Download or read book Smashing WordPress Themes written by Thord Daniel Hedengren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to WordPress Themes - one of the hottest topics on the web today WordPress is so much more than a blogging platform, and Smashing WordPress Themes teaches readers how to make it look any way they like - from a corporate site, to a photography gallery and more WordPress is one of the hottest tools on the web today and is used by sites including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, flickr, CNN, NASA and of course Smashing Magazine Beautiful full colour throughout - web designers expect nothing less Smashing Magazine will fully support this book by by promoting it through their website and on twitter feeds

Download or read book Smashing WordPress written by Thord Daniel Hedengren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smashing WordPress shows you how to utilize the power of the WordPress platform, and provides a creative spark to help you build WordPress-powered sites that go beyond the obvious. The second edition of Smashing WordPress has been updated for WordPress 3.1+, which includes internal, custom post types, the admin bar, and lots of other useful new features. You will learn the core concepts used to post types, the admin bar, and lots of other useful new features. You will learn the core concepts used to build just about anything in WordPress, resulting in fast deployments and greater design flexibility. Inside, WordPress expert Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond d the blog and shows you how WordPress can serve as a CMS, a photo gallery, and e-commerce site, and more. This edition includes new and upgraded examples of cool WordPress usage. You Will Learn How To: Build Beautiful WordPress Themes, including Child Themes Create Custom Login Forms and Admin Themes Use the Loop to Control Content Build Plugins, including Widget Functionality Use Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies Use Post Formats Integrate WordPress with the Social Web Use Conditional Control Elements Integrate Theme Options Build Your WordPress Projects for SEO Thord Daniel Hedengren is a professional web designer and developer who has created numerous WordPress themes, developed plugins, and put WordPress to good use powering both blogs and big editorial sites. He is the former editor of the Blog Herald, a popular website for bloggers and WordPress users. Vistit www.wiley.com/go/smashingwordpress2e to download the code examples. Smashing Magazine (smashingmgazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular Web-design online magazine. True to the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

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Download or read book Smashing WordPress written by Thord Daniel Hedengren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to WordPress, from the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers As one of the hottest tools on the web today for creating a blog, WordPress has evolved to be much more that just a blogging platform and has been pushed beyond its original purpose. With this new edition of a perennially popular WordPress resource, Smashing Magazine offers you the information you need so you can maximize the potential and power of WordPress. WordPress expert Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond the basic blog to show you how to leverage the capabilities of WordPress to power advanced websites. Addresses new theming options, custom post types, custom headers, menus, background, and more Explains how to build beautiful and unique WordPress themes and creating amazing navigation Walks you through building plugins, integrating theme options, creating custom login forms and admin themes, and using the Loop to control content Zeroes in on building a WordPress project for SEO Highlights integrating WordPress with the social web Smashing WordPress, Third Edition teaches you how to make WordPress look any way you like--from a corporate site to a photography gallery and much, much more!

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Download or read book Professional WordPress written by Hal Stern and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!

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