Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog

GO BEYOND THE BLOG

Smashing WordPressshows 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. 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 the blog and shows you how WordPress can serve as a CMS, a photo gallery, an e-commerce site, and more.

YOU 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 ELEMENTS

Table of Contents

Part I: THE WORDPRESS ESSENTIALS
Chapter 1: ANATOMY OF A WORDPRESS INSTALL
Chapter 2: THE WORDPRESS SYNTAX
Chapter 3: THE LOOP

Part II: DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING WORDPRESS THEMES
Chapter 4: THE WORDPRESS THEMEE SSENTIALS
Chapter 5: THE CHILD THEME CONCEPT
Chapter 6: ADVANCED THEME USAGE

Part III: DEVELOPING WORDPRESS PLUGINS
Chapter 7: ANATOMY OF A WORDPRESS PLUGIN
Chapter 8: PLUGINS AND FUNCTIONS.PHP

Part IV: BEYOND THE BLOG
Chapter 9: WORDPRESS AS A CMS
Chapter 10: UNCOMMON WORDPRESS USAGE
Chapter 11: ESSENTIAL WORDPRESS PLUGINS

Part V: WORDPRESS TOOLBOX
Chapter 12: DESIGN TRICKERY
Chapter 13: EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY
Chapter 14: FUN WITH IMAGES
Chapter 15: INTEGRATING THE SOCIAL WEB