Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog
by Thord Daniel HedengrenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-02-01
Publisher(s): WILEY
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Summary
True to the Smashing Magazine's promise, Smashing WordPress smashes readers with the WordPress information they need to make their life easier. Really. Inside, WordPress expert Thord Daniel Hedengren takes readers beyond the basic blog, to push WordPress to its limits as a CMS, a forum, a photo gallery, an e-commerce site and more.Along the way, readers will learn: The anatomy of a WP install and how WordPress actually works How to build beautiful WordPress themes - including child themes How to create custom login forms and admin themes How to use the Loop to control content, and even use alternatives to the Loop How to integrate theme options How to build plugins - including widget functionality How to build your WordPress projects for SEO Integrate WordPress with the social web How to create amazing navigation " How to use conditional control elementsand so much more.
Table of Contents
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| The Wordpress Essentials | |
| Anatomy of a WordPress Install | |
| The Basic Install | |
| Moving the WordPress Install to a Diff erent Directory | |
| Hacking the Database | |
| Backing Up | |
| WordPress and Switching Hosts | |
| How to Make a WordPress Install More Secure | |
| Summary | |
| The WordPress Syntax | |
| WordPress and PHP | |
| Th emes and Templates | |
| Using the Template Tags | |
| The Include Tags | |
| Passing Multiple Parameters to a Template Tag | |
| Conditional Tags | |
| Summary | |
| The Loop | |
| Understanding the WordPress Loop | |
| Using the Loop | |
| Multiple Loops | |
| Custom Fields | |
| Now You Get to Build Something | |
| DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING WORDPRESS THEMES | |
| The WordPress Theme Essentials | |
| Theme Basics | |
| A Closer Look at Notes Blog Core | |
| Template Files | |
| Using functions.php | |
| Widgets, and When to Use Them | |
| Making Comments Look Good | |
| Custom Fields | |
| Developing a Core Theme | |
| Releasing a Theme | |
| Moving Onward with Themes | |
| The Child Theme Concept | |
| The Brilliance of Child Themes | |
| A Few Words on Th eme Semantics | |
| The Flipside of Inheritance | |
| Managing Several Sites Using Child Themes | |
| What about Theme Frameworks? | |
| Taking Themes to the Next Level | |
| Advanced Theme Usage | |
| Outlining the Theme | |
| Individual Styling Techniques | |
| Mastering Action Hooks | |
| Using Taxonomies | |
| Theme Option Pages | |
| Multiple Language Support | |
| Conditional Design | |
| Working with RSS Feeds | |
| Basic SEO Implementations | |
| Trimming WordPress on the Theme Side | |
| Some Final Words on Themes | |
| DEVELOPING WORDPRESS PLUGINS | |
| Anatomy of a WordPress Plugin | |
| Plugin Basics | |
| Hooks and How to Use Them | |
| Creating Your Own Template Tags | |
| The Pluggable Functions | |
| Must-have Functionality | |
| Adding Widget Support | |
| Things to Consider When Using the Database | |
| Backwards Compatibility | |
| Plugins and WordPress MU | |
| Good Practice for Releasing Plugins | |
| This Is Really All You Need | |
| Plugins and functions.php | |
| When to Use a Plugin | |
| The Issue with Speed | |
| When to Use functions.php | |
| Planning Your WordPress Site | |
| BEYOND THE BLOG | |
| WordPress as a CMS | |
| What Is a CMS? | |
| Things to Consider When Using WordPress as a CMS | |
| Trimming WordPress to the Essentials | |
| Static Pages and News Content | |
| Putting Widgets to Good Use | |
| Managing Menus | |
| Custom Shortcodes | |
| Integrating Non-WordPress Content | |
| Taking the CMS One Step Further | |
| Uncommon WordPress Usage | |
| The Job Board | |
| WordPress as an FAQ-like Knowledge Base | |
| WordPress and E-Commerce | |
| The Portfolio Site | |
| Building a Links Site | |
| The Gallery | |
| You Can Build Anything You Want | |
| Essential WordPress Plugins | |
| Content-focused Plugins | |
| Media Plugins | |
| Administrative Plugins | |
| Spam and Comment Management Plugins | |
| Social Networking Plugins | |
| Subscription and Mobile Plugins | |
| SEO and Search Plugins | |
| Code and Output Plugins | |
| Do You Need a Plugin? | |
| WORDPRESS TOOLBOX | |
| Design Trickery | |
| Tag-based Design | |
| Improving the Menu | |
| Placing Ads Within the Loop | |
| 404s That Help | |
| The WordPress JavaScripts | |
| Making WordPress Your Own | |
| Polishing a WordPress Site | |
| Extra Functionality | |
| Tabbed Boxes | |
| Displaying RSS Feeds | |
| Sending e-Mail with WordPress | |
| Adding a Login Form | |
| Print That Blog | |
| Adding Some More | |
| Fun with Images | |
| Working with Image Galleries | |
| Styling the Gallery | |
| Random Image Elements | |
| Making the Most of Image-sharing Services | |
| Beware the Clutter | |
| Integrating the Social Web | |
| Show off Your Twitter | |
| Lifestreaming with WordPress | |
| Social Web Submit Buttons | |
| Pimping the Comments | |
| About Building Great Sites | |
| Index | |
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