Smashing WordPress

03/18/2011 · No Responses

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. 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

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovating information to web designers and developers.

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 Theme Essentials
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