I’ve noticed a lot of my regular reads making the switch to Wordpress recently, and have indeed helped a few to get started which is great.
Therefore I thought it might be useful to link up to a few useful resources for the new Wordpress user. First, some of my posts:
- Google Sitemaps - The easiest way is to use the plugin described here. Get indexed by Google faster.
- How to Upgrade Your Wordpress blog - This is the manual way to do it. If your host offers ‘Fantastico’ then it only takes one click!
- How To Install Filezilla-& why - How to use an FTP program to upload plugins and themes to your blog.
- Favourite Wordpress Plugins -Part 1 and Part 2 - Some of my favourite plugins to enhance your WP blog.
- How to do a 301 re-direct and why. - Don’t dilute your pagerank!
- Make simple format changes with CSS - Make colour changes to your template and more.
- The Related Posts plugin - How to install this very useful plugin.
- Time Stamping - Post backwards and forwards in time….
Moving away from my blog, there are obviously loads of hints & tips out there. One of the best sources of WordPress info is Lorelle, and some good ones from her include:
Some other quick links:
Blogging Pro: Just about everything WordPress.
Weblog Tools Collection: A link from your WP dashboard (which probably means you just ignore it) but absolutely full of new themes, plugins and all the latest WP news.
PhotoMatt: The man who started it all 
I hope this post proves useful to the new WordPress user, but if you need more assistance just let me know