MacVoices #950: Maria Langer and Scott McNulty Share Their Knowledge of WordPress

Thinking of starting a blog with WordPress? Maria Langer, the author of Self-Hosting a WordPress Site and WordPress.Com 2.7 Essential Training on Lynda.com and Scott McNulty, the author of Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read, share some tips from their respective projects to help you make the right choices. Maria and Scott talk about deciding on using WordPress.com or selecting your own host, one-click vs. user installs, why permalink structure is one of the first things you should think about, and finding and customizing a theme for your blog and more. Backup options, favorite plug-ins and why their video and book compliment each other are discussed.

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Self-Hosting a WordPress Site by Maria Langer

WordPress.Com 2.7 Essential Training by Maria Langer


Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read by Scott McNulty

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Maria Langer on Twitter

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An Eclectic Mind – Maria Langer’s personal blog

Scott McNulty

Scott McNulty on Twitter

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