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Thursday, 22 December 2005

WordPress Book Published

by mike @ 12:30. Filed under

The book! Wow! It’s hard to believe, but my first book is now a reality! Several copies of my first book — “Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress” arrived at my door this morning.

This is the book, published by Apress that I have co-authored with Robert T Douglass and Jared Smith over the last six months or so. It has long been my ambition to be published and when the opportunity presented itself earlier this year, I had to grab it with both hands. It has been quite a hard struggle; writing in a small amount of spare time is not easy, but I do think it has been worth it.

The result is six chapters on using WordPress to help build an online community. Although I wrote the book using version 1.5.x most of the WordPress chapters are version agnostic. This isn’t a “how to use WordPress” book (the excellent WordPress Codex is good for that). This is a book about how to use WordPress to help you build an online community.

You can buy the book online directly from Apress including in eBook form. You can buy from Amazon.co.uk or you can buy it from Amazon.com. I’m not sure whether it will be on the shelves of your local book store yet, but it will be over the next couple of days.

Apress have a good summary of the book (my emphasis):

Content management, blogs, and online forums are among the most significant online trends today, and Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress are three of the most popular open source applications facilitating these trends.

Drupal is a full content management system that allows you to create any type of website you desire, from an e-commerce to a community-based site. phpBB enables you to set up a bulletin board or forum. And WordPress is the software of choice for the exploding blog community. All three technologies are based on PHP and MySQL.

Jamie and I with the book Finally, I think Jamie is quite proud of her Dad, Jan is just glad it’s finally published! I must thank them both for putting up with me while I’ve struggled through this. The next one will be easier! I have to thank Matt, Ryan, and the rest of the WordPress community, without whom I would have had nothing to write about!

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Mike on WordPress.com » WordPress Book Published Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:45
[...] Read all about it on my regular blog . [...]
Weiran Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 15:53
Hmm… why do Amazon US have a 34% discount while Amazon UK only has 9%?! I know I could buy it as an eBook for $25, but I don’t like reading lots of text on screen.
mike Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 16:00
I don’t really know. Amazon in the UK seem to think we can afford to pay more. Or more likely, that they have fewer real rivals, especially with books!
What’s the big idea? » Drupal and WordPress each deserve their own book Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 16:04
[...] Update, December 22, 2005 – As Mike Little enthusiatically announced on his blog today, the book is out. I’ll be ordering it shortly. [...]
geek ramblings » WordPress Book Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 16:55
[...] Well, actually, the book isn’t just about WordPress. But it does devote six chapters to our favorite blogging platform. The book I’m talking about is Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress, co-authored by Mike Little. [...]
Kafkaesquí Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 17:36
Congrats Mike. Being able to check off the “published book author” column on ones résumé (résumés have such a column? Ok, maybe not) is a very good thing indeed. Though I’m not building any online communities anytime soon, I look forward to reading it.
Weiran Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 18:13
It’s a shame… I would’ve definatly bought it for the US price, but at the UK price I’ll have to see how badly the holidays have hit my wallet .
mike Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 18:19
Kaf, Thanks.

Wieran, In the past it has been cheaper for me to buy from Amazon in the US, and have the books shipped over, though not, alas, in this case.
Lisa Williams Says:
December 23rd, 2005 at 00:49
Wow! I run a community site using Drupal. This is going directly on my Amazon wish list.
Lelia Katherine Thomas Says:
December 23rd, 2005 at 02:18
Congratulations on getting your book published! Nice to see it’s even on Amazon! Great job.
mike Says:
December 23rd, 2005 at 02:56
Lelia,
Thanks for the comments. I’m very pleased to have realized this ambition. I’ve got to go and scour my local book shops later and see if any have it on the shelf!
schestowitz.com Says:
December 23rd, 2005 at 07:48
MySQL Beats Commercial Database Software

In a recent benchmark, Open Source shows off performance advantage over commercial equivalents
Ovad Says:
December 24th, 2005 at 12:20
Under which licence is eBook?
Can I copy it?
mike Says:
December 24th, 2005 at 17:41
Hi Ovad,
The Apress FAQ has this to say:

What format are the eBooks in? Are there any restrictions when using them?

Apress eBooks are in Adobe PDF format. To read them, you will need an appropriate PDF browser, such as the free Adobe Reader. Printing, document assembly, content copying or extraction, and content extraction for accessibility are permissible, for personal use only.
khaled Says:
December 24th, 2005 at 19:25
Hey Mike, looking damn damn good. Should have posted something earlier to be honest but I’ve been all over the place. I’ll definitely be checking this out very soon . Merry Christmas buddy.
mike Says:
December 24th, 2005 at 22:37
Thanks Khaled. You look like you are having a busy time.

