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Hello! I just switched to Wordpress last month and so far so good. I’m still having a heck of a time with the pictures though, specifically my banners. It won’t let me upload them so I have to cut and paste the code into the code section. Gets a little annoying to me. I haven’t tried to load in a plugin myself yet (my designer did a few for me) and that makes me a little nervous as well. Oh and backing up. No idea how to do this in Wordpress and I’d better learn quick!
So that was a few questions. As you can see I need this book badly!!

Laura

Good morning Laura! I love your site even more now that it on WordPress. Do you have the upload tab below the box where you type in your post? That is the easiest way to add images. Once you get comfortable with WP you will be amazed at how much more you can do with your posts.

oh i have wordpress adn would love this. I linked ya earlier. I need to figure out how to get it to work after you’ve purchased your domian, i’m stuck at the very beginning. lol

How do I set up my account? How do I design it and can I use designs that are already out there? What’s the best affiliate programs to use with wordpress? Is it true you can’t have google adsense on wordpress acct.?

Homemom3

Good questions. Does your hosting account have Fantastico? If so, there is a quick one-button Wordpress install from there. You can download a variety of pre-done themes for free and customize from there.

The affiliate programs you use should be what is a best fit with your content - WP plays nicely with them all.

If you have a self-hosted WP setup, you can use Adsense or anything else you would like to monetize your site.

I’d love to win this book too. I thought that I was pretty comfortable with WordPress, but I don’t know some of the things listed in your post so obviously I have a lot to learn.

Does anyone know about the Cutline theme? I’m having trouble customizing my menu bar.

I love WordPress and regret having started out on Blogger, but I did not know better at the time.

You can read why I think WordPress is superior here:
http://www.jhsiess.com/2007/09/19/thursday-thirteen-30/

I used the Cutline theme until it was updated and Brian Gardner quit managing it. When those two things happened, the theme fell into disarray and hard times, in my opinion. The forum is full of questions that remain largely ignored and unanswered, the new version of the theme has numerous bugs, and the new manager does not respond to e-mails.

I highly recommend using Chris Pearson’s new theme, Neoclassical, which can be found at Pearsonified: http://www.pearsonified.com. Alternatively, his Copyblogger theme is fabulous.

As for this WordPress book, I would love to receive it as I discover something new about WordPress every day. Usually, the hard way. I would love to own a comprehensive resource guide.

Thanks.

Laura - I have not used Cutline but what kind of customizing are you trying to do?

JHS - great list!!! Thanks for sharing it with us. I just love WP.

Hopeful Spirit - I just looked at the new Neoclassical theme last night. It looks nice for customization.

Looks like a great prize (love to win this one!).

I use WordPress, and haven’t ever used another platform, so I feel really lucky that I chose to learn on WordPress! I just love the variety of plugins. (Laura - once you get the hang of adding in a plugin, you won’t be able to stop yourself. And I think WordPress comes bundled with wp-backup these days - at least if you’re self-hosting WordPress - look in Plugins to see if you’ve got it, activate it, and then Manage/Backup to set it up)

Sorry Laura S - I don’t know anything about the Cutline theme … I tend to use Sandbox, and then amend it to what I want, though I’ve used ModernPaper by Performancing, and am trying to customise Futurosity from Upstart Blogger at the moment, which is one of the magazine-format themes. What’s the problem you’re having? Is this on OpinionMom or a different blog?

I have never used anything BUT Wordpress and I wouldn’t. I love it. But I really would love to win that book too, there are things I still need to learn and the list of what you said is in the book covers some of those things.

And thanks for the foot cream from Gilden Tree! It is sooo soothing.

Your new Doll Diaries design looks great! Nice site design on the furniture site as well! I heart WordPress. Hard to imagine doing a site without it, though I’ve got a couple on the horizon…

Lucy - I agree - plugins are one of the features that make WP so powerful.

Denise - I’m glad you liked the lotion. We can always learn more and I’m sure Lisa’s book covers stuff I haven’t need to know yet.

Randa - It is really hard to think about designing sites with out all the features we have gotten used to in WP - I have convinced three clients - who we due for site updates anyhow, to go with WP so they can make updates on their own.

Char, thanks so much for this post on your casual Friday! I’m thrilled to do a giveaway here and am eager to see the winner!

