Errata

WordPress: The Missing Manual

Errata for WordPress: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page XIV
1st paragraph, Errata Section

Err, the link to the errata webpage links to the site for the first edition of the book. (tinyurl.com/7mujhnx)

Note from the Author or Editor:
URL in the Errata section should change from http://tinyurl.com/7mujhnx to https://tinyurl.com/y6e8hqwz

 Anonymous  Oct 17, 2014  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
United States

Dead link on webpage: technorati.com/blogs/top100

Note from the Author or Editor:
replace “Technorati, a popular blog search engine, maintains a list of the most popular blogs at http://technorati.com/blogs/top100 and compiles statistics about the blog universe. The last time it asked bloggers why they blog, it found the following:” with “The most detailed blogger surveys were conducted by the now-shuttered blog directory Technorati. The last time it asked bloggers why they blog, it found the following:”

 Anonymous  Feb 25, 2015  Aug 23, 2019
United States

Dead link: technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2011-part2/page-2/#topics

Sorry, I posted the previous dead link as "printed" when it should have been "Safari Books Online."

Love the series.

 Anonymous  Feb 25, 2015  Aug 23, 2019
PDF
Page 7
3rd paragraph

"build a basic v site that"...

I think that "v" should be "ecommerce."

Note from the Author or Editor:
page 7, 3rd paragraph, "build a basic v site" should be "build a basic e-commerce site"

 Peter Bloeme  Dec 16, 2014  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 91
1st paragraph

"in the Right Now box" should be
"in the At a Glance box"

Note from the Author or Editor:
page 91, first paragraph, "in the Right Now box" should be "in the At a Glance box"

 Gretchen Patti  Sep 27, 2016  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 97
3rd paragraph of Step 6

There is no "Recent Drafts" box on the Dashboard Home page. This will freak out the newbie who think he has lost his post! Send him to the Posts page to find the draft.

Note from the Author or Editor:
page 97, change "Returning to a draft is easy—in the dashboard home page (that’s Dashboard→Home), find the Recent Drafts box and click your post in the list to resume editing it." to "Returning to a draft is easy—click Posts in the menu to see a list of all your posts, and then click your draft post to resume editing it."

 Gretchen Patti  Sep 27, 2016  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 111
Note section

Says "When you assign post to a subctegory..." Should probably be "When you assign a post to a subcategory..." (missing "a")

Note from the Author or Editor:
page 111, Note box, "When you assign post" should be "When you assign a post"

 Anonymous  Oct 30, 2014  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 124
last paragraph on page

Referring to the Screen Options button, says "top-left corner of the dashboard (circled in Figure 4-26)." Should be top-right corner.

Note from the Author or Editor:
p. 124, last paragraph on page, "top-left corner of the dashboard" should be "top-right corner of the dashboard"

 Anonymous  Nov 07, 2014  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 125
1st and 2nd paragraphs

In both paragraphs, references to Figure 4-28 should be Figure 4-27.

Note from the Author or Editor:
page 125, first and second paragraphs, two occurrences of "Figure 4-28" should be "Figure 4-27"

 Gretchen Patti  Oct 04, 2016  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 128
last line

"the Add Posts page" should be "the Posts page"

Note from the Author or Editor:
p. 128, last line, replace "Add Posts page" with "Posts page"

 Gretchen Patti  Oct 04, 2016  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 172
Figure 6-1

five more places say "(page xx)" -- need to point to the correct pages!

Note from the Author or Editor:
In Figure 6-1 callouts, remove "page (XX)" references that don't point to any page numbers. There are 6 occurrences.

 Gretchen Patti  Oct 06, 2016  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 172
Figure 6-1

The "Add a teaser" caption points to the "Remove Link" button instead of the "More" button.

The "Remove Link" button needs a caption.

Also, the "Add a link" caption here does not match the "Insert Link" references on page 175.

Note from the Author or Editor:
page 172, Figure 6-1, remove "(page xx)" from all callouts. Also, the "Add a teaser" callout should point to the icon one step to the right. (Currently, it points to the Remove Link icon.)

 Gretchen Patti  Oct 06, 2016  Aug 23, 2019
Printed
Page 322
Second bullet in the box

"most renown developers" should be "most renowned developers"

Note from the Author or Editor:
"most renown developers" should be "most renowned developers"

 Gretchen Patti  Nov 22, 2016  Aug 23, 2019