May 28th, 2008 | Book Progress | 1 Comment
Since the big changes in the admin panel in WordPress 2.5 and newer, I had to make quite a number of modification in the previously done chapters to reflect the new admin interface. Yes, I am among those that don’t like everything in the new adminstration panel… but I think we have to live with it for a while.
First I had to rewrite the description and functionality of the admin panels, according to the new changes, like the Media Library, the gallery, the location of different features and so on. Sometimes the most difficult thing is to remain neutral, not to comment how I feel about certain “not so wise” changes that were introduced in this version. Anyway, it is as it as and I have to describe what the new user will see and not to confuse them with references to older versions.
Luckily, I didn’t make too many screenshots of the admin panel in the previous WordPress releases. What I had was more for testing purposes: to see how will they fit into the page and how legible they would be. I also had chapters that I showed to computer users that were not familiar at all with WP, and those chapters also had screenshots. I have used the feedback given by my “test readers” to improve the content and to make sure that the text doesn’t come across as some kind of insider jargon - which might be a real danger if you spend a lot of time among WP users. I wanted to get feedback whether the book would deliver what my intention was: to lead an average computer user to understand what blogging with WordPress means.
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May 10th, 2007 | Book Progress | No Comments
Today (Thursday) I wrote mainly about how to prepare a computer for blogging with WordPress: what kind of tools, software one will likely need in order to manage all the tasks during the setup and later while blogging. For example, for those who plan to post many pictures I would strongly advise to have an image editing program to avoid uploading a 900KB 1200×1000px picture in a narrow column blog.
(Even if you think no normal person would do something like that, believe me, it happens…)
And after the yesterday’s dilemma regarding the html vs. dynamic site - I ended up with a nicely illustrated simple explanation of how the two web site types work. I gave it to a friend to read it and got very positive feedback. Which makes me to plan further simple clarifications about web related issues. Of course, the keyword here is: simple.
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May 7th, 2007 | Book Progress | 3 Comments
For a month I am away from home and from the usual daily tasks. I have decided this time should be used to complete my project of writing a book about setting up WordPress on your own domain - a kind of WordPress 101 for absolute beginners. During the coming weeks I’ll post about the progress of the book, trying to document the “birth” of my book, which for now it has the work title WordPress 101. It might not be the most unique title but it covers exactly the content.
I plan to publish it in print (on demand) and in a digital format (e-book), too.
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