The WordPress Anthology

Raena Jackson Armitage, Mick Olinik

Description

Written for developers, The WordPress Anthology will take you beyond the basics to give you a thorough overview of the WordPress universe. With a cookbook-style approach, you can pick and choose what you need from each chapter to suit your projects.

• Gain a comprehensive overview of installing, customizing and getting the most out of the web's most versatile content management system
• Dive into the inner mechanics of WordPress and make the code work the way you want
• Explore the world of plugins, themes and APIs to add extra functionality
• Adopt Multisite capabilities to host and manage your own centralized network of WordPress websites
• Learn how to launch your application on a global scale with localization techniques and marketing tips

Sujets

• Web Programming
• Computers
• Informatique

Informations

• Publié par: SitePoint
• Date de parution: 30 novembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781457191848
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 24 Mo

Extrait

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THE WORDPRESS ANTHOLOGY BYMICK OLINIK& RAENA JACKSON ARMITAGE

GET UNDER THE HOOD OF WORDPRESS!

Summary of Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii 1. Hello World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. WordPress 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3. The Loop and WordPress File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 4. Post Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 5. Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 6. Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 7. Taxonomies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 8. Image Galleries and Featured Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 9. The WordPress API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 10. Multisite: Rolling Your Own Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 11. Going Global with Themes and Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 12. SEO, Marketing, and Goal Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

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Copyright©2011 SitePoint Pty. Ltd.

Product Manager: Simon Mackie Technical Editor: Tom Museth Expert Reviewer: Brad Williams Indexer: Michele Combs Editor: Kelly Steele Cover Designer: Alex Walker

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About Mick Olinik

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Mick Olinik is a web developer and business model expert who’s had the luxury and pleasure of watching the Web grow up over the past 15 years. A partner at Superfast Websites and NinjaDesk Elite Technical Support & Training, Mick is a WordPress expert who specializes in graphic design, WordPress theme skinning, and organic search engine optimization. He’s the goto web development guru for several of the top internet mar keting specialists in the world, and a regular contributor to sitepoint.com. A graduate of Michigan State Uni versity and member of Phi Gamma Delta, Mick spends his time evenly between Asheville, North Carolina and Traverse City, Michigan. Aside from an obsessive passion for the everevolving technologies that bring the Web to your local internet browser or phone, Mick enjoys music, outdoor activities, photography, playing with his dog Lacie, spending time with family, and observing different business models in action. Come and say hi at his personal site at http://www.mickolinik.com, or follow him on Facebook at http://www.fbmick.com.

About Raena Jackson Armitage

Raena Jackson Armitage is a web developer, trainer, and content management geek. In 2010, Raena coauthored SitePoint’sBuild Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes,and has contributed to the SitePoint blogs and newsletters. When she’s not pushing bytes around the Internet, you’ll find her on her bike, watching Australian Rules football, gaming, or tracking down the perfect allday breakfast.

About Brad Williams

Brad Williams is the cofounder of WebDevStudios.com and the coauthor ofProfessional WordPress(2010) andProfessional WordPress Plugin Development(2011), both published by Wiley. Brad has been developing websites for more than 15 years, recently focusing on opensource technologies such as WordPress. He is also one of the organizers of the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup Group and WordCamp Philly. You can find Brad on Twitter at @williamsba and at his blog at http://strangework.com.

About Tom Museth

Tom Museth first fell in love with code while creating scrolling adventure games in BASIC on his Commodore 64, and usability testing them on reluctant family members. He then spent 16 years as a journalist and production editor before deciding web development would be more rewarding. He has a passion for jQuery, PHP, HTML5, and CSS3, is eagerly eyeing the world of mobile dev, and likes to destress via a book, a beach, and a fishing rod.

For Claire, Mom, Dad, and Grandma Jo

To Mike and Leanne

—Mick

—Raena