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Mitch Canter

WordPress Web Design for Dummies

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51MIKtr7nmL._SS500_[1]I had the privilege honor of being the technical editor for Lisa Sabin Wilson’s (then) newest book “WordPress Web Design for Dummies” from Wiley Publishing.  It’s chock full of creamy WordPress goodness, ranging from choosing the right tools, building WordPress as a CMS (my favorite part), and even going into what makes themes tick and function.  The  book goes on preorder on June 6th, and I highly recommend it.

You can preorder it here on amazon (affiliate link, just to show I’m honest 🙂 And I highly recommend that you do.

I’ll also be stepping on again to technical edit her next book “WordPress for Dummies – 4th Edition” – I’ll finish that in late June, so be expecting a link to the new edition soon 🙂

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