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This months free book giveaway, well for one lucky reader anyway, is called WordPress 2.7 Complete written by April Hodge Silver and Hasin Hayder. If you would like to win this free book, read on.
About the Book “WordPress 2.7 Complete”
If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured blog or non-blog web site in no time, this book is for you. It will give you a rapid and straightforward introduction to the rich and powerful features of WordPress and get you up and running with a state-of-the-art blog as quickly and painlessly as possible. It will help you learn everything WordPress has to offer, from the ground up, so you can build your complete web site. You will see many of WorPress’s hidden powers that will help you build a fully functioning web site.
You will be introduced to the main aspects of a blog – users, communities, posts, comments, news feeds – and learn how to manage them using WordPress. You will learn to install WordPress and customize the look-and-feel of your web site. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content, be it text or images, on your blog, and also understand how users interact with the blog. By working through the book you’ll be inspired as well as informed, and have the capability and the ideas to make your blog cutting edge and exciting to maximize its impact.
More advanced users will also pick up tips on creating your own themes and plug-ins, and such technical steps as backing up your WordPress web site and moving it from one server to another.
For the full table of contents, click here: WordPress 2.7 Complete Table of Contents.
WordPress 2.7 Complete Homepage.
How to win this book
To win this book, as per usual, you will have to leave a comment with the best possible reason you have for learning WordPress.
The funnier the better, its up to you. From this we will select the winner, and have the book sent to you as soon as possible. Good luck!
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16 Oct, 2009
Reason no1: Recently I was gifted a t-shirt with the WP logo, and without learning WordPress i can’t feel comfortable in this t-shirt ;)
16 Oct, 2009
I’m install wordpress locally and learn from internet tutorials.
16 Oct, 2009
The best possible reason i have for learning WordPress.
16 Oct, 2009
the reason i’m learning wordpress is fun and money period
16 Oct, 2009
RE: the best possible reason you have for learning WordPress.
The best possible reason I have for learning WordPress would be to be able to quickly publish my sexual autobiography online. :)
All posts would have a dripping sperm image as background and the pages would have sex toys/positions as icons.
16 Oct, 2009
I am one of your loyal reader and as loyal ready you should give it to me. Also Give I am probably the first to comment!
16 Oct, 2009
I need to learn WordPress because as the great Albert Einstein said: “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
Greetings from Spain
16 Oct, 2009
Give me one, please…., because im wordpress lover and IMm first commenters here
16 Oct, 2009
I should win the book. If not for it’s content, that I’m sure will defiantly help me. Then for something to have at hand to toss in frustration when I spend 3 hours trying to figure out I’ve been missing a / or :
Heres hoping those days will soon be gone.
16 Oct, 2009
As open source becomes more and more powerful and respected for all-round solutions, its time to have a full-time lesson in the powers of the mighty WordPress.
16 Oct, 2009
I really need to learn WordPress so that one day my site can be enjoyed with shredded chilli beef and fried rice, and a six pack of Becks. Ok, probably not that good… maybe just a Becks bomber.
16 Oct, 2009
WordPress could change the way I see things as a developer.
16 Oct, 2009
i had my head rolling on blogger platform…. now switched to wordpress… now this book will be perfect ;)
16 Oct, 2009
Cause i cant learn WP-MU by myself i need this book!
16 Oct, 2009
The most frustrating thing I find as a designer is the inability to be able to develop my designs and take them to closure without compromise. I believe this book might be a good start to developing my skills towards that end.
16 Oct, 2009
Because the martin in my head said I need this book to build my p-42 space modulator and I agree!
16 Oct, 2009
I need this because i simply love wordpress and i want to master it.I want to release free wordpress themes of premium quality without any Dollars sign on it.
16 Oct, 2009
The reason I want to win WordPress 2.7 is well…take a look at my Blog. It definitely needs some love that I know is between the covers…the front and back cover that is!!
