BUILDING A WORDPRESS BLOG
July 4, 2009
I am a relatively new blogger and as such, decided to read several books to aid my efforts in structuring AND understanding this wide-world of blogging. I was particularly interested in gaining additional knowledge relative to WordPress. For this reason, I purchased” Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read”. The book was written by Mr. Scott McNulty; published by Peachpit Books; copyright 2009. The major chapters are:
- Why WordPress?
- Installing WordPress
- Managing User Accounts
- The Dashboard
- Future proofing Your Blog
- Preparing to Post
- Publishing Your Post
- Working with Pages
- Handling Links
- Coping with Comments
- Working with Themes and Widgets
- Themes: To Find or To Build?
- Using Plug-Ins
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
The book was written in a very straight-forward manner and easy for a novice, like myself, to follow. I certainly did like the fact that each chapter could “stand alone” and serve as a future reference. Most of the way through the book, I had my computer up and running and was logged into WordPress.
I can definitely recommend this book to you if you are “in the mood” for a reference relative to blogging.
BLOGGING-100 SUCCESS SECRETS
July 4, 2009
I have just completed reading; what I consider to be an excellent book, “BLOGGING-100 SUCCESS SECRETS”. The writer is Daniel Harris, copyright 2008. The book is very comprehensive and answers questions such as:
- The significance of blog traffic
- Examples of a “group” blog
- The importance of blog layouts to content
- How to build more traffic to your web page and blog
- Tips on how to blog and gain money doing so
- The importance of blog pinging
- How a template helps a blog
- Blog editor: Choosing the best style for the category
- Tricks for getting readers
There are segments on political blogs, entertainment blogs, food blogs, travel, sports, medical, education, books, celebrities and many others. I always look for how efficient the writer is relative to “the mechanics” of writing; i.e. sentence structure, layout, punctuation, logical presentation of ideas, etc. Mr. Harris did a commendable job in this department. If you are looking for a good reference book on blogging, I would certainly recommend this 165 page paperback book. The cost was under $20.00 and for a new blogger, worth the price.