Hope you have a good time back home!

Mike
Carol Says:
December 26th, 2005 at 01:33
Congratulations Mike. Its good to hear that your hard work has been rewarded. I hope the book sells well.
And hope you have a great christmas too.
Regards
Carol
alexking.org: Blog > Around the web Says:
December 26th, 2005 at 06:23
[...] WordPress Book Published : Mike Little’s Journalized [...]
Paul Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 12:20
Mike, great! I wan’t that signed copy. Email me a PayPal address, and price (including fees) and I’ll send you my payment.

Congrats, man!
tank Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 19:07
oh wow, congrats mike, that’s AWESOME!!!

see, i told you you were simply the best!
mike Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 22:54
Paul, I’ll send you details shortly.

Tank, thanks very much. I haven’t seen it in the shops yet, but I’ll keep checking.
Steve Says:
December 28th, 2005 at 11:29
AHA! So you are that Mike Little — the one who co-authoured the book. I’ve wondered about that as I’ve waited for it from my local bookstore.

Congratulations! You should be very proud of your accomplishment. (And it’s nice to be able to put a face on you although your daughter steals the show in your picture.)

Many thanks for the plugin tip.

All the Best
Steve
Jared Smith Says:
December 30th, 2005 at 04:44
Mike,

I’ve already referred to the WordPress section several times as I’ve been setting up a couple installations; one for myself and one for a friend. Great work!

Jared
mike Says:
December 30th, 2005 at 17:25
Cool Jared,
thanks.
Kampoenk ManikMaya » Blog Archive » WordPress Book Says:
January 10th, 2006 at 05:13
[...] WordPress Book Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress Well, actually, the book isn’t just about WordPress. But it does devote six chapters to our favorite blogging platform. The book I’m talking about is Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress, co-authored by Mike Little. The result is six chapters on using WordPress to help build an online community. Although I wrote the book using version 1.5.x most of the WordPress chapters are version agnostic. This isn’t a “how to use WordPress” book (the excellent WordPress Codex is good for that). This is a book about how to use WordPress to help you build an online community. It’s published by Apress, who really seem to get the Open Source community. I’ve got several other books by them, and I hope to write up some reviews eventually. I’ll have to see if I can add Mike’s book to my collection, too! [...]
Stupid Wordpress Tricks » Wordpress Book Published Says:
May 16th, 2006 at 19:40
[...] Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and Wordpress, by Mike Little, is now available. The book is published by APress. I checked on Amazon – this seems to be the only book currently available on Wordpress, even though it shares the spotlight with Drupal and phpBB. The focus doesn’t appear to be technical, but rather on how to build an online community. [...]
Claire Says:
July 27th, 2006 at 21:24
Congrats. Php is too much for me to comprehend. Great that other computer geeks sorted everything out for the simple girls, so I just have to enable the plugins in Wordpress. I love plugins!! I promise , I will learn Drupal, too. Whatever that is
Deena Says:
May 5th, 2007 at 01:04
I’m searching for info about wordpress and happened on this posting. I dunno… I just felt so excited for you and your amazing accomplishment! Congrads!
All about Book (Wordpress) Cook Italian Silver Spoon and | Ultimate wordpress resources for your blog. Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 20:41
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Livros publicados sobre Wordpress | Vomicae™ Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 19:52
[...] “Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress” Por: Mike Little O primeiro livro lançado falando sobre Wordpress apesar de não ser focado apenas em WordPress fala das mais importantes tendências de uso em Sites devidos aos Recursos, Estabilidades, Desempenho, Segurança, Facilidade de Instalação e de Uso, que são o Drupal, phpBB é o WordPress, os três mais populares aplicativos Open Source usados para Portais de Conteúdo, Fóruns e Blogs. No capitulo 3 a parte que e focada no Wordpress, ele da uma pequena Introdução geral sobre o Sistema, ensina como fazer a Instalação, mudar Layout, Customizar e como fazer a Manutenção do Blog, são 120 páginas focadas no Wordpress das 561 páginas existente no livro. Nota: 7. [...]
Wordpress в Томске Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 05:07
[...] Функциональность WordPress уже настолько велика, что по его функциям впору уже писать книжки. [...]

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