16 Oct, 2009
The reason I need to learn wordpress is to startup my own blog and then learn how to create an awesome spam widget so I don’t get comments from persons such as Alexander R. Torrijos. Cheers!
16 Oct, 2009
Because I need to stop my desk from wobbling.
16 Oct, 2009
As I always WordPress in my websites and my clients websites, I will be happy to have such book :)
Thanks for this giveaway.
16 Oct, 2009
I’ve got to learn WordPress because i want to built a personal blog for my granmother to share with the world her thoughts and her wisdom…
16 Oct, 2009
Working on 2 WordPress projects at the moment (and a next one starting soon) and trying non-standard things in the design and adding extra functionalities, with varied success ;-). Being pretty new at WordPress, I can use all the help I can get!
16 Oct, 2009
With this book on my desk I would really finally start to tell all I know about Atlantis and- that would be quite amazing.
16 Oct, 2009
When I learn WP, I will create blog with backlink to your site. You will be grateful to me!
16 Oct, 2009
I have a project coming up for a NPO(Non Profit Organization) and I would like to build it in WordPress for them.
I just installed WordPress locally and have been going thought some tutorials, but it always nice to have a good reference.
Thanks :)
16 Oct, 2009
I want the book so that I can learn more about this awesome product!
16 Oct, 2009
i need this book to be a successful wordpress rockstar. can you dig it!
pher
16 Oct, 2009
Reason no2 (the last and the most important): my boyfriend won’t marry me until i learn WordPress.
16 Oct, 2009
The best reason for me having this book is that I teach teachers how to implement technology into their instruction. Blogs and websites are wonderful tools for instruction, communication and collaboration. I want this book so I can be the best at training and sharing the love of using WordPress! And heck, I just could really use the $$$ savings by getting this free, because if I don’t win, I will probably buy it anyhow… So, save me a few bucks, times are tough ya know… :)
16 Oct, 2009
WordPress is my new best friend.
I’ve just decided to use it for my business. In the field of website creation, i think it’s the best tool either for a blog or for a cms.
I’ve learned it on my own, reading wordpress.com and other tutorial websites, i must admit that having the book would just be amazing.
Isabelle,
16 Oct, 2009
The best possible reason for learning wordpress: it’s an easy way to expand options for your client, a quick and easy CMS that’s less expensive than a custom one, with tons of plugins to do whatever you could ever think of doing. :)….and my boss said he’d fire me and starve my kids if I didn’t win this book. :)
16 Oct, 2009
My head is filling up with details to blog about and I am looking to build up a wordpress blog site to blog blog blog away…
You don’t want my head to explode do you? dooo you??? Help me Speckyboy your my only hope!!
16 Oct, 2009
Well.. Sorry to disappoint you, but I really don’t need to learn WordPress (I’m already a GURU!) but I accidentally stumbled on this blog while I broke a wheel on my desk chair, and this book would maybe help me stabilize the chair. As I think you’re somehow guilty, you should send me the book by mail before I contact my lawyer. Thank you.
16 Oct, 2009
Because my web designer has done such a great job of learning WordPress on her own that I would love to give her this book so she could convert our entire site to WordPress and be a WordPress higher education hero! We’re doing it for the kids!!!
16 Oct, 2009
I would use the book to crush my opponents bones to powder and make bread out of them… Then I’d use the book to help me finish the 5 – WP sites I’m working on. Finally, I’ll go to WordCamp 2009 in NYC and get every single attendee to sign it!
16 Oct, 2009
*** singing ***
I’m a Joomla girl,
I’m a Joomla girl,
My clients are confused and I feel used,
But I’m still a Joomla girl.
In walks WordPress
To replace Joomla I cannot guess.
Yet I want to learn
So I can earn
the gratitude of the confused
and feel less used.
Joomla + WordPress = <3
(I am actually using a hybrid Joomla/WordPress installation to power my blog, and it’s a downright interesting experience. I want to learn more of WordPress so I can hack the hybrid to within an inch of it’s life.
