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Book Review: “WordPress for Dummies, 2nd Edition”

Posted by Dr.D | June 30, 2009 .

By Lisa Sabin-Wilson (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 394 pages)

Second Edition is quite an improvement over the already excellent original. It is the essential book for those using WordPress in publishing a blog. This edition is updated to feature version 2.7+ which reflects the last major program change.
The writer introduces one to the [...]

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45+ Essential WordPress Plugins

Posted by Dr.D | June 28, 2009 .

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BlogPerfume Provides a list of essential WordPress plugins along with evaluations and images for each one. This is one of the best articles that I have ever seen on the subject—check it out! Lots of useful info! *Top

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Re: WordPress 2.8 Upgrade

Posted by Dr.D | June 13, 2009 .

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I just upgraded all of my WordPress blogs to 2.8 last night. As usual I have a ‘testsite’ that I try everything on first before proceeding to make sure everything works. Also, a good database backup is always in order.
WordPress has a list of plugins that are compatible with the new upgrade and [...]

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Start Your Own Blogging Community

Posted by Dr.D | May 23, 2009 .

Found this at BlogPerfume. Here is a site- Blogs.mu -that gives you the opportunity to host your own blogging community. You can start out for free but for less that $1 per blog you can use your own domain and eliminate the advertising or even add your own.
I have looked at a number [...]

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Book Review: "Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read"

Posted by Dr.D | March 6, 2009 .

By Scott McNulty (Berkeley,Calif: Peachpit Press, 2009, 263 pages)
This is a great book for those starting out with WordPress. McNulty goes into detail on every facet of properly setting up a new WordPress blog. It has lots of illustrations to demonstrate every step. A real find for any beginner–wish this book was around 3 [...]

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