An open source content management system (CMS) like WordPress can be a great resource for anyone who would like to create a blog. It used to be that, to put content online, you had to manually assemble all thefiles and develop a fair amount of technical expertise; but a CMS can automate and significantly simplify many parts of the process.
3 best wordpress books, such as:
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WordPress Revealed:
How to Build a Website, Get Visitors and Make Money
Wordpress Revealed
book will learn about How to get your first website online within 10 minutes.
How to customize the look and feel of the site. How to add plugins to change
the functionality of a site. Which plugins EVERY site must have. How to make
sure you never run out of ideas for content on your site. What the most
effective blog posts are to generate buzz. How to generate loads of traffic
to any website (even if it's not WordPress). Monetization strategies to make
money with your site. Plus many more tips and tricks to make your website as
beautiful and effective as possible.
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WordPress: The Missing
Manual
The important subjects
you will learn are Create a blog. Get a free WordPress.com account, choose
the right theme, and start publishing content. Build a website. Produce a
professional-looking business site by customizing a WordPress theme. Add features. Choose from thousands of
WordPress widgets and plug-ins to extend your site’s features. Mix in
multimedia. Include slideshows, video clips, webcasts, podcasts, and music
players. Involve your readers. Let readers leave comments, contribute to your
site, and carry on a dialog. Build an audience. Learn search-engine
optimization, measure your reader’s favorite pages, and publicize your
site. Create a community. Use
social media tools such as “Like” and sharing buttons, and provide RSS feeds
of your posts.
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Teach Yourself
VISUALLY WordPress
Teach Yourself
VISUALLY WordPress is best practices book for taking full advantage of all
that WordPress has to offer such as:
Presents completely updated coverage of new mobile blogging solutions.
Shares advice on customizing sites through use of plug-ins and themes and
custom site editing. Details more advanced procedures for self-hosted
bloggers, including buying a domain, getting a web host, and installing
WordPress. Demonstrates key points with examples from the author's own
WordPress blogs
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