In WordPress 3.0 Essential Training, author Morten Rand-

Hendriksen shows how to use WordPress 3.0 to create feature-

rich blogs and web sites. The course includes a walkthrough 

of common tasks in WordPress, from setting up an account to 

launching self-hosted sites. Also included are tutorials on 

inserting media, installing plugins, creating custom themes,

and incorporating search engine optimization. Exercise files

accompany the course.

Learn the basics of building complex, data-driven applications with the

Facebook PHP SDK and MySQL. Author Ray Villalobos first introduces

 the fundamentals, such as checking to see if a user is logged into an application,

 accessing Facebook user data through the Open Graph API, and making

complex API calls with the Graph API Explorer. The course then dives into

building an application with API paths and Facebook Query Language (FQL)

calls. Along the way, you'll discover how to post to a user's wall, upload photos,

integrate with webpages, and more.