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Don't buy wordpress books-- go to wordpress.org - [16 Jul 2009]
Wordpress 2.8 is a different beast and the Automattic guys release new versions frequently. Thus, by the time things get to a book format, it's too late. Reading a book about wordpress is like dancing to learn how to read-- if you want to build a blog...
Thus, by the time things get to a book format, it's too late. Reading a book about wordpress...
www.amazon.com/review/R1MR4VI7QEUXVL...
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Best book on WordPress I've read! - [06 Jun 2009]
This is, by far, the best book I've read on setting up a WordPress blog. Scott McNulty explained all of the options and buttons that scared me at first. :) His humor helped equalize the tech terror I felt before this book. His suggestions for the 5 important...
all of the options and buttons that scared me at first. :) His humor helped equalize...
www.amazon.com/review/R296YP7MN...
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Beware - Wordpress has changed since this book was published! - [06 May 2009]
This book was delivered yesterday - I'm on page 40 and already frustrated. The Wordpress dashboard and all the admin layouts have been changed since this book was published. It seems that not only do actual pages look different than they look in the book...
and all the admin layouts have been changed since this book was published. It seems...
www.amazon.com/review/R2BGUYTGCHSKZF...
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An excellent read - [13 Apr 2009]
This book was a required reading for a graduate course on Web content. It was my favorite reading assignment out of two years worth of information studies. Scott McNulty is amazing. I laughed out loud from beginning to end and I could not put this down...
reading assignment out of two years worth of information studies. Scott McNulty is amazing....
www.amazon.com/review/R122OHSZZ...
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NIce Primer on Setting Up a WordPress blog - [16 Mar 2009]
It only seems as if everybody and his brother has a blog. Not everyone does, but many of those who don't will, and many of those will need help setting it up and running it. For those people, author, Scott McNulty, has written a very good primer on using...
who don't will, and many of those will need help setting it up and running it. For those...
www.amazon.com/review/R12ZEWSWHLQ...
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Both computer and general-interest libraries will find this cutting-edge - [13 Mar 2009]
Many onliners have their own blog - but to build an outstanding one gaining regular readers and avid fans is a challenge both technically and artistically. That's why Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read is key to any computer collection where...
and avid fans is a challenge both technically and artistically. That's why Building a WordPress...
www.amazon.com/review/RTRN7BBJET...
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Good basic stuff - [08 Mar 2009]
I am new to Word Press and found this to be a great overview with sufficient enough detail to make it worthwhile. The simple stuff is often overlooked in this type of book but in this cases they did a a great job. Deep enough to keep your interest.
to make it worthwhile. The simple stuff is often overlooked in this type of book but in this...
www.amazon.com/review/R1H5IT32LDKPNU...
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Not as helpful as the dummies book - [03 Mar 2009]
I purchased this book and the Wordpress for Dummies book together. After going through both, and having zero prior experience with Wordpress, that I found this book somewhat haphazardly organized and often lacking in key functional details. In addition...
and having zero prior experience with Wordpress, that I found this book somewhat haphazardly...
www.amazon.com/review/RFL3V94UV...
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Misleading title: this is a tech manual for setting up a WordPress blog - [02 Mar 2009]
This is an a reasonably adequate technical manual on setting up a WordPress blog. The book is definitely not a guide to building a blog "people want to read" as the title asserts, because there is virtually nothing about blog content to be found in the...
is definitely not a guide to building a blog "people want to read" as the title asserts, because...
www.amazon.com/review/R14TNZHHTOSYA...
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Cool School - [28 Feb 2009]
Great book for building your first blogsite AND your confidence. What you get: For its purpose, the book has the optimal content and sequence of presentation; good heads-up on implications re. human factors and what makes a site likeable; enough fingerholds...
the book has the optimal content and sequence of presentation; good heads-up on implications...
www.amazon.com/review/R2IPK8NC5...
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