I’m with Randa.. it’s hard to imagine life without WordPress. I do sites in other CMS (MT, EE) and when I do, I am always longing for WP and feel like a fish out of water.

I heart WP!

I just got off the phone , guiding my client on how she can navigate and post on the new blog I designed for her. She’s not a tech person at all, but even she said - “oh, with Wordpress it’s so easy, I can’t believe I can do all that stuff myself”.
Go WP, Go!

I just went to Borders the other day to buy this book and they had not gotten it in yet. I totally want this book because I use Wordpress.com for my blog. I started using Wordpress a year ago because it was free. I had no idea until recently, that there was a difference between Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org. Imagine my surprise when I finally realized why all of the plugins I was downloading were not working. You can’t use your own plugins on Wordpress.com.

I would just like to learn a bit more about Wordpress.com and it’s features.

It was WP for me right from the start. The name sounded great to me when I was still choosing a platform heh. Good thing I made the right choice.

I’m a Wordpress guy, myself… love it. I can’t believe it took me so long to get into it. I’ll never go back; I can’t see any reason to use anything else.

I would like to learn more about MU; I’ve got just about every other aspect handled, though.

I use and love Wordpress but I don’t understand what it does to video that I try to embed. I can embed videos just fine but if I ever go back into the original post to edit that’s when things get all wonky and my programmer husband demands to know what I did to the code (nothing). My solution thus far has been to re-cut and paste the embed code and that seems to work. I just wonder why it does that?

I so want to get in on this.

I switched to Wordpress several months ago and never looked back. Though I still believe Blogger is a great program for beginners, you really need Wordpress to be a problogger - there’s no getting around it. Plus all of my clients use Wordpress so it’s something every blogger needs to know.

I only know the basics, however, so I look forward to learning more.

I use blogger because it is free and easy, a dummy’s paradise! I use Wordpress for a column I write, I would like to learn an easy way to use it, because there are things that I haven’t enjoyed about it. However, I want to get my own blogspace and need something to use there. But, since I am a “dummy” I have no idea where to start or how to do it.

Stephanie - In order to embed video, you need to temporarily turn off the visual editor. I usually write my post with the visual editor on, save it, then turn off the visual editor, add in the code for the video and hit publish. It is a bit cumbersome the first few times, but then you get the hang of it. This is the one area WP could improve in.

I currently have one WordPress blog, two LiveJournal blogs, and three other blogs that I know nothing about except how to post my entries. I am super-interested in reading this book, as learning WP has been big on my list of things to do for the last couple of months!

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I started with Blogger but wanted to learn WordPress to make myself more marketable. I was converted within the first half-hour. I’ve landed a couple of blogging jobs since I learned the basics of WordPress, and I recently converted all of my blogs to this platform.

IMHO, if you’re interested in blogging professionally, you must be comfortable using WordPress.

I use TypePad for my personal blogs and WordPress over at 451Press.com and b5media. The TypePad blog I’ve been writing for ClubMom.com (A Readable Feast - http://readablefeast.clubmom.com) has just been given the kabash. So I’m looking into moving it to a self-hosted WordPress blog. I’ve very excited about moving 1.5 years of content to WP and using all the plugins I’ve been reading about to monetize it.

It’ll be a big project but I bet I’ll be happy with the results. Having the book will make the transition even easier. So if I don’t win it, I’ll probably purchase it anyway.

I started out with a blogger blog, but I’ve recently started a wordpress blog, and I am also blogging for a blog network on a wordpress blog. I love wordpress because I can have my own domain. It feels more professional.

I have also recently started using Blogdesk to publish my posts. That has me looking at converting my blogger blog to wordpress. I love the ease of posting with Blogdesk, and I wish I would have started using it months ago.

Hello, I want to learn about Wordpress! I am a stay-at-home mom and have been seriously considering a blog site. Please put me in this wonderful drawing. Thanks, Cindi

Yahoo hosting offers movable type as their solution to blogging, so I’ve been using it now for 2 years, would love to maybe experiment with wordpress, this book might just help that cause, I’ve blogged your contest on varied pages of our site PowerSweepstaking.com, found here immediately at our Last Minute to Enter listings, and then later today upon our daily updates for One Time Entry Sweepstakes at

I’ve always been curious about how some people are able to remove almost all the blog-like features to use it as a CMS or sales page. It’s not so much that I want to do it, it just seems like it would take forever to remove all the excess stuff, unless I’m just completely missing some easy way to do it.

