Dispatches from Blogistan : a travel guide for the modern blogger / Suzanne Stefanac.

Here is a quirky little book about blogging that starts with a history of journalism going back to 2600 BCE, follows with some fluffy pieces by leading bloggers, then goes on to the practical issues of setting up a blog site. Relax with this book, it’s a good diversion.

Here is an academic book about blogging, and it is an interesting read. Politics, society, culture .. humanity is moving to the web.

The blog is a powerful tool for a business, but it also puts you on thin ice. This book is a guide to the best business practices related to blogging, and the rules that a business needs for managing its blogs.

This is a very readable book on how to set up a WordPress blog site.

For the administrator of a CMS using Textpattern.

For the site administrator of Joomla, which is an excellent CMS. I did not get a chance to read the book.

Joomla is CMS (Content Management System) . A CMS is used to build and organize a web site. It stores all content in a database, and presents it in web pages that have a consistent format (cf Wordpress, which this site uses). It can be used to power a blog, forum, or eCommerce site. Joomla was previously called Mambo.

This book is for the web designer, and assumes no knowledge of PHP or CSS. It is an easily read book, and will teach you how to use all the features of Joomla.