Book or manual for WordPress??
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Hello..I’m new here and wanting to put a WP blog on my site http://www.lady-ellen.com I was wondering if there is a recommended book or manual for newbies? There is SO much info on WP..frankly, I’m not sure where to begin.
Thanx
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First, are you sure you are posting in the right forum? This is the forum for hosted WordPress.com blogs. If you are talking about integrating a blog powered by WordPress, you may mean the self-hosted version.
If you’re not sure about the difference between the two, you can start by reading the two stickies at the top of this forum
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Book recommendation for Newbies? Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s WordPress for Dummies 2nd edition. 85% self-hosted WordPress, 15% WordPress.com
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Thanx Jennifer and Raincoaster..See I told you I’m new…LOL..will read the suggested links..
I have a few sites at http://www.wpdirect.com and just want to learn a LOT more about WP both for that situation and to both have WP on my LE site..and do other WP blogs on related subjects…so I guess I’m looking for an overview of each situation and how to make the best of each of them…does that make sense???
Cheers,
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I wouldn’t be looking for a book. I would focus on learning what’s in the wordpress.com support documentation. I would work through each entry using a test blog until I was adept at using wordpress.com software. http://en.support.wordpress.com/
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I’m not putting down books and manuals I simply haven’t found that they are as useful as support documentation and tutorials are. BTW I’m a blogging tips blogger and you will find many “how to” posts by clicking my username and arriving on my blog.
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Thanx..just had a look..I’m going to spend some time on your blog..lots there I see…yummy…LOL!
LE
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Ah, well, if we’re going there…
http://justjennifer.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/putting-out-the-welcome-matt/ -
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Agree with timethief. The reason why a book isn’t as good as the Support docs and other online sources of information is that in wp.com things change (usually improve) all the time: a tutorial book will be already outdated the moment it reaches the shelves.
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Thanx, timethief…looking forward to learning this well…
Right, Panaghiotisadam Makes sense…they can’t publish in print fast enough..so off to the support docs with moi..
Cheers,
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The only difficulty you may have when using the search box in support documentation is the use of “jargon”. I have found that the use of the synonyms usually provides a breakthrough, but not in all cases, so feel free to post to the forum if you find your repeated searches for specific terms are not returning expected results.
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