I’m going to go on a little rant here about WordPress.
Sure you can install it and start posting right away.
Sure it is the most popular blogging platform in use today.
And it sure is better then blogger or anything else.
That’s where I have a problem with wordpress though.

It seems no one wants to take the time to learn the basics of wordpress.
Everyone wants to jump on the blogging for money bandwagon, yet when
they try to implement some advanced features they fail. When that happens
they blame it on wordpress and not on the fact that they simply failed to
learn the basics.

So what are the basics I’m talking about?
Well to start, how many posts do you think you should show on the home
page. Also should you show the whole post or just a portion of it with a link to the post page.
Should you allow commenting on your blog.
Are your permalinks set up properly.
What are you doing about spam comments.
Do you ping? How often?
For that matter how often should you post to your blog.

All basic stuff, but where do you go to find the answers to those simple,
yet elusive questions.

Well I can tell you, and no it’s not at the wordpress codex.
Don’t get me wrong, there is some great information there.
But I have two problems with their site,
1. It can be hard to find the information you want. Plus when you do
find it, most is in geek speak.
2. A lot of the information is for older versions of wordpress.
In other words it is note always up to date.

So I took it upon myself to do something about it.
The result is WP Revealed.
When I started writing the ebook, wordpress was on version 2.0.2.
When I finished the ebook it was up to version 2.0.5.
So what did I do?
I updated the book to stay current.
I updated the plugin bonus ebook to stay current/
I even set up a blog for my customers to be able to stay
on top of any changes, and to discuss different plugins that
I use or have installed for others that I think may benefit
anyone with a wordpress blog.

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