Book description
One of the most popular open source blogging and content management systems, Wordpress lets you create a website to promote yourself or your business quickly and easily—and better yet, it's free. WordPress is a flexible, user-friendly system, and it can be extended with a variety of themes and plugins.
Beginning WordPress 3 is a complete guide for the beginning developer who wants to start using WordPress. You'll learn how to publish and manage online content, add media, create widgets and plugins, and much more.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- About the Author
- About The Technical Reviewer
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1: About WordPress
- CHAPTER 2: Installing and Upgrading
- CHAPTER 3: Dashboard and Settings
- CHAPTER 4: Working with Content
- CHAPTER 5: Importing Content
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CHAPTER 6: Creating a Basic Theme
- Using Widgets
- Using Menus
- Using Header and Background Images
- Turning HTML into a Theme
- Template Tags
- Theme Files
- Theme File Hierarchy
- Listing Comments
- Including Additional Files
- Styling Content
- Changing Appearance Based on Context
- Creating Navigation Menus
- Theme Functions
- Child Themes
- Troubleshooting Themes
- Summary
- CHAPTER 7: Creating an Advanced Theme
- CHAPTER 8: Creating Widgets
- CHAPTER 9: Creating Plugins
- CHAPTER 10: Users and Roles
- CHAPTER 11: Performance and Security
- CHAPTER 12: Custom Content Types, Taxonomies, and Fields
- CHAPTER 13: Setting up the Network
- APPENDIX A: Plugin Index
- APPENDIX B: Theme Functions
- APPENDIX C: Plugin Recipes
- Index
Product information
- Title: Beginning WordPress 3
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2010
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781430228950
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