Just want to endorse Vera's comments about Alan Egan's video course. I found it really helpful. No way could I have got to grips with Wordpress on my own. I also liked that fact that Alan kept each video quite short, so I was being fed new information in bite-sized chunks.
Still more work to do - improving my front page photos for a start, but I need some sun and blue sky for that!
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