WordPress Bible

Get the latest word on the biggest self-hosted blogging tool on the market Within a week of the announcement of WordPress 3.0, it had been downloaded over a million times. Now you can get on the bandwagon of this popular open-source blogging tool with WordPress Bible, 2nd Edition. Whether you're a casual blogger or programming pro, this comprehensive guide covers the latest version of WordPress, from the basics through advanced application development. If you want to thoroughly learn WordPress, this is the book you need to succeed. Explores the principles of blogging, marketing, and social media interaction Shows you how to install and maintain WordPress Thoroughly covers WordPress basics, then ramps up to advanced topics Guides you through best security practices as both a user and a developer Helps you enhance your blog?s findability in major search engines and create customizable and dynamic themes Author maintains a high-profile blog in the WordPress community, Technosailor.com Tech edited by Mark Jaquith, one of the lead developers of WordPress The WordPress Bible is the only resource you need to learn WordPress from beginning to end.

Get the latest word on the biggest self-hosted blogging tool onthe marketWithin a week of the announcement of WordPress 3.0, it had beendownloaded over a million times. Now you can get on the bandwagonof this popular open-source blogging tool with WordPress Bible, 2ndEdition. Whether you're a casual blogger or programming pro, thiscomprehensive guide covers the latest version of WordPress, fromthe basics through advanced application development. If you want tothoroughly learn WordPress, this is the book you need tosucceed.* Explores the principles of blogging, marketing, and socialmedia interaction* Shows you how to install and maintain WordPress* Thoroughly covers WordPress basics, then ramps up to advancedtopics* Guides you through best security practices as both a user and adeveloper* Helps you enhance your blog?s findability in major searchengines and create customizable and dynamic themes* Author maintains a high-profile blog in the WordPresscommunity, Technosailor.com* Tech edited by Mark Jaquith, one of the lead developers ofWordPressThe WordPress Bible is the only resource you need tolearn WordPress from beginning to end.

Part I: Getting Started with WordPress 1Chapter 1: Learning About WordPress 3Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring WordPress 23Chapter 3: WordPress, SEO, and Social Media Marketing 43Chapter 4: Finding Help in the WordPress Support System 63Part II: Working with Plugins 77Chapter 5: Extending WordPress with Plugins 79Chapter 6: Building Widgets and Navigation Menus 115Chapter 7: Understanding the WordPress Database Class 137Chapter 8: Dissecting the Loop and WP_Query 159Part III: Working with Themes and Template Tags 179Chapter 9: Using Free or Premium Themes 181Chapter 10: Understanding the Template File Hierarchy 195Chapter 11: Adding JavaScript and CSS to Themes 225Chapter 12: Dissecting the Comment Loop, Template Tags, and Theme Best Practices 245Part IV: Creating Content 269Chapter 13: Navigating the Content Production Experience 271Chapter 14: Using Offline Editors 291Part V: Keeping Up with the Joneses: Maintenance and Upgrades 311Chapter 15: Performing Automatic Upgrades 313Chapter 16: Moving to WordPress and Backing It Up 323Chapter 17: WordPress Maintenance and Security 349Chapter 18: Caching Strategy to Ensure WordPress Scales 369Chapter 19: Understanding WordPress Roles and Capabilities 389Part VI: Alternate Uses for WordPress 399Chapter 20: Using WordPress for Alternative Blogging 401Chapter 21: WordPress as a Content Management System 423Part VII: Looking at the WordPress Ecosystem 437Chapter 22: Leveraging WordPress Multisite Functionality 439Chapter 23: Adding User Forums with bbPress 459Chapter 24: Creating Your Own Social Network with BuddyPress 469Chapter 25: Using BackPress as a Development Framework 485Chapter 26: WordPress.com and the Automattic Products 495Chapter 27: Leveraging Automattic Products 513Part VIII: Appendixes 529Appendix A: WordPress Hook Reference 531Appendix B: Template Tags 589Appendix C: WordPress Hosting 643Appendix D: WordPress Vendors and Professional Services 653Appendix E: WordPress in Government 665Appendix F: WordPress in Major Media 675Appendix G: The General Public License 683Index 689