Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 3, 2014 - Computers - 368 pages

The ultimate guide to using WordPress to make your life easier

WordPress guru Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond the blog to give you the tools and know-how needed to build just about anything in WordPress. You’ll discover how to use WordPress as a CMS to power fully-fledged websites, photo galleries, forums, eCommerce sites, and much more. You get step-by step instructions on developing model sites from the ground up and how to utilize and build plugins that let you take WordPress to the next level.

You will learn how to:

  • Use custom post types and custom taxonomies
  • Add and work with custom headers, backgrounds, and more
  • Build gorgeous WordPress themes with the latest features
  • Create custom login forms and admin themes
  • Control content with the loop (and alternatives to the loop)
  • Integrate theme options and the theme customizer
  • Extend WordPress with widget functionality
  • Build WordPress projects for SEO
  • Integrate WordPress with the social web
  • Create helpful navigation using the navigation menu
  • Use conditional control elements
  • Get started with your own responsive themes

Updated and revised to cover the changes to WordPress 3.8, Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 4th Edition, is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of WordPress.

 

Contents

Plugins or functions php?
213
ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY
221
Integrating the Social Web
239
Design Trickery
259
Fun with Media
277
Extra Functionality
295
Uncommon WordPress Usage
313
The Loop
338
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52
Getting More Comfortable with the Loop
62
This Is What Youre Doing
70
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73
Features with functions
93
Using functions
101
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GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS
345
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The Anatomy of a WordPress Install
5
The WordPress Syntax
25
Conditional Tags
36
The Basic Loop
42
Working with Post Formats
51
The Child Theme Concept
119
Advanced Theme Usage
131
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