Professional WordPress Website Design and Development

Professional WordPress Design and Development

Professional WordPress website Design and Development provides in-depth look at the internals of the WordPress system. As the most popular blogging and content management platform available today, WordPress is a powerful tool. This exciting book goes beyond the basics and delves into the heart of the WordPress system, offering overviews of the functional aspects of WordPress as well as plug-in and theme development.

Explore the power and possibilities of WordPress from the inside out.

WordPress is remarkably simple to operate and can be extended and tailored for a wide variety of applications. This guide focuses on the internal structure and flow of the WordPress core code, as well as the data model on which that code operates, so that you can harness the power of WordPress to meet your specific needs. The author team pulls together developer and deployer expertise, as well as knowledge of popular open source plugins, themes, and tools for WordPress, to provide an in-depth guide suitable for all WordPress users, from self-hosted bloggers to enterprise content management system applications.

What is covered in Professional WordPress Design and Development?

• WordPress as a Content Management System
• WordPress Hosting Options
• Installing WordPress Files
• WordPress Database Configuration
• WordPress Dashboard Widgets
• Customizing the WordPress Dashboard
• Creating and Managing WordPress Content
• Categorizing Your WordPress Content
• Working with Media in WordPress
• WordPress Comments and Discussion
• Working with WordPress Users
• Managing, Adding, Upgrading, and Using the WordPress Theme Editor
• Working with WordPress Widgets
• Adding and Managing New WordPress Plugins
• Configuring WordPress
• Exploring the WordPress Code
• Advanced WordPress configuration Options
• What's in the WordPress Core?
• WordPress Codex and Resources
• Understanding and customizing the WordPress Loop
• Dealing With WordPress Errors
• Building Your Own WordPress Taxonomies
• WordPress Plugin Packaging
• Creating a WordPress Dashboard Widget
• Creating a WordPress Plugin Example
• Publish to the Plugin Directory
• Installing a WordPress Theme
• Creating Your Own WordPress Theme
• How and When to Use Custom WordPress Page Templates
• How to Use Custom WordPress Page Templates
• Pushing Content from WordPress to Other Sites
• WordPress Usability and Usability Testing
• Getting Your WordPress Site Found
• Load Balancing Your WordPress Site
• Securing Your WordPress Site
• Using WordPress in the Enterprise
• Is WordPress Right for Your Enterprise?
• and much more!

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