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David Damstra is the Manager of Web Services for CU*Answers, a credit union service organization, where he manages a team of developers to create web sites and web applications for the financial industry.
Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios.com. He is also a co-host on the SitePoint Podcast and an advisor on SitePoint Forums.
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INTRODUCTION xxv
CHAPTER 1: FIRST POST 1
What Is WordPress? 1
Content and Conversation 5
Getting Started 7
Finishing Up 16
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 19
The Dashboard 19
Creating and Managing Content 22
Categorizing Your Content 26
Working with Media 28
Comments and Discussion 31
Working with Users 33
Extending WordPress 35
Content Tools 39
Configuring WordPress 41
CHAPTER 3: CODE OVERVIEW 49
Downloading 49
Exploring the Code 50
Configuring Key Files 51
WP-Content User Playground 61
CHAPTER 4: TOUR OF THE CORE 65
What’s in the Core? 65
Using the Core as a Reference 66
WordPress Codex and Resources 72
Don’t Hack Core! 76
CHAPTER 5: THE LOOP 79
Understanding the Loop 80
Putting the Loop in Context 81
Flow of the Loop 81
Template Tags 84
Customizing the Loop 86
Global Variables 95
Working Outside the Loop 98
CHAPTER 6: DATA MANAGEMENT 103
Database Schema 103
Table Details 105
Direct Database Manipulation 111
WordPress Taxonomy 114
Building Your Own Taxonomies 116
CHAPTER 7: PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT 121
Plugin Packaging 121
Know Your Hooks: Actions and Filters 127
Plugin Settings 132
WordPress Integration 143
Plugin Security 157
Creating a Plugin Example 160
Publish to the Plugin Directory 175
CHAPTER 8: THEME DEVELOPMENT 183
Why Use a Theme? 183
Installing a Theme 184
What Is a Theme? 185
Creating Your Own Theme 187
Creating Your Own Theme: Getting Started 189
Creating Your Own Theme: DRY 193
Creating Your Own Theme: Content Display 197
Creating Your Own Theme: Additional Files 208
Custom Page Templates 216
Theme Hierarchy and Child Themes 219
Premium Themes and Other Theme Frameworks 224
CHAPTER 9: CONTENT AGGREGATION 229
What is a Lifestream? 229
Getting Noticed 230
Social Media Buttons 231
Simple Social Networking Badges 232
Collecting External Content 233
Pushing Content from WordPress to Other Sites 240
Advertising 242
Privacy and History 247
CHAPTER 10: CRAFTING A USER EXPERIENCE 249
User Experience Principles 249
Usability and Usability Testing 256
Structuring Your Information 257
Getting Your Site Found 259
How Web Standards Get Your Data Discovered 264
Searching Your Own Site 269
Mobile Access 271
CHAPTER 11: STATISTICS, SCALABILITY, SECURITY, AND SPAM 273
Statistics Counters 273
Cache Management 278
Load Balancing Your WordPress Site 284
Dealing With Spam 286
Securing Your WordPress Site 288
Using WordPress Roles 294
CHAPTER 12: WORDPRESS AS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 299
Defining Content Management 299
Workflow and Delegation 301
Content Organization 303
Interactivity Features 312
Other Content Management Systems 313
CHAPTER 13: WORDPRESS IN THE ENTERPRISE 317
Is WordPress Right for Your Enterprise? 317
When WordPress Isn’t Right for You 319
Scalability 319
Integration with Enterprise Identity Management 324
Content Integration via Feeds 326
CHAPTER 14: MIGRATING TO WORDPRESS 329
Planning a Migration 330
Content Identification 332
Media Migration 344
Moving Metadata 345
Moving Authors and Users 345
Theme and Presentation 346
Unique Functionality 346
Cleaning Up 346
Launching 349
CHAPTER 15: WORDPRESS DEVELOPER COMMUNITY 351
Contributing to WordPress 351
Sister Projects 357
Resources 358
INDEX 365
