About the Author
Ric Shreves is one of the founding partners of water&stone, an interactive agency that specialises in open source web content management systems. He has been building CMS websites for over 10 years, and during that time, he has been involved in projects for a number of global brands, including BASF, BearingPoint, Colgate-Palmolive, Tesco Lotus, CBRichard Ellis, Mercy Corps, and many others. He has published a number of books on open source in general and on open source content management systems in particular. Past work includes books on Mambo, Drupal, Joomla!, and Ubuntu. This is his first book on the WordPress CMS.
Ric lives in Bali with his wife and business partner, Nalisa.
I would like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to work on this WordPress title. With the advent of WordPress 3, the system has come into its own as a CMS and I am proud to be able to do something to help users get the most out of the system.
I would also like to thank my partner, Nalisa, for her patience and support during the writing of this text.
About the Reviewer
Shameer C is a software engineer and database administrator from Kerala, India. He started his career as a web developer after completing B-tech in computer science. He has experience in various programming languages such as PHP, Javascript, HTML5, Ruby, and so on. On the database side he mainly uses MySQL. He has contributed to Aura PHP, which is an enterprise-level php 5.3 framework and customized Toto, a flat file blogging engine in ruby. Occasionally he writes articles on his blog at http://shameerc.com. You can reach him at twitter @shameerc
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Shameer is currently working for Qburst Technologies, a company with expertise in both mobile and web application development on various platforms.
I would like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me an opportunity to work on their project, and all my family members, friends, especially Hari K T, for inspiring and encouraging me throughout my career.
John Eckman has more than a decade of experience in designing and building web applications for organizations ranging from small non-profit organizations to Fortune 500 enterprises. Currently a Digital Strategist with ISITE Design, he often works with clients to develop and execute complex web applications, but not exclusively with open source platforms.
John received a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University, a Masters in Information Systems from Northeastern University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle. He is an active contributor to a number of open source communities, a founding organizer of WordCamp Boston 2010 and 2011, and the lead developer of the WPBook plugin for WordPress. He blogs at www.openparenthesis.org and tweets as @jeckman
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I'd like to thank the broader WordPress community users and developers without whom none of this would be possible.
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Preface
WordPress 3 Cookbook will help you get the most from version 3 of the popular WordPress CMS. The book is focused on showing how to achieve the most commonly desired system modifications and customizations, with an emphasis on enhancing themes and content presentation. Other chapters look at the practicalities of owning a WordPress site, including SEO, advertising, online sales, and site maintenance.
What this book covers
, The WordPress Cook's Tools , explains the basic tools and options that are built into the default WordPress CMS and discusses simple enhancements that can extend the base functionality.
, Installing and Customizing Themes , covers how to install and customize themes for your WordPress site. The chapter covers important concepts such as creating child themes and how to use conditional tags to control theme output.
, Working with Plugins and Widgets , dives into the WordPress CMS plugin system. The contents cover how to install new plugins, as well as how to customize plugins and widgets.
, Customizing Content Display , deals with issues related to WordPress themes. The chapter includes both the basics of how to modify your existing theme, and more advanced theming topics that give you the ability to customize any WordPress theme.