Read Online WordPress for Beginners 2019 A Visual StepbyStep Guide to Mastering WordPress Webmaster Series Book 2 1 Dr Andy Williams eBook

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WordPress for Beginners 2019 A Visual StepbyStep Guide to Mastering WordPress Webmaster Series Book 2 1 Dr Andy Williams eBook Reviews

• My good deed for the day is to urge you, if you are shopping around for a "How To" on Wordpress is to pounce on this book.
  
  Wordpress is a difficult program application to get into. I dabbled a couple of times over a few years before I caught on. Funny thing, once you get over the hump it is easy as milk and cookies....but getting to that point is tough if you try to do it all on your own as I did. (I had no choice way way back.)
  
  Fortunately you have Dr. Andy's book that tells you everything you need to know...step by step. You have his book tutorial on one device or screen and Wordpress on the other.... You can have the start for your site up in a day of very pleasant peckings, guaranteed...and what's more you'll actually understand what you just did...and be able to replicate with authority. (I say "replicate" because once the site is up you populate it with your great stuff.)
  
  I can't tell you strongly enough that Dr. Andy's book will save you weeks of research...trying to do it for yourself from scratch. It's even good for folks like me who already have a Wordpress site up!
  
  I have the book. I also have 80 or so websites behind me, most of the later ones optimized the Dr. Andy way for max traffic. Yes, there is more than just building the site...you have to do things to get traffic. But again, I have the book because there are always things I forgot....and a couple of WP things I didn't know and relying on the brain of Dr. Andy gives me the Wordpress edge I need. He is MY goto guy and you need to make him yours. His latest tip and trick on a little ditty called SSL saved me untold pain and angst recently. For instance.
  
  Get the book. Get on his invaluable mailing list. Get to know Dr. Andy. It's best for you. Guaranteed. You'll be thanking me!
• I've been in the WP community for four years and I am so fatigued by all the poor information available for unsuspecting people just needing a simple website. Sigh.
  
  I purchased this book for review because I wanted to see if it would be something I would recommend on my blog. I'm only on page 15 and already this isn't a book I would recommend to anyone hoping to follow the steps for their own DIY website.
  
  While going through the WordPress server setup the author will tell you to "make sure http// is selected. You may want to switch to https at some point, but this needs something called an SSL certificate to be installed on your server." THIS IS WHY SO MANY WEBSITES ARE SCREWED UP with mixed content and security warnings. The deadline announced by Google for https warnings was June of 2018. Any book with true intentions of educating the user would have included the setting up of the SSL certificate as part of the content, ESPECIALLY one that is touted to be an updated 2019 version.
  
  If you setup your domain and site without the SSL certificate and forcing https on your server you will be in for a newbie nightmare after you spend hours building your site and uploading content. You will forever be stuck with a security warning which will cause users to avoid your site and Google to penalize you in the SERP. Yes, you can go back and go through a PITA process to secure your site, but this is likely to require page redirects, reindexing through Google Console and re-uploading some images, or a search and replace of your whole database - all things easily avoided by setting up your severer and site CORRECTLY to begin with.
  
  Do yourself a favor and do not follow this author's affiliate link to some no-name hosting service with poor support and do not setup your site with http. Take your time to thoroughly vet your web hosting provider, pay more money and pick a decent plan with excellent support and one that offers servers in the area where your customers/viewers live. Make sure your host offers free Let's Encrypt certificates and that they install them for you. Also, before you buy, ask customer service if they will force https for you so that all versions of your site will go to the same place, technically http and https are like different sites so you need to assure all pages are landing on the same content. I'm not sure if the author covers this, but after your site is built, you will also want to go to Google Console and choose a canonical URL so your site can be properly indexed and directed by Google.
  
  WP is WONDERFUL, but it is not simple and it is not easy, mainly because if the vast amount of misinformation floating around. If you want a good website capable of ranking well you will need to do your homework and put in a lot of time and effort.
  
  If you are just reading this book to figure out how to use WP with no intention of building out a permanent site, perhaps it would be useful and I will update my review after I finish all the content. I would however avoid hosting plans with a big upfront term (like a year) if this is the case.
  
  If you need a real live self-hosted website, in my opinion this book is not a good way forward.
• A while back I had an idea for a webpage and thought, "No big deal. It can't be that tough to create a website." I started dabbling on-line, YouTube, etc. for information on how to build a website. I started one and, honestly, I liked how it looked until things started going goofy and then I had no idea how to fix it. My website knowledge was built on thin ice as it kinda held up, but it felt like it could crack at any moment. Then, thank my lucky stars, I found this book and, wow, I've learned so much! In my opinion, this is a must have for anyone who wants to build their website with a solid footing.
• I was hoping for more; the author did fairly good at dissecting various parts of the WordPress platform; but, did not really show how to put all the pieces together. I also found the Gutenberg editor did not work will with the authors recommended theme (2017). Going back and forth from the Gutenberg and classic editor was confusing and frustrating. And, many of the screen shots in the book did not match my images on my attempted website. Overall, I was disappointed in the book. I was hoping to have some semblance of a website by the time I got through the book, unfortunately that did not happen. I need to do further research beyond what this book offered me. The author claims you will be able to "build a professional website in a few short hours." This is simply "not true." I gave it 3 stars because the book was reasonably priced, otherwise I would have given it 2 stars.
• Andy's books and courses are always extremely informative and have actionable tips and ideas. I always walk away with ways to improve my sites.