I don’t normally buy books on Wordpress only because I’m stubborn and like to figure things out for myself. I also don’t ask for help usually.

Yes, I am the eternal rebellious teenager, I admit it.

I was intrigued when I heard about the new ebook Digging into Wordpress by Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr. Both of who I’ve learned quite a few tricks from.

If you’ve been to this blog before you know that I go out of my way to try and answer your questions in as much detail as possible and with limited “tech-talk”. I had never seen anyone else who did it this way and knew how long it usually took me to find an answer to my questions.

Well, let me tell you, These guys do an awesome job of
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Christina,

Is this geared more towards using Wordpress as a blogging site only or do they give much info re setting up your entire website on Wordpress? Since I do not know code I am thinking this is the best way for me to have a website that I can update and maintain on my own, at least at first.

Kathy,
It is geared more towards customizing as a blog but gives you examples of the codes used for each section. Most instructional books regarding Wordpress will shy away from telling you to "remove" certain aspects of the theme only because each theme is different and unless you understand the code it's best not to mess with it too much.

This is a really good book for anyone wanting to understand WP better and learn how it works in layman's terms. They have a sample on the sales page, you can download and see if it's something you'd like.

Regarding your site:
Basically you will need to remove the comments and meta data (the author, date, etc info)on your theme. Some themes actually remove that info automatically when you choose "static page" in your dashboard settings.
The sidebars you see on your theme when you download it are mainly placeholders(most of the time) that will be overwritten when you add widgets.

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