A complete and thorough guide to the largest self–hosted blogging tool: WordPress Has learning WordPress become a pressing issue for you? If so, then turn to WordPress Bible, a complete resource on everything you need to know to learn WordPress from beginning to end. You′ll start with the basics of WordPress, such as the principles of blogging and social media interaction. Then the pace ramps up to more intermediate–to–advanced topics including plugins, WordPress Loop, themes and templates, custom fields, caching, security, and more. Written by a popular WordPress consultant, this comprehensive guide is timed to publish with the release of the latest version of WordPress, ensuring that you have the most up–to–date information available on the largest and most–used blogging tool in the world. Serves as the definitive guide to every aspect of WordPress, the most popular self–hosted blogging tool in the world Covers everything, from the basics of installation to more advanced topics such as plugins and security Includes coverage of the most recent release of WordPress, keeping you up to date on all its latest features Addresses themes and templates, WordPress Loop, custom fields, caching, and more Author is a popular WordPress consultant You′ll be hard–pressed to find another resource as thorough and comprehensive as WordPress Bible . Note: CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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Install WordPress and go beyond blogging WordPress is so flexible that developers are now tapping it to create robust applications for content, contact, and e–mail management. Whether you′re a casual blogger or programming pro, this comprehensive guide covers WordPress from the basics through advanced application development. Learn how to use custom plugins and themes, retrieve data, maintain security, use social media, and modify your blog without changing any core code. You′ll even get to know the ecosystem of products that surrounds this popular, open–source tool. Enhance your blog′s findability in the search engines and beyond Discover hooks and leverage the WordPress event–driven programming interface Create WordPress widgets in only a few minutes Explore alternate uses of WordPress Enhance your blog with WordPress MU Ensure your plugins maintain future compatibility Create highly customizable and dynamic themes using template tags Learn best security practices as a user and developer Companion Web Site Visit www.wiley.com/go/wordpressbible for all of the author′s example files from the book. Install, secure, and maintain WordPress Extend WordPress with plugins and themes Enhance your blog with WordPress MU Note: CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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Aaron Brazell is a leading WordPress and social media consultant, with clients ranging from enterprise software companies to small– and medium–sized businesses. He has worked on large–scale WordPress installations from both a technical/scaling perspective to complex deliveries involving extreme leveraging of the software plugin API. He maintains a large business and technology blog in the Washington D.C. area, Technosailor.com. Mark Jaquith is one of the lead WordPress core developers and an independent Web services consultant. He has consulted for major clients through his company, Covered Web Services, and is the author of several popular WordPress plugins, including Subscribe to Comments and Page Links To.
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Having not used WordPress previously and not been involved with web based technologies in recent years, I found the WordPress Bible really well structured and thought out. It takes you through every stage from installing to running modified themes etc and is the ideal book or manual to have by your side. Its not too techie and is easy to understand with well written instructions and illustrations to help you achieve what you want. Well worth the money.
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Gives an excellent all-round introduction and provides a good reference. The only thing I could wish for, personally, would be a better guide to writing skins, but I realise that, for Wordpress, this would require vastly more space.
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I don't think I am reading the same book as the other two reviewers.
I have worked in computers for 30 years and this is the worst technical book I have experienced. Chapter 1 is an over the top "gush" about how wonderful Wordpress is but one might look to Chapter 2 to see why that is true. No, Chapter 2 is about how to refine your Wordpress installation - not how to set it up in the first place. Its quite complicated to set up on your own computer, as it involves Wordpress to work seamlessly with PHP and MySql and I think this needs tackling in detail if this book is at aimed at newbies. Chapter 3 I would have hoped would be how to set up a simple website, with subsequent Chapters expanding on that theme but thats not how it is organised.
My webhost does facilitate a one click Wordpress installation, so I have had a little play there. It seems to me Wordpress is only "easy" if you can find a "theme / skin" that suits your purpose. One of the reviewers talks about "skins" and I think if you want a very personal Wordpress site you will have to write your own skin. This book is no help there.
Can't comment on how useful this is as a reference.
If you are buying a reference book I'd forgotten how important it is not to buy from what it says on the cover. If you need a Wordpress book, flick through the pages of the competition, and check they really are aimed at your experience level and will take on to the level of experience you want. I'd be surprised if you'd choose "Wordpress Bible".
I have worked in computers for 30 years and this is the worst technical book I have experienced. Chapter 1 is an over the top "gush" about how wonderful Wordpress is but one might look to Chapter 2 to see why that is true. No, Chapter 2 is about how to refine your Wordpress installation - not how to set it up in the first place. Its quite complicated to set up on your own computer, as it involves Wordpress to work seamlessly with PHP and MySql and I think this needs tackling in detail if this book is at aimed at newbies. Chapter 3 I would have hoped would be how to set up a simple website, with subsequent Chapters expanding on that theme but thats not how it is organised.
My webhost does facilitate a one click Wordpress installation, so I have had a little play there. It seems to me Wordpress is only "easy" if you can find a "theme / skin" that suits your purpose. One of the reviewers talks about "skins" and I think if you want a very personal Wordpress site you will have to write your own skin. This book is no help there.
Can't comment on how useful this is as a reference.
If you are buying a reference book I'd forgotten how important it is not to buy from what it says on the cover. If you need a Wordpress book, flick through the pages of the competition, and check they really are aimed at your experience level and will take on to the level of experience you want. I'd be surprised if you'd choose "Wordpress Bible".
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