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Wallace</p> <p>Follow along as you work to build a variety of sites-all using WordPress. While this book isn't designed for beginners, those with even an intermediate knowledge of WordPress will be able to get these sites up and running in no time. Also, since each chapter is devoted to the design of a different site, there's no need to read the book in any particular order. Instead, you can pick and choose the blueprints that are of the most interest to you and dive right in.</p> <p class="published">Packt Publishing | 2010</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Dummies-3rd-Lisa-Sabin-Wilson/dp/0470592745/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/wpfordummies3.jpg" alt="WordPress for Dummies"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Dummies-3rd-Lisa-Sabin-Wilson/dp/0470592745/">WordPress for Dummies</a></h3> <p class="author">Lisa Sabin-Wilson</p> <p>Are you a wannabe blogger? A seasoned pro migrating your blog to WordPress? Looking to do more cool stuff with your existing WordPress blog? Then this fun guide is for you! WordPress for Dummies is a veritable smorgasbord of WordPress information, ideas, tools, resources, and instruction on everything you need to create and maintain your dream blog.</p> <p class="published">For Dummies | 2010 (Third Edition)</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849511403/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/wordpresstopplugins.jpg" alt="WordPress Top Plugins"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849511403/">WordPress Top Plugins</a></h3> <p class="author">Brandon Corbin</p> <p>This book will show you how plugins work, and more importantly, how to install and activate them on your blog without you having to touch a single line of code, unless of course, you want to. Content is king, and it's pretty hard to generate. This book will cover some of the best plugins available on WordPress to generate unique and dynamic content.</p> <p class="published">Packt Publishing | 2010</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847193595/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/wppluginbeginner.jpg" alt="WordPress Plugin Development: Beginner's Guide"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847193595/">WordPress Plugin Development: Beginner’s Guide</a></h3> <p class="author">Vladimir Prelovac</p> <p>From making the site easier to administer, to adding the odd tweak or new feature, to completely changing the way your blog works, plug-ins are the method WordPress offers to customize and extend its functionality. This book will show you how to build all sorts of WordPress plug-ins. The book uses real and published WordPress plug-ins and follows their creation from the idea to the finishing touches, in a series of carefully picked, easy-to-follow tutorials.</p> <p class="published">Packt Publishing | 2009</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847195326/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/wordpressforbusinessbloggers.jpg" alt="WordPress for Business Bloggers"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Business-Bloggers-analytics-advertising/dp/1847195326/">WordPress for Business Bloggers</a></h3> <p class="author">Paul Thewlis</p> <p>This book will take you beyond the basics of WordPress, helping you take full advantage of its rich and powerful features to transform your basic blog into a more advanced and professional blog as quickly and painlessly as possible.</p> <p class="published">Packt Publishing | 2008</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Themes-Cookbook-Nick-Ohrn/dp/1847198449"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/wp28themecookbook.jpg" width="162" height="200" alt="WordPress 2.8 Themes Cookbook"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Themes-Cookbook-Nick-Ohrn/dp/1847198449">WordPress 2.8 Themes Cookbook</a></h3> <p class="author">Nick Ohrn & Lee Jordan</p> <p>Themes are among the most powerful features that can be used to customize a web site and give it a professional look, especially in WordPress. Using custom themes you can brand your site for a particular corporate image, ensure standards compliance, and create easily navigable layouts. This easy-to-use step-by-step guide will help you create powerful themes for your WordPress web site, and solve your theme development problems in a quick and effective way.</p> <p class="published">Packt Publishing | 2010</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Flash-Cookbook-Peter-Spannagle/dp/1847198821"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/wpflash10x.jpg" width="155" height="192" alt="How to Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Flash-Cookbook-Peter-Spannagle/dp/1847198821">WordPress and Flash 10x Cookbook</a></h3> <p class="author">Peter Spannagle & Sarah Soward</p> <p>WordPress is much more than just a blogging platform now. This flexible CMS is the power behind millions of URLs, including blue-chip companies, small business, and personal websites. Flash is a world-famous multimedia platform. This book will show you the best of the proven and popular strategies and techniques to deliver rich multimedia content, which will let you sail through the world of Flashy WordPress with ease.</p> <p class="published">Packt Publishing | 2010</p> </li> <li> <a class="image" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://rockablepress.com/books/rockstar-wordpress-designer/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631im_/http://s.wordpress.org/images/books/rwd.jpg?1" alt="How to Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer"/></a> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://rockablepress.com/books/rockstar-wordpress-designer/">How to Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer</a></h3> <p class="author">Collis Ta’eed & Harley Alexander</p> <p>Managing web content has always been tricky, but with WordPress, any web designer can have a flexible, free and powerful CMS to use not just on blogging projects, but on all sorts of websites. In How To Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer you will learn step by step how to take a straight HTML site and power it with WordPress.</p> <p class="published">Rockable Press | 2009</p> </li> </ul> <br style="clear:both;"/> <ul id="otherbooks"> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Theme-Design-Blakeley-Silver/dp/1849510083">WordPress 2.8 Theme Design</a></h3> <p class="author">Tessa Blakeley Silver</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/Building-WordPress-Blog-People-Want/dp/0321591933/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236214105&sr=8-1">Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read</a></h3> <p class="author">Scott McNulty</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-MU-2-7-Beginners-Guide/dp/1847196543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254441940&sr=8-1">WordPress MU 2.7: Beginnerʼs Guide</a></h3> <p class="author">Lesley A. Harrison</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184719656X?ie=UTF8&tag=hpug&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=184719656X">WordPress 2.7 Complete</a></h3> <p class="author">April Hodge Silver, Hasin Hayder</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/David-Buschs-Quick-Guide-Photoblogging/dp/1435454359/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2">David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Photoblogging with WordPress</a></h3> <p class="author">David D. Busch & Rebekkah Hilgraves</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321450191?ie=UTF8&tag=hpug&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0321450191">WordPress 2 Visual Quickstart Guide</a></h3> <p class="author">Maria Langer and Miraz Jordan</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101125155631/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590595629?ie=UTF8&tag=hpug&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1590595629">Building Online Communities With Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress</a></h3> <p class="author">Robert T. 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