| Bloggers love WordPress! If you're ready to start using this free blogging software, WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition is just what you and your blog need to make a splash. Professional blog designer Lisa Sabin-Wilson shows you how to use all the latest upgrades to WordPress and helps you decide whether to use the Wordpress.com hosted service or self-host your blog with WordPress.org. Whether you're just venturing into the blogosphere or you want to shift an existing blog to WordPress, WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help. Explore theme development and learn where to find free WordPress themes Extend WordPress through plug-ins, CSS, custom fields, and more Find out about archiving, interacting with readers through comments, tracking back, and handling spam Get the scoop on domain registration, Web hosting providers, basic tools like FTP, and more Create a unique blog theme and presentation by using template tags with CSS Sign up for WordPress.com, log in, set options, and create a profile Install WordPress.org, set up a MySQL database, explore RSS feeds, and organize a blogroll Discover the secrets of creating a blog that draws readers Get tips on wonderful widgets, upgrades, and plugins you can add to make your blog extra cool Learn how to use the Dashboard, manage comments, and make permalinks work with your Web server With WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition on hand, it's easy to make the most of the free software and build a blog that stands out in a crowd. |
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 Awesome beginner's guide |
| Review Date: March 5, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Todd Hawley, San Francisco CA |
Over the last few months, I've read a few books about WordPress, all of them quite good and ones I'd recommend. I'd highly recommend this one for the so-called "average, everyday person" wanting to get started with a WordPress blog. Ms. Sabine-Wilson gives detailed step by step instructions for every WordPress task and explains in detail various options and settings. When you first look at a WordPress dashboard, one may get daunted by all of the options present and Sabine-Wilson gently leads you through all of them. This second edition was delayed because WordPress latest major upgrade (2.7) was itself delayed. This book has the latest WordPress screen shots in its figures, which helps avoid confusion.
Among the topics Sabine-Wilson covers are getting set up with a blog at WordPress.com or WordPress.org (if you decide to find a site host already running WordPress), how to manage your blog, what all the Admin panel options mean, adding images and/or audio files, themes and plugins. To someone just getting started, WordPress might seem bit difficult to master. But it's actually pretty straight forward to use once you get familiar with it. This book is a good way to become familiar with using WordPress. |
An excellent tool for blogging and website newbies!
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| Review Date: April 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Riley, Albuquerque, NM USA |
I have (slowly) been building a website for the purpose of advocating for more action worldwide to minimize fire-related deaths in dwellings. Having started with a CMS (content management) application installed by my webhosting company and ending up with much (newbie-caused, not blaming anyone else) frustration, I investigated WordPress and found that it is a Blogging-CMS package that can be a powerful tool for setting up a website. I bought two books from Amazon about WordPress. Both are excellent, the other being "Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read."
"WordPress for Dummies" is an excellent and thorough introduction to the power of WordPress. It covers the use of WordPress in several settings, including but not limited to: 1) the WordPress.com setup and 2) a situation like mine, where WordPress is provided by a webhosting site. In both cases, the book provides excellent coverage of the software's dashboard, organizing a blog, dealing with allowing for both comments and new articles from others (if you desire), adding third-party articles, etc.
The book covers much more than I have listed above, but for people like me who are new to setting up software for blog/website building, "WordPress for Dummies" (Second Edition) is simply an excellent tool which I strongly recommend.
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Great for beginners and intermediates
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| Review Date: March 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Greg Sheppard, NJ, USA |
| I bought this book because I wanted to familiarize myself with the inner workings of PHP, and how it affects the layout of a WordPress blog. I definitely got my money's worth, because I learned so much about PHP in the half an hour I spent reading that chapter. In addition, it gave a great chapter on using WordPress as CMS which came in helpful. |
Book was fabulous
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| Review Date: August 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Zucker, Atlanta, GA USA |
I actually used this to teach myself how to maintain my site since I had someone else building it, but Lisa helped me teach my web designer a thing or two that he didn't know :)
Nicely written, organized and communicated! I have a pretty complex WordPress community site...thanks for making me feel like I could handle things on my own when my developer turned my site over to me. |
Indispensible reference for Wordpress
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| Review Date: February 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: zenphx, Arizona |
Lisa again does a great job explaining how to build a blog or full featured website using Wordpress.
This 2nd edition covers the latest (v 2.7) version; and its new design features. |
A Valuable Resource
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| Review Date: March 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Anne Gormely, Long Island, NY |
This book was just what I needed. The easy to follow instuction had my new Word Press blog up and running in no time. There is also a wealth of information here that can take you beyond the basics when you are ready. I would recommend this book to beginers as well as those who want to take blogging to the next level.
Anne Gormely
Brown Dog Treasures.com |
Very Good Resouce
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| Review Date: May 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Vickie Jimenez, Colorado Rockie Mountains |
| I have read this book twice and rely on it all the time as I develop my wordpress skills. It is a fabulous beginners manual and will give you a strong solid understanding of Wordpress. As with all of the "Dummy" series this book has great tips and techniques all the way through it. If you are considering using WordPress for anything this is a must have resource. |
Great Book!
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| Review Date: March 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Moultrie Creek, Florida |
| Great coverage for version 2.7 and the multi-user version. Also covers building templates so it is a comprehensive reference for everything WordPress. |
Essential Tool
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| Review Date: March 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Marcel Rodriguez, New York, NY |
| WordPress for Dummies is an excellent tool for anyone interested in learning more about creating websites, blogs, etc. I highly recommend this book. |
Very helpful in understanding and using Word Press.
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| Review Date: April 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: eGrumps, Los Angeles, CA |
| This book almost has it all for "newest" version of Word Press. My only complaints (are quite minor) were that I found the Index rather cumbersome and not particularly clear as to the intended reference and the stupid little illustrations on the side of the pages. It may be all "Dummies" books have them, but they took up a lot of what otherwise would have been productive space and were a little vague in describing what they were intended to convey. Other comment - not related to content - was that the quality of the paper used was really bad. Sort of like thick newspaper pages. Basically, however, it is a very good book for Word Press, whether a beginner or not. It cleared up a lot of things for me. |
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