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Professional WordPress is a book by Hal Stern, David Damstra, and Brad Williams that covers every aspect of WordPress. The book begins with a brief history of WordPress and a guide to your first post, from your first installation to inserting media into your post. The book than gives you an overview of the WordPress core and the codes that make millions of websites like ours run on a daily basis. The authors delve into the dynamics of the content loop and managing your database and seamlessly transition into theme and plugin development. The book then switches from development to refining a WordPress website by keeping it secure, crafting it reflect your personal and corporate image, and employing it in a real world setting. Finally, this book addresses something that many books neglect, and that’s giving back to the WordPress community at large. At the end of Professional WordPress, after all of the codes, all of the advice and how-to’s, the authors give readers a step by step … [Read more...] about Professional WordPress Book Review

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I was at a session in Affiliate Summit West where I ran into Deborah Ng, Conference Director of BlogWorld Expo . Over the past years, her and I have become good friends. I was honored to speak at the last two BlogWorld events. I knew Deb had a book out, but I was truly surprised when she pulled one out of her bag and gave it to me. I was crazy busy once I came back, but I am finally done going through the book. Below are my thoughts about the book: Online Community Management for Dummies . Community Management is something that you will have to do as a blogger. Just like most other things communities do not start out big, but it will only grow big if you are a good community manager. Deb. shares all different type of aspects to community management. For someone who is relatively new, it could be a lot to handle. I know that from personal experience. This book outlines not only all the hats that you have to wear as a community manager, but it shows you how to do it well. The … [Read more...] about Online Community Management for Dummies (Book Review)

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On my flight to Prague, I got the chance to read the book Professional WordPress Plugin Development by Brad Williams, Ozh Richard, and Justin Tadlock. After 9 hours of intense reading, all I can say is that I was amazed. This is one of the best resources I have seen to date for plugin developers who want to learn to do things the right way. This book is a dream come true for anyone who is just starting out developing plugins for WordPress. Normally you have to spend countless hours of digging through code, google search results just to find half-finished instructions. This book is a handy resource full of best practices that I wish were told to me when I started coding. This book is a great resource for freelancers who want to expand their knowledge and skills. While it has tons of best practices and examples, it also helps you understand the inner workings of WordPress functionality. Professional Plugin development book starts out by explaining what is a plugin, why they are … [Read more...] about Professional WordPress Plugin Development Book Review

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This past week one of our good friends, Jim Kukral , sent us his newest book called “ Attention: This book will make you money: How to use attention-getting online marketing to increase your revenue ” which is published by Wiley. Even though the title might sound a bit sketchy, it certainly does a great job grabbing the attention. Jim has been mentioned in some of the known sources like: Forbes, Brandweek, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek, Inc., Small Business Trends, and others. So you can see that this guy know what he is talking about. Here is our short review of this book: ATTENTION! This book will make you money, is a 277 page running case study on grabbing attention wherever you can find it. Written by Jim Kukral, an online entrepreneur and internet marketer, this book seeks to educate small and large businesses in how to stand up and stand out in a saturated economy. This book teaches you how to go beyond whoring your product around the … [Read more...] about Attention! This Book Will Make You Money (Book Review)

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Do you want to better manage online booking on your WordPress site? Many WordPress businesses and individuals rely on a booking system to efficiently run their business and manage customers. In this article, we will show you how to better manage online booking in WordPress with StartBooking. Why Manage Online Booking in WordPress with StartBooking Often business websites need an online booking management system to allow customers to book appointments online without calling. Aside from offering convenience to customers, it also enables you to efficiently manage your time and services. There are plenty of booking plugins for WordPress to choose from. Here are some of the things you should look for in an online booking solution. Does it allow you to easily add booking forms to your website? Are the features customizable enough to match your business? Does it integrate with third-party services like Google Calendar? Does it have smart scheduling to avoid overlapping or … [Read more...] about How to Better Manage Online Booking in WordPress with StartBooking

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