Building Web Apps with WordPress

Building Web Apps with WordPress

Author: Brian Messenlehner

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1449364802

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WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. As this practical guide clearly demonstrates, you can use WordPress to build web apps of any type—not mere content sites, but full-blown apps for specific tasks. If you have PHP experience with a smattering of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you’ll learn how to use WordPress plugins and themes to develop fast, scalable, and secure web apps, native mobile apps, web services, and even a network of multiple WordPress sites. The authors use examples from their recently released SchoolPress app to explain concepts and techniques throughout the book. All code examples are available on GitHub. Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks Use themes for views, and plugins for backend functionality Get suggestions for choosing WordPress plugins—or build your own Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data Build asynchronous behaviors in your app with jQuery Develop native apps for iOS and Android, using wrappers Incorporate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins Use techniques to speed up and scale your WordPress app


Building Web Apps with WordPress

Building Web Apps with WordPress

Author: Brian Messenlehner

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1449364799

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WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. As this practical guide clearly demonstrates, you can use WordPress to build web apps of any type—not mere content sites, but full-blown apps for specific tasks. If you have PHP experience with a smattering of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you’ll learn how to use WordPress plugins and themes to develop fast, scalable, and secure web apps, native mobile apps, web services, and even a network of multiple WordPress sites. The authors use examples from their recently released SchoolPress app to explain concepts and techniques throughout the book. All code examples are available on GitHub. Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks Use themes for views, and plugins for backend functionality Get suggestions for choosing WordPress plugins—or build your own Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data Build asynchronous behaviors in your app with jQuery Develop native apps for iOS and Android, using wrappers Incorporate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins Use techniques to speed up and scale your WordPress app


WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers

Author: Stephanie Leary

Publisher: Apress

Published: 2013-06-25

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1430258667

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A complete guide for web designers and developers who want to begin building and administering sites with WordPress.


Professional WordPress

Professional WordPress

Author: Hal Stern

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-10-19

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 0470944757

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An 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. What is covered in this book? WordPress as a Content Management System Hosting Options Installing WordPress Files Database Configuration Dashboard Widgets Customizing the Dashboard Creating and Managing Content Categorizing Your Content Working with Media Comments and Discussion Working with Users Managing, Adding, Upgrading, and Using the Theme Editor Working with Widgets Adding and Managing New Plugins Configuring WordPress Exploring the Code Configuring Key Files wp-config.php file Advanced wp-config Options What's in the Core? WordPress Codex and Resources Understanding and customizing the Loop Building A Custom Query Complex Database Operations Dealing With Errors Direct Database Manipulation Building Your Own Taxonomies Plugin Packaging Create a Dashboard Widget Creating a Plugin Example Publish to the Plugin Directory Installing a Theme Creating Your Own Theme How and When to Use Custom Page Templates How to Use Custom Page Templates Pushing Content from WordPress to Other Sites Usability and Usability Testing Getting Your Site Found How Web Standards Get Your Data Discovered Load Balancing Your WordPress Site Securing Your WordPress Site Using WordPress in the Enterprise Is WordPress Right for Your Enterprise? and much more!


Professional WordPress Plugin Development

Professional WordPress Plugin Development

Author: Brad Williams

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-02-17

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 1118075323

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Taking WordPress to the next level with advanced plugin development WordPress is used to create self-hosted blogs and sites, and it's fast becoming the most popular content management system (CMS) on the Web. Now you can extend it for personal, corporate and enterprise use with advanced plugins and this professional development guide. Learn how to create plugins using the WordPress plugin API: utilize hooks, store custom settings, craft translation files, secure your plugins, set custom user roles, integrate widgets, work with JavaScript and AJAX, create custom post types. You'll find a practical, solutions-based approach, lots of helpful examples, and plenty of code you can incorporate! Shows you how to develop advanced plugins for the most popular CMS platform today, WordPress Covers plugin fundamentals, how to create and customize hooks, internationalizing your site with translation files, securing plugins, how to create customer users, and ways to lock down specific areas for use in corporate settings Delves into advanced topics, including creating widgets and metaboxes, debugging, using JavaScript and AJAX, Cron integration, custom post types, short codes, multi site functions, and working with the HTTP API Includes pointers on how to debug, profile and optimize your code, and how to market your custom plugin Learn advanced plugin techniques and extend WordPress into the corporate environment.