I’m currently using Blogger. I have started to make a switch to WordPress because some friends say it’s so much better. I’m a little anxious about the whole switch though. My main concerns aren’t really about moving my old blog to a new blog (it was sooooo easy to import all of my posts… I was shocked… although it didn’t move a few pictures and videos). I’m more concerned about switching all of the accounts I have associated with my blogspot address. How difficult and time consuming is that? Things like BlogHer ads, and technorati, and sitemeter… do you just lose all of that stuff with a switch? So… I have started playing with WordPress… but am not convinced I should actually move.
I could REALLY use this book!!!

Well I use google blog because of its simplicity and price (free). Someday, I may switch to IPB blog on my present domain. But right now I am not certain if the cash outlay is worth it.

Currently using Blogger because it is simple to use but wordpress definitely seems to offer more possibilities. So it is worth considering and maybe this book will convince me!

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Wordpress rules! I switched from Blogger to Wordpress earlier this year. I’d never go back.

Thanks for the book review.

I just started out with my blog on Wordpress.com but with the customization that the .org platform gives, I definitely want to look at that. Thanks for letting us know about the resource!

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Well I started out several years by installing Wordpress through my cpanel, that was version 1.5. As I got more comfortable with the process I have continued to updated to the present version. If I don’t win the book I will buy it as I would like to get more involved with the intricacies.

Thank you to the developers and thank you Lisa.

Joel

One other comment I would like to make is about plugins. Most of what I post are photographs and I have found the jalbum plugin has simplified and added to the possibilities when publishing a larger number of photographs in one post.

Joel

I read your review of “WordPress for Dummies”, and found some information that I’ve been looking for. I definitely will get the book through Amazon. I am also excited about your web site and am switching from Blogger to WordPress in doing a new Blog to replace a web site. I am also subscribing to your feed to my present Blog.

I need the help from “WordPress for Dummies” because I am an 80-year-old retired pator, now a Christian writer, and I feel that one more learning curve will split my brain in two. Thank you for your blog and Feed.

Hi! I’ve been using wordpress ever since and I have never looked back! It’s easy to customize and understand, I love the look and how easy templating is Whenever a client asks for a site, I always recommend using wordpress ^_^

Here is why I NEED to win this book. I’m in the process of planning a hometown Blogger Bash that revolves around teaching my fellow bloggers how to use WordPress. This would be an excellent tool.

I have been using WordPress for about 3 years now - there us nothing better

I’ve used a lot of blogging platforms and am just completely in love with Wordpress. I use wordpress on my own space and love having complete control over it. It is the best platform to theme because it isn’t horrible digging through the templates and trying to figure things out. The community of Wordpress is great as well.

Congrats on the book! I know practically all of the information is available online, but a book is so very handy. I know it’s one I’d keep next to the computer.

Had two organizations I’ve worked for switch over to wordpress. Love the contributor/editor/author roles and installed a plugin to have email notifications sent out when contributors make contributions. Very wonderful program!

I’m most interested by the Wordpress as a CMS part of the book. I’ll get a copy for sure.

I have started using wordpress more and more as a CMS system behind websites, the quick development and setup time really saves time and costs. I previously only used wordpress as a news section on websites and developed my own CMS system for everything else. I am looking forward to reading the CMS section of the new book.

Wordpress rules. I do not really know if that´s because of the easy-to-use interface, the powerful customization options, or the thriving community that always keeps advancing it to the next level. Anyway, i love it.

Wordpress is actually the third blogging service I’ve used. When I switched to wordpress, I was very impressed because it is very customizable and very easy to use.

As of now, I’ve just renovated my blog. I changed the permalinks, theme and even the blog directory. Wordpress made it easy for me to adjust these settings.

@Char
To embed video easily from youtube, Easytube Plugin really helped me as the visual editor doesnt mangle it.
And for a follow up, the Trustworthy XHTML can stop the visual editor from mangling your html.
And, now I’ve offered something helpful, I hope that I stand a chance of winning the book please!
Mark

We use the latest version of Wordpress to power our cake blog for my specialty cake shop and I am thrilled with the capabilities it provides.

