《How To Be A Rockstar WordPress Designer》

Written by 标点符 on 2010年05月30日 in 电子书籍

《How To Be A Rockstar WordPress Designer》目录：

Foreword 7
Notes: Example Themes and Files 9
Themes Online 10
Getting Familiar with WordPress 12
Introduction 13
Getting a WordPress Install 15
Main Concepts 18
HTML, CSS & Basic PHP 21
The WordPress Codex 24
Preparing WordPress for Use Checklist 25
Further Resources for Getting Started with WordPress 30
Blog Design 32
How Blog Design is Evolving 33
Usability 36
Making Room for Advertising 39
Converting Visitors into Readers 41
Tips for Public Theme Design 47
Meet Creatif 50
Our Example Set of Designs 51
The Creatif Design Tutorial – Layout in Photoshop 53
The Creatif HTML Tutorial – From PSD to HTML 67
Introduction to Themes 121
Finding and Installing Themes 122
How a Theme Works 124
Template Tags 127
The Loop 129
Files and What They Do 132
The WordPress Default Theme – Kubrick 136
Further Resources on Theming Basics 138
Building a Basic Theme: Creatif Blog 140
Setting up WordPress 141
Setting up the Theme 142
Absolute URLs 144
Bringing your HTML into WordPress 146
Updating <head> for WordPress 147
Image URLs 152
Dynamic Navigation and Adding Pages 153
Creating a Featured Post with WP_Query 154
Showing the Rest of the Posts 160
Building the Sidebar 163
Widgetizing the Sidebar 172
The Footer 176
Splitting the Page Up 178
Creating the Single Post and Single Page 180
Adding Comments 182
Customizing a Search Results Page 193
The Archives 194
Adding a Custom 404 Page 195
Author Pages and Multiple Authors 197
Wrap up of Creatif Blog 199
Tools for Advanced Theming 201
Tools for Advanced Theming 202
If Statements and Conditionals 202
Threaded Comments and WordPress 2.7 210
Custom Fields 215
Adding Theme Options 218
Building a Basic Plugin 221
Page Templates 228
Repurposing WordPress Functionality 232
Building an Advanced Theme: Creatif Portfolio 234
Making a Plan 235
Setting up WordPress 237
Defining Constants 241
Showing Both Portfolio and Blog Items 242
Making Multiple Sidebars 250
Updating the Homepage 253
Creating Listing Pages 256
Tying Loose Ends 262
Wrap Up of Creatif Portfolio 263
Building a Site Theme: Creatif Site 265
Making a Plan 266
Setting up WordPress 267
Setting up the Menu 273
Showing Submenus and Page Titles 275
Creating the News Section 280
The Homepage 283
Wrap up of Creatif Site 287
Innovative Ways to Use WordPress 290
1. WordPress as a Membership Directory 291
2. WordPress as an E-Commerce Store 291
3. WordPress as a Premium Membership Site 292
4. WordPress as a Social Media Feed Aggregator 293
5. WordPress as a Musician/Band Website 294
6. WordPress as a Design Gallery 295
7. WordPress as a Podcasting Site 295
8. WordPress as a Review Site 296
9. WordPress as a Social Network 296
10. WordPress as a Job Board 298
11. WordPress as a Community News Site 298
12. WordPress as a Video Portal 299
13. WordPress as a Mobile Site 300
14. WordPress as a Freebie Aggregator 300
15. WordPress as a Twitter Clone 301
16. WordPress as a Magazine or News Site 301
Even More Ideas on Theming WordPress 302
Afterword 303