WordPress 3 Cookbook by Shreves, Ric -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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1. The WordPress Cook's Tools

Introduction Managing media files with the Media Library

Getting ready How to do it...

Modifying theme files with the built-in Theme Editor

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Modifying plugin files with the built-in Plugin Editor

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Managing users

Getting ready How to do it... See also

Gaining control over user roles and permissions

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Setting up editorial workflow

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Importing and exporting content

Getting ready How to do it...

Installing and using Jetpack

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Enabling the toolbar for users and administrators

Getting ready How to do it...

2. Installing and Customizing Themes

Introduction Installing a theme

Getting ready How to do it... There's more...

Installing a theme manually

Creating a child theme

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Customizing the styling of your child theme Customizing the functionality of your child theme

Modifying your theme colors

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Modifying your theme fonts

Getting ready How to do it... There's more...

Tips and things to know about fonts Using @font-face

Creating and integrating a favicon

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding a custom logo

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Customizing the login page

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Enabling the plugin's modules

Using conditional tags to control content display

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using multiple page templates

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding functionality with template tags

Using post formats

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

An easy option for styling post formats

Creating a custom 404 error page

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Using a static page as a homepage

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Adding custom styles to your theme

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Making your site mobile device friendly

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

3. Working with Plugins and Widgets

Introduction Installing plugins

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Deleting installed plugins automatically Deleting installed plugins manually

Installing widgets

Getting ready How to do it... See also

Adding widget areas to your themes

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Creating your own widget

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Modifying core widgets

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works...

Displaying tabs on your sidebar

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Using conditional tags to control widget display

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using the widget content filter

See also

Displaying widgets inside of posts and pages

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

4. Customizing Content Display

Introduction Accessing posts within the WordPress loop

Getting ready How to do it How it works... There's more...

Retrieving posts from a specific category

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Getting a specific number of posts

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Retrieving posts by date

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Displaying posts published today

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Displaying posts published exactly one year ago

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Using multiple loops

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Accessing post data outside of the WordPress loop

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using get_post() Using get_post_data()

Accessing permalinks outside the loop

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Displaying thumbnails on your homepage

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Alternating background colors on post lists

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Displaying posts in two columns

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Save time by using WordPress shortcodes

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Enabling the use of shortcodes in widgets

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Adding notes to your posts

Getting ready How to do it... How it works…

Adding tags to your pages

Getting ready How to do it... How it works…

5. Building Interactivity and Community

Introduction Improving navigation with a paginator

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Highlighting searched text in search results

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Integrating a forum into your site

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Skins Moderators User groups

See also

Improving SEO with the SEO Ultimate plugin

Getting ready How to do it... There's more...

Five more tips for a better SEO

Get backlinks Use the proper h tags structure Make sure your blog is XHTML valid Use keywords in your content items

See also

8. Enhancing Usability and Accessibility

Introduction Creating print-friendly pages

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

To style the print link To style the print page

Extending WordPress search

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more

Enhancing navigation with breadcrumbs

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Stopping SPAM

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Optimizing performance with cache management

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using a content delivery network Preloading content

Displaying a login form

Getting ready How to do it… How it works...

Displaying related posts

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating a Featured Posts block

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding a sitemap for your site visitors

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Creating a better tag cloud

Getting ready How to do it...

Adding lightboxes for your photos

Getting ready How to do it... There's more

9. Managing Maintenance and Improving Security

Introduction Creating a manual backup of your database

Getting ready How to do it... There's more... See also

Creating an automatic backup with WP DB Backup

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Restoring a MySQL backup

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Creating backups of your WordPress files

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Removing the WordPress version information from your theme files

How to do it... How it works...

Getting rid of the Administrator account

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Protecting against brute force log in attempts

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Denying access to unneeded hints

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Adding another layer of protection with HTTP authentication

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Restricting access to the wp-admin directory by using the IP address

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Allowing access to more than one IP

See also

Testing your site security

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Reducing SPAM by selectively blocking comment posting

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

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