
are worthwhile sources for the individual that lacks the expertise to setup the WordPress program. Now don't misunderstand what I say next. If you are a complete novice, get the books. Be fully aware that both books will NOT be sufficient to reach normal insanity while getting WordPress setup, if you're requirements go beyond the norm. Am familiar to Blogging and a bit aware of WordPress usage, but it became a total nightmare to reach the results that I was looking for. Seriously lacking are examples of "how and where" to actually insert / place what was being expounded upon. Seemed that every set of "how to" was chopped off at the most critical point and leaves one floundering and frustrated, Both books and even the official sites lack the explicit "where to insert" the talked on code. Many so called experts suffer from the "I know it so well" syndrome" that they overlook the "critical" aspect from a novices point of view. To have elaborated on a specific subject, without giving the most crucial bit of information "showing an example of where" is, to me a cardinal offense. It is recognized that it is near impossible to cover every detail required for total success with an installation, but what is covered, SHOULD be presented with clear and full details. There is no middle ground here. You are either sailing along smoothly, or you are floundering from lack of crucial details. I was in the latter group. WordPress by the way is a neat program, and for most users, will be relatively easy to master. If you have certain specific needs, be prepared to sweat it through, along with much aggravation.
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