Our blog is basically a photo blog and the ability to extend Wordpress through the use of plugins has proved invaluable. We use plugins for all sorts of customizations including latest cake photos, most popular cake photos, and our image gallery

And from an SEO perspective, Wordpress has been designed and can be further extended to take advantage of many SEO opportunities.

Overall it’s a fantastic platform not just for blogging but for any content management.

I’ve switch to wordpress from blogger and I’ve been using it for almost a year. At first, I used the wordpress.com but after a few weeks, I’ve decided to install WP in my own domain, http://tesstermulo.com.

With the other blogging platforms I’ve used, I was dismayed at the number of links I’ve to click just to get to the part of the menu that I need. What I like best about wordpress is that the navigation is easy. There is the dashboard with all links you needed to the different parts of the menu, but not too much that it can overwhelm the user.

Also, I loved the flexibility that wordpress offers the user, especially in making templates. I’m proud to say that I learned a lot about CSS, javascripts, php, and HTML just by continually using Wordpress. It also helps that there are a lot of available free WP templates to help any beginner to start with his blog, which, eventually, they can get to customize once they learn the basic codes.

I’d categorize myself as somewhere in between a beginner and an intermediate user of WP. I believe this book will really help me learn more about Wordpress. I’m especially interested in learning more about using Wordpress Mu, as I’m considering having multiple blogs for my friends, some of which I’ve convinced to start blogging, if only I’d help them. So, actually, it’s not only me who’ll benefit from this book, but my friends as well!

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I use WP for a lot of different things. I use it for an actual website on one site, as a random thought journal, as an every day journal, as a wedding planning site, and a few more ideas planned.

WP is so easy to do, so easy to learn, that I can’t think of anything else I’d rather use. Now, though, I’d like to be able to learn how to code the templates themselves, so maybe I can save myself a few bucks here and there, LOL.

I love Wordpress because of its SEO-friendliness (which is not totally built-in though). With a bit of work and optimization, I achieved results I could never dream about with static sites…
Plus, of course, simple content management and loads of plugins - that’s why WP is my choice

I have used Wordpress extensively. It runs 4 blogs that I maintain personally. In addition, I’m also using Wordpress on the work blogs that I help maintain. Wordpress has been really easy to install and use. However, I’m still looking forward to the publication of the book to learn more about the internals of Wordpress, particularly in coming up with my own themes.

I switched from Blogger to Wordpress a couple months ago. If there was an award for most # of snags/problems that a person could run into with a blog I think I would win it. I’m a stay at home mom, but my computer time is very limited (my youngest is 18 months old, so I work during naptime). This book would be PERFECT for me, I need all the help I can get and don’t want to use the precious time to myself that I do have to troubleshoot my blog. I’d actually like to blog too

I’ve moved from the hosted wordpress to self-hosted on a shared to now on a virtual dedicated and I’m hooked on WP! I’ve used it as a CMS for other websites and with so many plugins and great support from other users - it is the top CMS on the net, usable for almost any site imaginable!

I love wordpress, the ease with which I can add new posts, the customization possibilities, the links, the fact people actually find my blog and read it and subscribe to my e-list, etc. Such empowerment for the website newbie! I’ve learned so much about how websites work just from playing with my blog.

Still, there are also a lot of things that continue to confuse me and even stress me out, starting with all the updates, not to mention back-ups. And how to install my own banner.

On my current blogs, I have the 2.2 version installed (or is it 2.3?), with plug-ins that work for that, which I got as a package deal. Now I would like to start another couple of blogs, and fantastico will only install 3.1 — and my set of customized plug-in set-ups may not work with that. BTW, has 3.1 fixed the ping timing optimizer problem?

I realize there are all sorts of tutorials out there, but I really learn best from a plain old well-organized hard-copy book with everything in one place and no time out for audio and video required. I ooked for a Wordpress for dummies book a few months back and was frustrated that there wasn’t one. So Lisa’s book is great news! I may not even wait till I find out if I win it (I’ll be calling the local bookstores the minute I finish this entry).

But if I should win a copy, it’ll make a great gift for my wordpress blogging friend (…that would be the copy I may have bought by then. I would definitely keep the signed copy for myself!)

I use WordPress to power The Open WordPress Community (duh!). WordPress is an amazing piece of software. It’s great out-of-the-box for blogging, but can easily be extended for creating all sorts of other interesting sites.

In short - WordPress rocks!

