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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.
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!
PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS 5
Chapter 1: The Anatomy of a WordPress Install 7
Chapter 2: The WordPress Syntax 27
Chapter 3: The Loop 43
PART II: DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING WORDPRESS THEMES 71
Chapter 4: WordPress Theme Essentials 73
Chapter 5: The Child Theme Concept 125
Chapter 6: Advanced Theme Usage 137
PART III: USING PLUGINS WITH WORDPRESS 169
Chapter 7: The Anatomy of a WordPress Plugin 171
Chapter 8: Plugins or functions.php? 199
PART IV: ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY 207
Chapter 9: Using WordPress As a CMS 209
Chapter 10: Integrating the Social Web 223
Chapter 11: Design Trickery 235
Chapter 12: Fun with Media 253
Chapter 13: Extra Functionality 271
Chapter 14: Uncommon WordPress Usage 289
PART V: APPENDIXES 323
Appendix A: Essential WordPress Plugins 325
Appendix B: Starter Themes 341
Index 351
MisterJefferson
Posted February 20, 2010
I usually judge a technical book by its ability to answer my questions thoroughly and accurately, and this book does just that. I've had a WordPress blog for quite a while, but I didn't understand the general components of the WordPress architecture or how I should really be using my blog site. This book started out with the installation and general architecture, but then dove into all the special bits that really make WordPress explode. WordPress is a very open and accommodating platform, which can be intimidating if you don't understand what you're doing. This book breaks that barrier. It not only tells you how to set up an existing template, but also how to tweak it or even develop your own! For those who are starting out or even for those who are trying to get more out of an existing site, this book is a good reference without the technical intimidation.
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Posted October 26, 2010
I was disappointed that I discovered after downloading this book (non-refundable on Nook) the book is targeted to version 2.8. I figured that since 3.0 was into beta at the time of publishing it would cover some of the issues I'm running into with 3.0, but no such luck. I'm sure there is plenty of good information that is still usable in here; what I've looked at thus far seems quite useful to a moderate-strong PHP developer.
I guess this is a lesson for this new Nook owner: always read the free preview, and carefully.
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Posted September 21, 2010
This is the ultimate book for developers who want to develope their own themes, plugins, widgets and anything else custom in Wordpress.
This will take you step by step in teaching you how to develope any type of theme, moving dynamic sidebars, writing and using custom widgets. Basically for the advanced Wordpress user who wants to use Wordpress in a on-traditional way, or to use it as a fully functioning CMS.
If you are looking at this book, you no doublt know of Smashing Magazine's expertise in all things design.
I suggest you buy this immedietly.
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Posted June 24, 2011
I downloaded the free sample and it clearly states its for version 2.8, NOT 3.1 as indicated in the Overview, so beware. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
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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...