WordPress 2.7 Cookbook + Free E-Books!
Packt Publishing recently sent me a review copy of “WordPress 2.7 Cookbook.” I’m a huge fan of the cookbook line; they’re similar to a huge string of quick tips. So if you don’t have time to read for an hour straight, you can always pick up a web dev cookbook and learn a few neat techniques within minutes.
WordPress 2.7 Cookbook is no different, and though it’s more of a quick reference book, rather than one that you would traditionally read front-to-back, I still found myself devouring the pages within a day or so.
“With this cookbook, you will learn many WordPress secrets and techniques, with step-by-step, useful recipes dedicated to achieving a particular goal or solve a particular problem. You’ll learn the secret of expensive premium themes, how to optimize your blog for SEO and online profits, and how to supercharge WordPress with killer functions used by the most popular blogs over the Internet.”
Useful Tips I Picked Up
- Displaying a custom login form in your blog’s sidebar
- Using the CSS sliding doors technique within WordPress
- Creating an iPhone friendly version of your blog.
- Save time by using Worpress shortcodes
- Testing your blog’s security
Ultimately, books like this one deliver exactly what you’d expect. In need of front-to-back WordPress reference? This won’t do. However, if you think you’d enjoy reading over a 100 useful tips and “recipes,” I’d pick it up!
Free E-Books
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my fav web book definitely is Digging into WordPress, http://digwp.com/. No doubt!
I appreciate this!!
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-CSS-Web-Development-Professional/dp/1590596897/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260183032&sr=1-21
Very curious about new Packit book!
Well packt pub. did it again you def. have the best books around. This one would cerainly look good in my virtual shelf…
thx
Learning jQuery 1.3
http://www.packtpub.com/learning-jquery-1.3/book/mid/1802090m1d2r
Just picked up “digging into wordpress” – halfway through and so far so good, would be great to compare the two though!
would be nice to have, my favorite book http://rockablepress.com/books/rockstar-wordpress-designer/
Mine is “Everything you know about CSS is wrong” (http://www.sitepoint.com/books/csswrong1/)
My favourite web development book has to be Don’t Make me Think by Steve Krug http://➡.ws/dont, probably the definitive web usability book.
CSS Mastery:
http://www.amazon.com/CSS-Mastery-Advanced-Standards-Solutions/dp/1430223979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260137442&sr=8-1
this book just rocks:
http://rockablepress.com/books/rockstar-wordpress-designer/
;)
I like HTML Mastery by FriendsofEd:
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=9781590597651
This is mine: Agile Web Development with Rails
http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Web-Development-Rails-Third/dp/1934356166/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260190030&sr=8-1
Breaking Out of the Web Browser with Adobe AIR
For me, it’s got to be JavaScript: the Good Parts. A revolutionary JS book!
I am reading ‘digging into wordpress’, http://digwp.com/ this is the first WP book I have ever bought, would love to try this free one
CSS Mastery by Andy Budd: http://www.amazon.com/CSS-Mastery-Advanced-Standards-Solutions/dp/1430223979/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260195549&sr=8-2
I’d say one of the best is Beginning JavaScript 4th edition (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-JavaScript-Paul-Wilton/dp/0470525932)
This book would be a huge help for me. My org recently had a blog site built and has handed it completly to me to update maje changes. So this book would really be a help to me.
Thanks!
It’s tough to pick one but I’d say:
Learning JQuery 1.3 by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer
It is “Everything you know about CSS is wrong”, nice book!
ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003968?CMP=AFC-ak_book&ATT=ActionScript+for+Flash+MX%3A+The+Definitive+Guide%2c
At the time I bought it, I had NO idea what any of it meant and felt like I would never be able to use it. But through the years as I worked on projects I found it more and more useful and it soon became my wingman.
Last week I wasn’t among the lucky ones to get Digging into WordPress. Maybe this time I’ll get lucky!
This book has helped me a lot
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-jQuery-Interaction-Development-JavaScript/dp/1847192505
I’m a big fan of How to Use Netscape Communicator 4.0
Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cocoa-Programming-Mac-OS-X/dp/0321503619/
http://www.packtpub.com/improve-coding-productivity-with-codeigniter-1-7/book
As i am a “hobbiest”, i prefer learning from video tuts, so i don’t have any reference in this kind of book titles.
I do have two books in Portuguese language (very €€€), edited by http://www.fca.pt (Photoshop 7- Complete Course and Dreamweaver CS…) but never learned much from them…
Books like these always seem to show up just as I have to start on a new project.. Sweet..
I can’t wait to peruse it..
My favourite book:
http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Cookbook-David-Sklar/dp/1565926811
My favorite…
CSS Mastery: Advanced Standards Solutions
http://www.amazon.com/CSS-Mastery-Advanced-Standards-Solutions/dp/1430223979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260137442&sr=8-1
My favorite book is How to be a Rockstar WordPress Designer: http://rockablepress.com/books/rockstar-wordpress-designer/
I learned so much from it, but I know I will be able to learn even more from the wordpress 2.7 cookbook!
This dude got me going in web development:
http://www.dmcinsights.com/phpmysql2/
I have two: One for programming:
http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-blueprint-creating-database-driven/dp/0470048395/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260215413&sr=8-1
and then “Don’t make me think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability” for the design portion of development:
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260215467&sr=8-1
Don’t know if it is strictly web development, but I heart the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook. :)
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526955
I would love this book as I am new to WordPress designs.
Well, there are quite a lot of books that got me up and running in web designing and web based app development.
Learning Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by Jennifer Niederst Robbins and Aaron Gustafson
“Build Your Own Firefox Extension”
http://www.brothercake.com/site/portfolio/books/byofirefoxpdf/
I’m really liking WordPress so far and am thinking of switching from Joomla and I would really like this book.
“Build Your Own Firefox Add-On”
http://www.brothercake.com/site/portfolio/books/byofirefoxpdf/
I’m really liking WordPress so far and am thinking of switching from Joomla and I would really like this book.
http://rockablepress.com/books/rockstar-wordpress-designer/
I’m reading it! I’ll love to have a new one to read after Rockstar!
My favorite is Zeldman’s Designing With Web Standarsds (http://www.zeldman.com/dwws/), as it was the book that changed my entire way of thinking about web design and development, and got me interested in HTML again.
“Sexy Web Design”
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/sexy1/
Bullet Proof Web Design is a classic:
http://simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof/
This is truly a great book. I woud recommend it to everybody who would like to learn about jQuery
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-jQuery-Interaction-Development-JavaScript/dp/1847192505
I know you just covered it but I love this one!
http://digwp.com/book/
Digging into WordPress with Chris Coyier.
the art & science of CSS
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/cssdesign1/
I just started using WordPress as simple CMS, I’m really excited about If i have this book i can explore more.
Happy Holidays :)
please give me a copy of free ebook.
Mine favorite is CSS, DHTML & Ajax, Visual Quickstart Guide. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=032144325x&x=15&y=17
This would be mine: http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Web-Standards-Jeffrey-Zeldman/dp/0321616952/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260254665&sr=1-2
Designing with Web Standards
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-User-Experience-User-Centered-Design/dp/0735712026