16 Oct, 2009
my friend he f**k keep bothering by saying joomla the best cms, i need some concrete evidence say otherwise, this book could help.. after reading this book if he stay saying that joomla the best cms, i guess i will use the book to hit him till death. be reaal.
16 Oct, 2009
I need this book because the aliens are coming and only this book in my hands can stop them.
16 Oct, 2009
Because I could use a new coaster.
16 Oct, 2009
Word what ??
16 Oct, 2009
i need this book so i can do more freelance in less time.. so i can replace my carpet with hardwood floors.. because my malamute mistook it for soil and dug it up, literally.
16 Oct, 2009
I used Wp almost three years and I learn only from ebook and google. When I read table of content of this book its real complete everything there, like how to make plugin and admin page(this is I looking for). I think I realy need this book.
16 Oct, 2009
I need to learn WordPress to stop the demons in my head from talking to me.
16 Oct, 2009
The reason I’d want to learn WordPress is because I keep hearing awesome things about it but haven’t learned how to use it. I’m big on Blogger o.O
16 Oct, 2009
I should get the book because let’s face it i’m the only one here who has a future in theme development Lol.
Just kidding. ;)
17 Oct, 2009
My followers need to see credibility.
17 Oct, 2009
I would like to win the book so:
A) I can set up an run my own blog and learn how to add my own custom design.
B) To learn how to create plugins for WordPress
C) One of the legs of my desk is shorter than the rest, that book looks the perfect height :)
17 Oct, 2009
I need this book. Really need it. We’re starting up and doing some work for local non-profit groups. One has spent a boatload of money on developing their web presence already. At first, they had a simple HTML page. Then a company convinced them to create a blog site instead. The next company convinced them that it really should be a Joomla site, so they spent more money converting from blog to CMS. The next company came along and convinced them that they should add all sorts of social bits. Long story shorter, they spent boatloads of money, but never learned to use the features and upsells. Now, they want to return to the simpler days of blog, but have no money. We want to help them out, but would like to really understand WP better. Wow. How great would it be to have this book as a resource to pass along to them when we’re done?
17 Oct, 2009
I believe I have the best reason, for I am currently a Microsoft .NET web developer, which means I create websites and web applications using the Microsoft ASP.NET technology. But recently I was exposed to WordPress and completely fell in love with it; so much so, that I’m beginning to re-think my narrow approach to web development as ONLY being a ASP.NET web developer and now I’m beginning to venture into the PHP and Linux worlds.
I believe that the WordPress 2.7 Complete book would be a great starting point for me and therefore need to win this book.
You have the power to rescue me from the death grip that Microsoft and ASP.NET has on me.
17 Oct, 2009
I volunteered to take over as webmaster for a local non-profit. The previous webmaster developed the site and it can’t be updated by the users – it all has to be done by someone with admin rights. The only way I am going to keep my sanity and prevent this project from becoming a massive time-sucking black hole of maintenance is to migrate them to WordPress. Please, for the love of humanity, I need this book….
17 Oct, 2009
I’m not web freelancer, but I developed some website using wordpress. At this momment, I don’t still master the wordpress. WordPress is a powerful CMS that I’ve ever known before. I love wordpress and I really need this book for mastering it. Although you think this book go behind the newest version of wordpress? I think it’s useful for sure.
18 Oct, 2009
When it comes to wordpress ,even my laptop laughs at me, now i want to kick its ass and tell her that i can do anything on wordpress :)
18 Oct, 2009
I am launching a blog in Jan 2010 and I am relying on online tutorials for learning wordpress. The book will help me learn wordpress in a very effective way.
18 Oct, 2009
If I don’t learn it soon my health could be in jeopardy. I mean my wife and I like to eat, and well my dog keeps looking at me funny when I don’t have dog treats for him…
19 Oct, 2009
We work with our own cms for most of the sites. But we love to work for non profit organisations as well. To give them a good site with a great backend we use wordpress. But we can always improve our skills in that part, so the book will be more than welcome and treated well.
