Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog - Softcover

Hedengren, Thord Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118600754 ISBN 13: 9781118600757

Publisher: Wiley, 2014

Synopsis

The ultimate guide to using WordPress to make your life easier

WordPress guru Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond the blog to give you the tools and know-how needed to build just about anything in WordPress. You’ll discover how to use WordPress as a CMS to power fully-fledged websites, photo galleries, forums, eCommerce sites, and much more. You get step-by step instructions on developing model sites from the ground up and how to utilize and build plugins that let you take WordPress to the next level.

You will learn how to:

• Use custom post types and custom taxonomies
• Add and work with custom headers, backgrounds, and more
• Build gorgeous WordPress themes with the latest features
• Create custom login forms and admin themes
• Control content with the loop (and alternatives to the loop)
• Integrate theme options and the theme customizer
• Extend WordPress with widget functionality
• Build WordPress projects for SEO
• Integrate WordPress with the social web
• Create helpful navigation using the navigation menu
• Use conditional control elements
• Get started with your own responsive themes

Updated and revised to cover the changes to WordPress 3.8, Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 4 Edition, is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of WordPress.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118600754
• ISBN 13: 9781118600757
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 368