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I’m currently switching over two sites, gamebits.net and westonfriendly.org, to WordPress. It’s an interesting challenge not to be using WordPress to build a site from scratch, but to be importing so much existing content - one from a blog, one from not-a-blog. I’m learning more and more the best way to use WordPress for a variety of applications.

A question: I have six domains hosted on one server, and each has its own WordPress installation. Could I replace all these with just one installation of WordPress MU? Maybe I’ll find out in this book!

Wow.. I started my blog on WordPress and have felt lost ever since.

Well, that’s not entirely true. I have been lost since just after I installed WP. I love everything, but I’m not all that familiar with codes and whatnot, so a book like this is going to help me out tenfold. I’m sure even more than that!

Good luck to you all! Have a great weekend!

Very cool, looking forward to checking out this book. WordPress has saved my bacon providing me with such a strong and flexible platform to self-publish on my many interests. I used to use Microsoft Frontpage some and just the thought gives me a stomach ache now.
Hope this book will help me to continue growing with the many strengths WordPress already provides.

Howdy, y’all!

When I realized it was time to graduate from Blogger (apparently this blogging thing is here to stay after all!), I had no doubt it had to be moved to WordPress! Now it’s done (thanks to the help of a kind friend), now I would like to figure out just a little more about how it works.

Gee, that book sure would come in handy… (wink, wink)!

I’ve played around with Drupal and Movable Type, but have found WordPress to be a lot more user-friendly. My web host (dreamhost) supports an easy install of WP, so it practically installed itself. I’ve also played a little with LiveJournal, but I prefer the flexibility of WordPress, especially with so many people developing and sharing themes.

Hi Liz,

I would love to win the book!!

I’ve been using wordpress for 14 months. The fabulous BJ, one of your successful bloggers, installed it for me and did the great design at http://www.thingsyoushoulddo.com. . She set it up so it pings everywhere in the world whenever I make a post, so I now have over 1,000 top ten search phrases on google!

But, I really don’t know how to do any tweaking myself, so the book would be very handy. For instance, I’ve signed up 3 fabulous bloggers to be contributors to my site. I’ve gone to the admin panel and set them up with a user name and password, but we can’t find a log in page so they can get going. I think I’ve got something wrong in my setup that everything redirects to the admin dashboard and I really don’t want to give them quite that much access,

If I had the book, maybe I could figure it out.

Love your site

Juliemarg aka irishlass

loving wordpress! got it loaded a week ago and i am so thankful for how easy it is to use. After messing around with frontpage for years, experimenting with opensource html editors and even trying joomla on some sites, I am finding wordpress to be one of the easiest and cleanest website solutions i have ever used. thanks!

I started off using Blogger, but quickly found that it wasn’t robust enough for my purposes. I now have a fully hosted WordPress site where I share with my friends and family the adventures of my 20 month old daughter. It’s helped my family watch her grow, even though we all live within 30 minutes of each other. It’s been the best thing for them and for me, as I now write things down so as to never forget. I LOVE WORDPRESS!

Just started using WP this year…use the software hosted on my domain and site.

One plugin that I just love is the one-click install!

Every other day I find more to play around with, change, theme or plugin I want to try but I want a better grasp of the hows and why’s…

Please please please (do I get any more entry points for begging?) I will beg for the book!!!!

…cook, chef, culinary sponge, traveler, volunteer, missionary.
tyronebcookin

I just switched to wordpress after being on blogger for 6 years. It’s definitely something that I should have done quite a while ago, but I felt that I could just keep on editing the template manually and posting on blogger. I also liked the fact that it was part of google.

However, my transition to wordpress has been a little rough. There are a few things here and that that I wish I could be able to edit or fix or design, but I’m still getting back into learning how to code properly. I’m walking the line of a newbie / illiterate and would definitely find this book as a companion on my many long flights.

I use WordPress for a blog at that site, and I’ve also set up a group site and a blog for my cousin using WordPress. I love being able to break it and learn from fixing it

Wordpress for Dummies…

As some of you will have noticed, I use Wordpress and I’m addicted to it.  So this book looks rather interesting…if I don’t pick it up in the contest, it’s probably going on the Amazon wishlist.
……

I am so glad I found your site and this review! I am just starting, I haven’t even switched my sites over to wordpress yet, and I am very nervous since I’m on a big lerning curve with computer technical bits. I’m happy to see a book on how to use Wordpress!