19 Oct, 2009
Because WordPress will one day control all our lives and I would like to learn about our future master.
19 Oct, 2009
One reason I know for learning WordPress is to learn the future of web design with its focus on web standards and usability. This book will definitely help me build my very first wordpress based website.
19 Oct, 2009
Even I want to make such funny blogs asking users to comment funny things! C’mon Mahn! Give it to me! Wen I’ll win award of Best WordPress Design of the Millenium I’ll name u in my Credit page! :D hurray! Wat a deal! :)=
20 Oct, 2009
I’m newbie in WordPress. I want to make shop online by wordpress So I should to start it first in 2.7 ,right?
20 Oct, 2009
I need this book because I am thick
20 Oct, 2009
In high school physics class I went up to the front of the class to sharpen my pencil. We were working on problems do it was really quiet in class. I sneezed so hard that I farted and followed through. I panicked and went back to my seat without even sharpening my pencil. I was so embarrassed to see my friend as well as the teacher trying hard not to laugh. The next week all I heard were farting noises made by students in class and as I walked the halls. so please give me the book so i can lock my self in my room to read it and get a job as a wordpress programmers and never have to go out again
20 Oct, 2009
I would love to win this book infact it is vitaliy important I win this book.I am a 33 year old female working in a office full of men infact even my computer is male.I know this because it has diffulculty multi tasking and when given to much to do it shut’s down.I would like to prove that I too can be a computer genius.It was not long ago that I thought wordpress would have somthing to do with ironing dah.I have learnt so much and this book would really help me prove that boobs and computers are a match made in heaven.Girls can be geeks too.
Yours Sincerly
Pink Geek
20 Oct, 2009
I’m trying to do my own blog with wordpress and I a little newbie.
24 Oct, 2009
OK, so the aliens weren’t happy enough with my copy of JQuery UI..noooo, those little martians came down again to visit me. What did they want this time? I thought they might want my wallet, and I really fooled em, by not having any money in it…but they didn’t. Apparently, martians are also on the information super highway, yet lagging a little while behind. They just recently got Shnarglebook, and MyFrezneticle, and now they are trying out their first piece of Earth technology, WordPress. They have requested that I create them the most “Garnicklety Shhhpitnik” WordPress blog, and I do not have the skills currently to complete this assignment. I have been told that if I do not win this book, I will be probed in my “Pharmatly Caputnik”. I do not know what this is, NOR do I ever want to find out, please Speckyboy, come to my rescue again, if for nothing else, then the amusement you get from reading the ongoing saga of me vs aliens.
25 Oct, 2009
Because I NEED it, and because I WANT it. BADLY.
26 Oct, 2009
Because I thought WordPress was a newspaper.
26 Oct, 2009
Well I need a wordpress, because they don’t fit in my closet any more. It’s such a handy tool too clean up your mess quickly and efficiently you know.
6 Nov, 2009
My dog ate my other copy.
12 Nov, 2009
I am the online editor of my schools newspaper, therefor I am in charge of the website and other types of social media. Part of what I do is help staffers set up blogs for the papers website. We decided to use wordpress for our blogging tool of choice, so I have to train others who do not know about wordpress. This book would not only help me learn, but help me teach many others the tricks of wordpress!
14 Nov, 2009
Having built websites with MS CMS, BroadVision, Interwoven, Joomla, Expression Engine and Sitefinity, I’m looking forward to getting a feature rich website up in record time. Of course, I need to learn WordPress first… this book would be a great start!
21 Nov, 2009
Why I need this book! Hmm Simple just want to read it get the hang of Word press and then try to do some bench presses with wordpress on my PC…let me see if I can really lose some flab by trying to code a WP theme and template.
28 Nov, 2009
WordPress No.1 , U too ?
12 Feb, 2010
who won the book in the end
9 Jun, 2010
I feel wordpress the only tool which can help me to get CMS fully featured in record time…