Which is best book to look at
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Hi, found these 2 books…which would be best for a beginner…I thought Scotts book would be better, as it seems to be for beginners or is there another one that will help…?
Thanks
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/aaron+brazell/wordpress+bible/6856223/
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Hi Sharon!
I cannot comment on either of those two books personally, but have you checked out our support section?
We have extensive documentation on all sorts of WordPress subjects–including how to get started:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-started/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/introduction/One other link that might be of interest to you is the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:
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Hi Hewsut :D
Thankyou for that. I think I have looked…but will recheck….wanted something, maybe to hand rather than go looking for? Ie if I am wanting to upload a vid or something, have the info to hand rather than go looking for it?
Shall check it out though – many thanks:D
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PS I guess I could print off the relevant information ie, print off the sections and then put them in a folder. IE print the info off those links, and if I want the vid section, print that off too?
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You could try using this for printing without all the extra sidebars and things:
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@sharonharvey
A book is static – frozen in time – by the time it’s published some content will be out of date.Blogging tips bloggers publish timely and useful information that beginner bloggers can readily access. Also as Hewsut pointed out above, the wordpress support documentation is constantly updated to reflect what’s relevant and meaningful in the here and now.Copying anything and putting it in a folder is not the way to go.Becoming familiar with the the support documentation, and use of search utilities is a far better investment of your time.
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@sharonharvey
I want to add something important. The two books you point to above are both focused on wordpress.org software for self hosting. They are not focused on working with wordpress.com software. The two are different.WordPress.com is a hosted blog service. You do not have to download software, pay for hosting or manage a web server. WordPress.com does not permit uploading themes or plugins. WordPress.org is free software. You can install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database.
You have a wordpress.com blog and IMO if you start reading wordpress.org books rather than accessing wordpress.com support documentation the likely result will be confusion.
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@sharonharvey Books will provide you with no useful information. Blogs are always changing and growing. I recommend viewing the following site:
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First of all: Be skeptical about such a site:
http://www.problogger.com/
No about page, no real information about what glories you might get for only $5.95 per month. IMO, not something to pay for!http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=problogger.com+review&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
http://www.timbossie.com/2008/05/07/problogger-review-thoughts-expectations-and-the-first-chapter/
http://paseosenparapente.com/tag/problogger-com/
and so on…Second: What does that have to do with learning how to blog on WordPress.com?
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@1tess, I don’t pay for problogger and find great articles on the site frequently…
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/
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I realize I may have confused you, but in the bottom left corner you have to click to continue to Problogger’s blog. Still, should have been a given :)
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I believe that this may actually be the link that sarahbaram intended to post. Darren Rowse is a very well known professional blogger who is focused on assisting bloggers who want to make an income from their writing. http://www.problogger.net/
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@@sharonharvey2
I gave you the link above about printing out topics from the forums, because I do that with recipes or complicated technical things I have online. It is a very good way to print a site without all the extra waste of ink and paper.
BUT, I completely agree with timethief that you would be better off to learn how to use the (continually updated) support documentation for wp.com.
Yes, the search function is a bit odd, but it’s better than trying to find a page in a notebook or file only to realize it’s outdated.
wp.com changes all the time. That could be why it is free: we are the guinea pigs for their other businesses.
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@timethief Thank you! I have found VERY many useful articles on the website and to see someone bash it is undeserving. My fault for giving only the first link to it though!
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@sarahbaram
I was not “bashing” it. You gave a link that site, and IMO it is something to be skeptical about. Also, note that the tiny little link (as noted by tt) is to his other site and is hosted by WordPress.Org. -
The information at the link you provided IMO a did not in any way help the OP learn how to use wordpress.com software. Nor IMO would reading that blog assist any beginner blogger with learning how to blog on wordpress.com software, because Darren’s target audience is not beginnner bloggers with non-monteized wordpress.com who are struggling to learn the basics.
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Ok guys, thankyou for all of your comments…..LOL not sure they helped but thankyou regardless, shall go through them all once again and try and decide what to do :)
Now, on a matter similiar, like here, when someone leaves a comment on your blog….how do you know what the comment is for?
I have apparently 2 waiting, dont know what they are for etc, but they are waiting to be approved….do I just approve them and hope for the best?
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In connection to the above Q I did approve the comments, but do not know what they have to do with the subject they appear to have been posted for????
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sharonharvey2 says:
Now, on a matter similiar, like here, when someone leaves a comment on your blog….how do you know what the comment is for?And I though I heard it all…! gosh
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sharonharvey2 says:
In connection to the above Q I did approve the comments, but do not know what they have to do with the subject they appear to have been posted for????Then it’s either one of these two things:
a: It’s spam (not the kind you buy in the supermarket, but annoying advertising)
b: People that are desperate for comments so they leave a random comment on your blog hoping you will visit their blog and leave any comment.
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