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An in-depth look at the internals of the WordPress system. As the most popular blogging and content management platform available today, WordPress is a powerful tool. This exciting book goes beyond the basics and delves into the heart of the WordPress system, offering overviews of the functional aspects of WordPress as well as plug-in and theme development. What is covered in this book? WordPress as a Content Management System Hosting Options Installing WordPress Files Database Configuration Dashboard Widgets Customizing the Dashboard Creating and Managing Content Categorizing Your Content Working with Media Comments and Discussion Working with Users Managing, Adding, Upgrading, and Using the Theme Editor Working with Widgets Adding and Managing New Plugins Configuring WordPress Exploring the Code Configuring Key Files wp-config.php file Advanced wp-config Options What's in the Core? WordPress Codex and Resources Understanding and customizing the Loop Building A Custom Query Complex Database Operations Dealing With Errors Direct Database Manipulation Building Your Own Taxonomies Plugin Packaging Create a Dashboard Widget Creating a Plugin Example Publish to the Plugin Directory Installing a Theme Creating Your Own Theme How and When to Use Custom Page Templates How to Use Custom Page Templates Pushing Content from WordPress to Other Sites Usability and Usability Testing Getting Your Site Found How Web Standards Get Your Data Discovered Load Balancing Your WordPress Site Securing Your WordPress Site Using WordPress in the Enterprise Is WordPress Right for Your Enterprise? and much more!

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION xxv CHAPTER 1: FIRST POST 1 What Is WordPress? 1 Content and Conversation 5 Getting Started 7 Finishing Up 16 CHAPTER 2: FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 19 The Dashboard 19 Creating and Managing Content 22 Categorizing Your Content 26 Working with Media 28 Comments and Discussion 31 Working with Users 33 Extending WordPress 35 Content Tools 39 Configuring WordPress 41 CHAPTER 3: CODE OVERVIEW 49 Downloading 49 Exploring the Code 50 Configuring Key Files 51 WP-Content User Playground 61 CHAPTER 4: TOUR OF THE CORE 65 What’s in the Core? 65 Using the Core as a Reference 66 WordPress Codex and Resources 72 Don’t Hack Core! 76 CHAPTER 5: THE LOOP 79 Understanding the Loop 80 Putting the Loop in Context 81 Flow of the Loop 81 Template Tags 84 Customizing the Loop 86 Global Variables 95 Working Outside the Loop 98 CHAPTER 6: DATA MANAGEMENT 103 Database Schema 103 Table Details 105 Direct Database Manipulation 111 WordPress Taxonomy 114 Building Your Own Taxonomies 116 CHAPTER 7: PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT 121 Plugin Packaging 121 Know Your Hooks: Actions and Filters 127 Plugin Settings 132 WordPress Integration 143 Plugin Security 157 Creating a Plugin Example 160 Publish to the Plugin Directory 175 CHAPTER 8: THEME DEVELOPMENT 183 Why Use a Theme? 183 Installing a Theme 184 What Is a Theme? 185 Creating Your Own Theme 187 Creating Your Own Theme: Getting Started 189 Creating Your Own Theme: DRY 193 Creating Your Own Theme: Content Display 197 Creating Your Own Theme: Additional Files 208 Custom Page Templates 216 Theme Hierarchy and Child Themes 219 Premium Themes and Other Theme Frameworks 224 CHAPTER 9: CONTENT AGGREGATION 229 What is a Lifestream? 229 Getting Noticed 230 Social Media Buttons 231 Simple Social Networking Badges 232 Collecting External Content 233 Pushing Content from WordPress to Other Sites 240 Advertising 242 Privacy and History 247 CHAPTER 10: CRAFTING A USER EXPERIENCE 249 User Experience Principles 249 Usability and Usability Testing 256 Structuring Your Information 257 Getting Your Site Found 259 How Web Standards Get Your Data Discovered 264 Searching Your Own Site 269 Mobile Access 271 CHAPTER 11: STATISTICS, SCALABILITY, SECURITY, AND SPAM 273 Statistics Counters 273 Cache Management 278 Load Balancing Your WordPress Site 284 Dealing With Spam 286 Securing Your WordPress Site 288 Using WordPress Roles 294 CHAPTER 12: WORDPRESS AS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 299 Defining Content Management 299 Workflow and Delegation 301 Content Organization 303 Interactivity Features 312 Other Content Management Systems 313 CHAPTER 13: WORDPRESS IN THE ENTERPRISE 317 Is WordPress Right for Your Enterprise? 317 When WordPress Isn’t Right for You 319 Scalability 319 Integration with Enterprise Identity Management 324 Content Integration via Feeds 326 CHAPTER 14: MIGRATING TO WORDPRESS 329 Planning a Migration 330 Content Identification 332 Media Migration 344 Moving Metadata 345 Moving Authors and Users 345 Theme and Presentation 346 Unique Functionality 346 Cleaning Up 346 Launching 349 CHAPTER 15: WORDPRESS DEVELOPER COMMUNITY 351 Contributing to WordPress 351 Sister Projects 357 Resources 358 INDEX 365

About the Author :
Hal Stern is a vice president at a technology company and uses WordPress to blog about his adventures in golf, ice hockey, and food. David Damstra is the Manager of Web Services for CU*Answers, a credit union service organization, where he manages a team of developers to create web sites and web applications for the financial industry. Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios.com. He is also a co-host on the SitePoint Podcast and an advisor on SitePoint Forums. Hal Stern is a vice president at a technology company and uses WordPress to blog about his adventures in golf, ice hockey, and food. David Damstra is the Manager of Web Services for CU*Answers, a credit union service organization, where he manages a team of developers to create web sites and web applications for the financial industry. Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios.com. He is also a co-host on the SitePoint Podcast and an advisor on SitePoint Forums.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470646533
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wrox Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Design and Development
  • ISBN-10: 0470646535
  • Publisher Date: 26 Mar 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 408


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