I’m not sure how much more troubleshooting you could have covered really. As the book is for “beginners” you probably covered as much as is sensible and gave pointers to where to go for help. If you are thinking of my comment about leaving something half way, it wasn’t about that at all. I remember reading the book in bed the other night and finding something that seemed to end prematurely. IIRC it was something in Chapter 8 on bbPress. I think it was about writing some php if statements for something or other.

But that’s the paradox really – I really don’t think this is a “beginners” book. There’s nothing wrong with “fun” and using a story to get the point across and add some context to the narrative. I’m just not sure the people who should read this book will read it if they see the front cover and scan through a few pages in a shop.

It’s a book with loads of great information in it that will be very useful. I’m not sure the title and style do it justice.

I am the author of this book. Thanks for taking the time to review it, I really appreciate your comments.

Was the troubleshooting chapter one that you felt left some things unfinished? I was attempting to touch on as many issues as possible in the space available, and point the reader in the right direction. I’ll re-examine that chapter so that in future I don’t leave things hanging early.

I believe all Packt Beginner’s Guides use the TFA / WJH structure, and authors are encouraged to build an example site around something humorous – I know one other author used an Egyptian Pyramid Salesman as his case study. I had a lot of fun with the SlayerCafe example, perhaps, from your feedback, too much fun? If so, that’s something I’ll remember for future titles.

Thanks again for taking the time to do a review!