Blogging with WordPress: Books, eBooks and more from Toronto Public Library

In
the blog post “Blogging
Basics: Selected Books, eBooks and Workshops”, I provided the reader
with a basic definition of a blog (or weblog) and included a selected list of
books and eBooks about blogs and blogging. That list did not include
resources pertaining to the free WordPress.com blogging
platform. So here is a selected list of recent WordPress titles eligible for
borrowing from Toronto Public Library collections:

Teach
yourself visually complete WordPress / Janet Majure, 2013. Book.
Adult Non-Fiction. 006.752 MAJ

Screenshots
accompany step-by-step instructions for the reader. Learn how to include
forums, RSS feeds, use analytical tools, and use mobile tools to edit and
update blogs and blog posts. Set up your blog for search engine optimization.
Also, learn how to relate your blog to other services such as Facebook,
LinkedIn, and Twitter. Learn best practices for maximizing one’s experience
with the free WordPress.com platform or its pay-for-service WordPress.org
counterpart.

Also
available in eBook format.

WordPress:
the missing manual [1^st ed.] / Matthew
MacDonald, 2013. Book. Adult Non-Fiction. 006.752 MACD

This book subdivides what one needs to know to
create and maintain a blog as follows: create a blog with WordPress.com and
pick a theme; build a business-oriented website by customizing a WordPress
theme; add features such as widgets and plug-ins to enhance one’s blog/website;
include multimedia such as slideshows, video clips, music players, podcasts and
webcasts; involve the readers of one’s blog by allowing them to leave comments,
share information etc.; develop an audience for one’s blog by learning search
engine optimization, measuring the readers’ favourite pages, and publicizing
the site; and, build a blog community by including “share” and “like” buttons
and offering RSS feeds of blog posts.

Also available in eBook
format.

Professional WordPress: design
and development [Second edition] / Brad
Williams, David Damstra, and Hal Stern, 2013. Book. Adult Non-Fiction. 006.78
WIL

This comprehensive source explains the how to design
and construct as well as customize and manage a WordPress blog. Security, spam
management, taxonomies, metadata, and publishing issues are addressed as are
the importance of themes, widgets, and plug-ins. WordPress is presented as a
content management systems (CMS). Chapters are included on the business or
enterprise context and the WordPress developer community.

WordPress
for dummies [5^th ed.] / Lisa
Sabin-Wilson, 2013. Book. Adult Non-Fiction. 006.7 SAB

The book begins with what WordPress has to offer (and
the blogging basics associated therewith), continues with advice on blog
writing and management, and blog enhancement through the use of themes and
widgets. Bloggers should establish a routine for blogging and incorporate
different media (i.e. images, audio, and video) into blog posts. Gain knowledge
of WordPress plug-ins, themes, and templates. The author suggests ten popular WordPress
plug-ins and ten free WordPress themes.

Also available in eBook
format.

Web designer's guide to WordPress:
plan, theme, build, launch / Jesse Friedman,
2013. Book. Adult Non-Fiction. 006.752 FRI

The author emphasizes the popularity of WordPress as
a blogging platform, owing to its power, reliability, flexibility, and
scalability. Start with the basics in WordPress 101, and continue through the
book and learn about template hierarchy, theme basics and foundation, menus and
navigation, dynamic sidebars and widgets, and archive and search results.

Also available in eBook
format.

For a more comprehensive list of Toronto Public
Library collection holdings available for loan on the subject of WordPress,
please click here.
Here are some recent examples of eVideo holdings on WordPress that might appeal
to the visual learner:

How to use WordPress for e-commerce

Plumley, George

eVideo, 2012. 1 streaming video file (13 hr., 51 min., 27 sec.) :

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Building websites with WordPress

Blake, Geoff

eVideo, 2012. 1 streaming video file (8 hr., 52 min., 27 sec.) :

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Introducing WordPress learn by video

Chellman, Joe