2010-08-20 13:51:00 - Packt is pleased to announce WordPress 3 Site Blueprints, a comprehensive, step-by-step guide which helps to create several types of WordPress-powered websites with ease.

Written by Heather R. Wallace, this book provides readers with everything they need to build powerful, feature-rich customized WordPress websites.

WordPress is an open source blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL which can also be used for content management. First released in May 2003 by Matt Mullenweg as a fork of b2/cafelog, it has many features including a workflow, a plugin architecture, anda templating system. Used by over 2% of the 10,000 biggest websites, WordPress is the most popular blog software that’s in use today.

WordPress 3 Site Blueprints is packed with screen-shots and easy to follow instructions to help readers complete each site effectively. The first chapter explains the process of migrating from an existing static website to

a WordPress blog. Each chapter that follows is devoted to constructing a different type of WordPress website using the desired combination of themes/plug-ins, which means that readers will have a fully functional website at the end of each chapter.

This book contains detailed information about configuring each theme and plug-in to the optimum level, so that readers can get the most out of each website they create using the blueprints. It also covers the processes of editing themes and hacking plug-ins in detail, so that both are customized as per the reader's requirements.

Consultants and self-learners with intermediate knowledge of WordPress, who wish to explore the software in more detail, will find this book an interesting and beneficial read. WordPress 3 Site Blueprints is out now and available from Packt. For more information, please visit: www.packtpub.com/wordpress-3-site-blueprints/book