Building Wordpress Blog People Want To Read

‘‘ Building a WORDPRESS BLOG People Want to Read Scott McNulty Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read Scott McNulty Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510/524-2178 510/524-2221 (fax) Find us on the Web at: www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [email protected] Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education. Copyright © 2009 by Scott McNulty Executive editor: Clifford Colby Editor: Kathy Simpson Production editor: Danielle Foster Compositor: WolfsonDesign Indexer: Julie Bess Cover design: Charlene Charles-Will Interior design: WolfsonDesign Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [email protected] Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an “As Is” basis without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. Trademarks WordPress and Akismet are trademarks of Automattic, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book. ISBN-13 978-0-321-59193-7 ISBN-10 0-321-59193-3 987654321 Printed and bound in the United States of America Blogging has brought a tremendous number of fantastic things into my life, but none better than my lovely girlfriend, Marisa. This book is dedicated to Marisa for her patience and support throughout the process of writing the book. I think she might be a keeper. About the Author Scott McNulty is a simple geek living in Philadelphia. Scott has been blogging for just over nine years about whatever strikes his fancy. He runs more WordPress blogs than anyone should an