I will be starting a blog for the first time. I am an musican and a teacher so I’ve searched for a way to link both easily and blogging is it, so I’ll be creating a totally interactive site for both performing and enjoying my music: American Folk meets Sufi Mystic AND my workshops, classes and passion teachings.

Thanks for your review of Wordpress, I’m feeling more comfortable everyday!

Peace ~ Widad

I switched from MT to WordPress waaaay back in 2004, with version 1.2 and haven’t looked back once. While you would *think* that I should know it as well as Lisa does, the reality is that when I look at code, my brain goes boom.

I’d love to have this book just as a quick reference; for when I have those “gotta know but can’t find the info” moments.

I’m using Blogger..

Several months ago I hired a so called professional (because I am such a dummie) to transfer my blog to Wordpress. I was charged $300 for this. Turned out, this guy couldn’t transfer my files. To make the long story short, I need to book so I can just do it myself…

yay for contests and wordpress. I may just go buy this book today unless i can win it wooo

As a WP fan I would really love to have this book.

I have a couple of blogs on different platforms, but Wordpress is my favorite. I could definitely use this book to better understand what I’m doing.

What do I like about Wordpress? The plugins make it easier to do things, I can write a post ahead and Wordpress will publish it on the date I choose, and I’ve managed to customize mine somewhat even though I don’t have a lot of coding knowledge.

I love wordpress because of the gigantic dedicated development community, the lovely clean code, and the flexibility to make it do just about anything I want it to.

Geez, I am so scared of this right now. Hopefully, I’ll be a pro soon.

Hopefully, this book will show me how to have some static content (two paragraphs or so) at the top of my main page before the Loop. I don’t want a static front page, just a bit explaining the site. The forums and documentation are wonderful, but they’ve never been able to explain that in a way that made any sense to me.

I’m teaching web design and CMS to a group of old time computer users and this looks like just the book they need. We begin CMS in earnest with Word Press on Monday night. I will definitely put it on the recommended reading list for them on our website. I have been using ZenCart and Drupal for developing some sites, and I really need to learn more about using Word Press as a base for a full CMS website. Thanks for the heads up.

Maury

I am not much into blogging, but I LOVE chocolate. My Thanksgiving dinner was split pea with ham soup; but, I had a big meal with my family last weekend. My older daughter is married and expecting, so we had lots to be thankful for…………..

Just love the flexibility you get when you start playing with category templates and template tags, and integrating plugins.

Just one thing: wish more plugin authors would advise people to use ‘if’…’endif’ conditional statements to insert plugin content into templates, so that the blog loads even if the plugin isn’t working properly or gets switched off by accident. Lester Chan’s great plugins are an excellent example of how to write excellent documentation that does this properly.

I was just thinking of trying to use Wordpress on a CMS website. It sounds like the new book could be just what I need to get started and pointed in the right direction. Win one or buy one it looks like it will be making it way to my desk.

I have been using Wordpress since 1.2. I have to say that I love it. The simplicity, the power the flexibility. I also run several installations of WPMU, while thats a little more tricky, it is still amazingly easy. I often use wordpress as a cms for my clients websites and they all seem to love how easy it is for them to change things. I was wondering does the book cover plugin creation? Something I have been doing more and more of and would love a resource for.

Thanks for the great review, and the book looks great.

Just found your site after setting up a blog today on WordPress. At our Thanksgiving get-together, it was mentioned that we should have a family blog or website and I’ve taken the task on. Unfortunately, I’m not the MOST computer savvy person in the family but probably the one who is willing to learn! I have lots of questions and the answers are not easy to find on the WordPress site. It’s got to be easy for all the family too, so maybe your book is the answer.

Thanks!

Every time I want to learn something new, I look for a dummy book. My first was html for dummies back in 97. Looks like this is another one for my wish list.

Holy cow! I’m so excited. My husband just spent the long weekend learning all about WordPress, and I told him, “Maybe I should have just bought that darn book after all.” This is waaay better!

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I’m in the process of starting a blog, and I’m floundering between Blogger and WordPress. I’ve had a Gmail account for years and I’ve been experimenting with Blogger almost since Google bought them, but WordPress looks to be so much more powerful (and intimidating) than Blogger. I’d love to be able to delve further into WordPress’s capabilities.

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