Recommended Wordpress Books
As of late I am building a lot of new projects on top of the Wordpress CMS because of it’s flexibility and scalability. I have had very little trouble getting clients up to speed with the Wordpress Dashboard but totally understand that just like anything else software related there is a slight learning curve. For that reason I have been asked by some clients to post some good books for getting up to speed on site management for managing a web presence using wordpress. Here are a few of my recommendations:
 WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2/e
ISBN: 0321553586 |
WordPress For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
ISBN: 0470149469
ISBN-13: 9780470149461
The Amazon Kindle
I ran across something pretty cool today on Amazon that I thought was worthwhile posting here. It’s a neat little device that’s put out by online retailer Amazon.com. Here’s a little bit of info on the Amazon Kindle:
Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.
Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content — all without a PC or a WiFi hot spot. Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills and no service commitments for customers. The Kindle Store contains over 90,000 books that can be purchased and delivered wirelessly to Kindle, each in less than a minute. Customers can choose from hundreds of top newspapers, magazines and blogs and have their subscriptions auto-delivered wirelessly. All New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
At 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a paperback book, carries two hundred books, and includes built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary and wireless access to the Earth’s biggest encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org.
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ASIN: B000FI73MA |
Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device: Kindle StoreAmazon Associates Central
I am trying out a new tool that plugs into Windows Live Writer that allows you to quickly add links to books on Amazon through your Amazon Associates Account. Since I have read a lot of books related to web development I figured I should setup an Associates Account with Amazon and post book reviews on here to some of my favorite books. This Amazon Associates program is pretty cool, I get 4% commission on all sales that are generated through this site, pretty slick huh? This is yet another way to generate income from your blog or website. If you are interested in the Amazon Associates program, here’s a link: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/, and if you are interested in getting the Amazon Associates Plugin for Windows Live Writer, here’s that link as well: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=41954338-69de-47d5-b15e-ca0d770146b6&bt=9&pl=8
Book Review: PHP 5 / MySQL Programming
I actually picked this book up a while back so that I could get up to speed w/ PHP and MySQL programming and I really enjoyed it. It was an easy read and I still refer back to it from time to time to find things, it stays on the bookshelf behind my desk. If you are looking for a quick way to get up to speed on PHP, I recommend this one for sure. I also have a few other recommendations that I will be posting later on.
 PHP 5 / MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner)
ISBN: 1592004946 |
Book Review: PHP & MySQL for Dummies
This is another book that I purchased a while back to help me get up to speed on PHP and MySQL development. It’s a pretty straightforward book like a lot of the “for dummies” books are. Needless to say that a lot of the info in the book is kind of basic but it can be a great refresher if you are looking for one. I guess before you pick this book up though you would probably need to get one of the basic HTML books out there, otherwise a lot of this might be over your head.
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ISBN: 0470096004 |
PHP & MySQL For Dummies 3rd edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))Book Review: The Javascript Anthology
This is another one of my favorite Sitepoint books, it’s a great resource for learning some cool Javascript tips and tricks. It really helped me to pick up some tools that I still use quiet a bit today. I recommend this book to anyone who is involved in building websites or managing them.
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ISBN: 0975240269 |
The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & HacksBook Review: Designing without Tables
This is another great sitepoint book that I picked up to help me get up to speed with the use of CSS to format not only the text and navigation on a page but also the entire layout. Being an old school designer this has been a challenge for me to grasp, I think that I have been making some progress in using CSS a whole lot more, I still don’t see it as being the “only” way to do site layouts, in fact, I use tables for my basic layouts and rely on CSS for pretty much everything else. It’s a great read nontheless.
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ISBN: 0975240277 |
HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSSBook Reviews: The Zen of CSS Design
My Business Partner Greg sent this book home with me a long time ago and I have had it with me every since. It’s a good read, very nice book. I have found myself getting into it again a lot lately as I continue to dive deeper in using CSS to do page layouts, etc. There’s a lot of good info in here, especially if you are old school like me and was brought up using tables upon tables to do layouts, which is not altogether a bad thing. The book was written by Jeffrey Zeldman, he’s one of the pioneers of CSS Design.
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ISBN: 0321303474 |
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter)Book Review: Run Your Own Webserver
My partner Stephen ordered us all a copy of this book shortly after we started Pleth. It took me a while to finally get into it because my first thought was that it was going to be a light read but it really wasn’t, parts of it were filled with some really good info. There is also a CD-Rom with the book that contains the Fedora build and also a handy wall chart. if you are thinking about getting your won web server, this might be a good read for you, it sits on the bookshelf behind my desk to this day and I refer back to it from time to time. I have even loaned it out to folks a few times.
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ISBN: 0975240226 |
Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & ApacheBook Review: Sitepoint’s Build a Database Driven Website…
Sitepoint Books are usually very well written books and this one is one is no different, it’s a great read and I recommend it to everyone who asks about good books they can pick up to learn more about web development. This is another book that I keep on the bookshelf behind my desk and I refer back to from time to time, defnitely worth taking a look at:
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ISBN: 0975240218 |
Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP and MySQL
