Although Static Blogging is aimed at designing your wordpress site to look like a standard website rather than a blog, you also learn a lot of the WordPress nitty-gritty along the way because you watch me take every step from beginning to end. There's also a support forum for additional questions. Following is the table of contents straight out of the written part of the tutorial and we've also added additional tips and videos at the private support forum. Here's is Lynn's affiliate link if you decide you are interested:
http://www.staticblogging.com/sswt
Christy
Introduction...........................................................................
Chapter 1 - Beginner Basics....................................................
Domain Registration...............................................................
Hosting.................................................................................
FTP......................................................................................
Chapter 2 - New WordPress Users..........................................
Manual Installation.................................................................
Fantastico Installation.............................................................
Themes, Plugins, and Widgets..................................................
STATIC BLOGGING STEP BY STEP...........................................
Chapter 3 - New Site Maintenance..........................................
Upload and Activate................................................................
Clear Demos..........................................................................
Setup Options........................................................................
Chapter 4 - Customize The Look Of Your Site..........................
The Tigerator.........................................................................
Add Your Own Header.............................................................
Remove Header Text.......................................................
Chapter 5 - The Content..........................................................
Add Main Pages......................................................................
Add Additional Pages..............................................................
Customize Sidebars................................................................
Adding A 'Blog'.......................................................................
Chapter 6 - Interaction and Monetization...............................
Silo Navigation.......................................................................
Videos..................................................................................
Polls.....................................................................................
Adsense................................................................................
Affiliate Promotions.................................................................
Adding An Autoresponder.........................................................
Appendix................................................................................
Cheatsheet............................................................................
Plugin and Developers List.......................................................