WordPress in easy steps, 2nd edition

WordPress in easy steps, 2nd edition

Author: Darryl Bartlett

Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited

Published: 2019-08-12

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1840788917

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WordPress is the most popular CMS (Content Management System) and is a fantastic tool for blogs and building websites. It is used by over 50% of the 100 top world blogs, and there are estimated to be over 75 million WordPress websites. Many bloggers/web developers are turning to WordPress to create great websites. It has the ability for people of a non-technical background to create their own website/blog in easy steps, all the way up to advanced web developers to create stunning professional designs. WordPress in easy steps, 2nd edition shows how to create stunning websites using WordPress, without having to learn programming. For anyone who may not be technically-minded but wants an affordable website for business or for blogging. WordPress in easy steps guides you through: • Setting Up WordPress • Working with the Dashboard • Creating Site Content • Adding Media • Appearance and Themes • Adding Plugins • Comments • Setting up Users and Privileges • Tools and Settings • WordPress Tricks WordPress in easy steps, 2nd edition is for: • Bloggers/Hobbyist web designers, or those looking to design a website who don’t want to learn technical language, or bloggers looking for a great platform to work with. • Web Developers: A lot of professional web design companies are using WordPress to build their websites for clients because it provides a great content management system so that the end user can add their own content once development is complete. • Anybody who has had a WordPress website built for them and wants guidance to help them update their own website. Covers WordPress 5.


WordPress Web Design For Dummies

WordPress Web Design For Dummies

Author: Lisa Sabin-Wilson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-05-12

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1118093828

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Learn how WordPress can help you create a unique, customized Web site Once only a platform for bloggers, WordPress is gaining popularity as a tool for creating individualized Web sites. WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson makes it easy for anyone with a basic knowledge of the WordPress software to create a custom site using complimentary technologies including CSS, HTML, and PHP. This easy-to-follow, full-color guide helps you identify the tools and technologies you need to create the site you envision, build a user-friendly navigation system, select colors and layouts, work with existing WordPress themes, and even develop your own theme to personalize your site. WordPress offers a versatile tool for building customized Web sites; this full-color book walks you through the process, explains the complimentary technologies involved, and shows you how to select colors, fonts, and themes Case studies illustrate the process and the effects that can be achieved Shows how to incorporate WordPress templates, graphic design principles, HTML, CSS, and PHP to build a truly one-of-a-kind Web site If you know how to use WordPress software to create a blog, WordPress Web Design For Dummies will enable you to quickly and easily construct a unique Web site for your business, organization, or personal use.


Don't Make Me Think

Don't Make Me Think

Author: Steve Krug

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2009-08-05

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0321648781

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Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards


WordPress 24-Hour Trainer

WordPress 24-Hour Trainer

Author: George Plumley

Publisher: Wrox

Published: 2009-11-03

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0470599715

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Don't let WordPress intimidate you. WordPress 24-Hour Trainer is a unique lesson-based book that walks you through the essential parts of WordPress. Each lesson is streamlined to teach a specific aspect of WordPress, helping you to focus on just what you need in order to get the task accomplished. If you learn better visually, this book provides you with a video to accompany each lesson. This book is the perfect guide to Planning and preparing your site for WordPress Installing WordPress Writing, tagging, and publishing a post Working with the text editor Styling paragraphs and creating lists Working with media files Linking, aligning, and sizing an image Working with image galleries Adding video and audio Naming, scheduling, and managing posts Making your site stand out Helping others connect to your site Becoming search engine friendly Optimizing your site Backing up your site Installing and activating plugins


Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes

Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes

Author: Allan Cole

Publisher: Sitepoint

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780980455298

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Launch yourself headfirst into WordPress theme development. Get the first theme up and running quickly using one of the world's most popular WordPress frameworks - Thematic. Learn to develop custom widgets, color variants, page templates, and theme option pages.