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Building Online

Communities with

Drupal, phpBB, and

WordPress

Robert T. Douglass, Mike Little,

and Jared W. Smith

Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress

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I’m dedicating my portion of this book to my Aunt Sobeida Linder,

whose inspiring spirit in the face of nearly impossible odds sets an example

we can all admire and try to live up to. She personified the phrase

“live life to the fullest,” as she did exactly that with every day she had,

good days and bad. We miss you tremendously.

Jared Smith