Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read by Scott McNulty

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  • Pub. Date: December 2008
  • 263pp
  • Sales Rank: 85,559

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    • Pub. Date: December 2008
    • Publisher: Peachpit Press
    • Format: Paperback, 263pp
    • Sales Rank: 85,559

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    Having your own blog isn't just for the nerdy anymore. Today, it seems everyone-from multinational corporations to a neighbor up the street-has a blog. They all have one, in part, because the folks at WordPress make it easy to get one. But to actually build a good blog-to create a blog people want to read-takes thought, planning, and some effort. From picking a theme and using tags to choosing widgets and building a community, creating your blog really starts after you set it up. In this book by blogger extraordinaire Scott McNulty, you learn how to: Install and get your WordPress blog running, Set up your site to ensure it can easily grow with you and your readers, Be the master of user accounts, Manage your site with the WordPress Dashboard and extend its capabilities with plug-ins, Make the most of images, Work with pages, templates, and links and-of course-publish your posts, Deal with comments-if you even want readers commenting at all, Find a theme-or build one yourself, Maintain your site and fix common problems.

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    Scott McNulty is a simple geek living in Philadelphia. Scott has been blogging for just over nine years about whatever strikes his fancy. He runs more WordPress blogs than anyone should, and even has a few other blogs using other blogging engines. More of Scott's words can be found on his personal blog, blog.blankbaby.com, or at Macuser.com, where Scott is a senior contributor, or Obsessable.com, where he writes a weekly feature about technology.

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    Good as a starter.by SrinivasM

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    September 26, 2009: The book covers basic information about how to get around wordpress. This is a good choice for people who don't want to know the gory details like PHP, theme development/customization, and plugin development/customization. It certainly covers all aspects of usability of wordpress.

    I Also Recommend: ProBlogger, Blogging For Dummies, Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging.

    Building a wordpress blogby Anonymous

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    May 02, 2009: This book is ok from the sense open source platforms like WordPress are hard to keep up with as they are changing all the time. Great book on the basics of getting a WordPress blog setup and that people will want to read. A nice place for WordPress and other blogging ideas check out BloggingElements dot com they have awesome writers and content about WordPress blogs.


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