WordPress is the most popular blogging platform around. It is open source and has a strong community behind it which helps. Starting a blog with WordPress does not really take much. But sometimes you want to go beyond a basic blog and work towards building a business with the help of your site. These 5 WordPress books can help you achieve that:
How To Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer: teaches you how to build a blog, a portfolio site and a general portal for WordPress. It has a pragmatic approach to it and has something for everyone.
Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes: another good introductory book for those into WordPress designers. It gets you even more prepared for your first project.
Smashing WordPress: written for those who want to know more than the basic about WordPress (enough to be dangerous). It can help you deploy your WordPress sites faster.
How to Build a Successful Blog Business: interested in turning your blog into a fully-fledged successful business? This book uses case studies to show you how it’s done.
WordPress 3 Site Blueprints: goes beyond blog sites and shows you how to build job boards, local sites, business directories, and other types of portals with WordPress.
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