Aaron Brazell 
WordPress Bible [PDF ebook] 

A complete and thorough guide to the largest self-hostedblogging tool: Word Press Has learning Word Press become a pressing issue for you? If so, then turn to Word Press Bible, a complete resource on everything youneed to know to learn Word Press from beginning to end. You’ll startwith the basics of Word Press, such as the principles of bloggingand social media interaction. Then the pace ramps up to moreintermediate-to-advanced topics including plugins, Word Press Loop, themes and templates, custom fields, caching, security, andmore.Written by a popular Word Press consultant, this comprehensiveguide is timed to publish with the release of the latest version of Word Press, ensuring that you have the most up-to-date informationavailable on the largest and most-used blogging tool in theworld.* Serves as the definitive guide to every aspect of Word Press, the most popular self-hosted blogging tool in the world* Covers everything, from the basics of installation to moreadvanced topics such as plugins and security* Includes coverage of the most recent release of Word Press, keeping you up to date on all its latest features* Addresses themes and templates, Word Press Loop, custom fields, caching, and more* Author is a popular Word Press consultant You’ll be hard-pressed to find another resource as thorough andcomprehensive as Word Press Bible.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of e Book file.

Table of Content

Foreword.Preface.Acknowledgments.Part I: Getting Started with Word Press.Chapter 1: Learning About Word Press.Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring Word Press.Chapter 3: Word Press, SEO, and Social Media Marketing.Part II: Working with Plugins.Chapter 5: Extending Word Press with Plugins.Chapter 6: Widgetizing Word Press.Chapter 7: Understanding the Word Press Database Class.Chapter 8: Dissecting the Loop and WP_Query.Part III: Working with Themes and Template Tags.Chapter 9: Using Free or Premium Themes.Chapter 10: Understanding the Template File Hierarchy.Chapter 11: Adding Java Script and CSS to Themes.Chapter 12: Dissecting the Comment Loop, Template Tags, and Theme Best Practices.Part IV: Creating Content.Chapter 13: Navigating the Content Production Experience.Chapter 14: Using Offline Editors.Part V: Keeping Up with the Joneses: Maintenance and Upgrades.Chapter 15: Performing Automatic Upgrades.Chapter 16: Moving to Word Press and Backing It Up.Chapter 17: Word Press Maintenance and Security.Chapter 18: Caching Strategy to Ensure Word Press Scales.Chapter 19: Understanding Word Press Roles and Capabilities.Part VI: Alternate Uses for Word Press.Chapter 20: Using Word Press for Alternative Blogging.Chapter 21: Word Press as a Content Management System.Part VII: Looking at the Word Press Ecosystem.Chapter 22: Leveraging Word Press MU and Multi-Blog Functionality.Chapter 23: Adding User Forums with bb Press.Chapter 24: Creating Your Own Social Network with Buddy Press.Chapter 25: Using Back Press as a Development Framework.Chapter 26: Word Press.com and the Automattic Products.Chapter 27: Leveraging Automattic Products.Part VIII: Appendixes.Appendix A: Word Press Hook Reference.Appendix B: Template Tags.Appendix C: What About PHP 5?Appendix D: Word Press Hosting.Appendix E: Word Press Vendors and Professional Services.Appendix F: Word Press in Government.Appendix G: Word Press in Major Media.Appendix H: The General Public License.Index.

About the author

Aaron Brazell is a leading Word Press and social mediaconsultant, with clients ranging from enterprise software companiesto small- and medium-sized businesses. He has worked on large-scale Word Press installations from both a technical/scaling perspectiveto complex deliveries involving extreme leveraging of the softwareplugin API. He maintains a large business and technology blog inthe Washington D.C. area, Technosailor.com.Mark Jaquith is one of the lead Word Press core developersand an independent Web services consultant. He has consulted formajor clients through his company, Covered Web Services, and is theauthor of several popular Word Press plugins, including Subscribe to Comments and Page Links To.