Smashing WordPress Themes

05/26/2011 · No Responses

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
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From the Back Cover
Making WordPress BeautifulFrom the world’s most popular resource for Web designers and developers comes ultimate guide to WordPress themes. WordPress is so much more than a bogging platform, and Smashing WordPress Themes teaches you how to make it look any way like – from a corporate site, to a photo gallery, to an online magazine, and more.

WordPress expert, Thord Daniel Hedengren, author of Smahsing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, takes you through what really makes themes tick, what you can do with themes, and techniques for getting the best results. Starting with the WordPress Twenty Ten default theme, you’ll learn to work with template tags and create option pages for your themes. Next you’ll explore the child theme concept and create a variety of theme styles – fully customizing the look and feel of your WordPress-powered site.

You will Learn:

The Anatomy of the Default Twenty Ten Theme
Ways to Hack the Default Theme to Modify Features, Graphics, and Colors
How to Work with Theme Frameworks
The Best Way to Use Child Themes
How to Integrate Theme Options
How to Build a Media Theme
How to Build a Newspaper or Magazine Theme
Tips for Building a Semi-Static Corporate Theme
Ways to Integrate Advanced Loop Tricks and Themes

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.con) is one of the world’s most popular Web-design online magazines. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

Table of Contents
PART I: WHAT ARE WORDPRESS THEMES?
Chapter 1. Getting Started with WordPress
Chapter 2. This Is a Theme
Chapter 3. Digging into the Twenty Ten Theme

PART II: HACKING A THEME
Chapter 4. Using Child Themes
Chapter 5. Choosing a Theme

PART III: BUILDING YOUR OWN THEME
Chapter 6. Planning the Theme
Chapter 7. A Semi-Static Theme
Chapter 8. A Media Theme
Chapter 9. A Magazine Theme

PART IV: TAKING THEMES FURTHER
Chapter 10. The BuddyPress Community
Chapter 11. Extending with Plugins