Its the old tale of the cobbler’s children, I guess, but my wife says my web site looks like it was done by a 10 year old.
So, I went looking for options to pretty it up without taking up any more of that resource that I already have a deficit of … Time.
The options were quickly narrowed to using Joomla, Drupal, or WordPress.
Given that most of my content takes the form of blog posts, I chose to give WordPress a whirl first.
And, I’m glad that I did. What a marvellous piece of software this has turned out to be.
But, since this is not a review of the software – that’s all I’ll say about it for now.
I needed a book that would get me started quickly, and show me the ropes, without bogging me down in the details. There’ll be time for that once I decide that this is the way forward.
So, one weekend with the book, my hosting provider, and the software – and I’m already knowledgeable enough to be really dangerous!
I really enjoyed the book – it provided clear explanations of all the various options available within WordPress, without the unnecessarily cutesy graphics and vapid attempts at humor. I particularly appreciated its no-nonsense, practical, workbook style.
I’m now seriously wondering whether I even need to try out the others.
WordPress seems to have everything that I need, and with the tremendous supply of customized themes, widgets, and plugins, the web site should now at least look like its been done by a “competent 10-year old” :0)
Click here for a full review of this book on Amazon.
