WordPress 2.7 Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- WordPress 2.7 Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code for the book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Ready to Cook with WordPress -- Managing media files with the Media Library -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Live editing themes with the built-in Theme Editor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Editing plugins with the WordPress built-in Plugin Editor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Managing authors and users with the User Manager -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Importing and exporting content with the Import and Export tool -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 2. Finding and Installing Themes -- Installing a theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Classic themes -- Agregado theme -- Leopress theme -- Rio theme -- WP Imagination theme -- WP CODA theme -- Outdoorsy -- Advanced themes -- Mimbo 2 -- OpenBook -- Brightness -- Rebel Magazine -- Revolution 2 -- Arthemia -- Premium themes -- Mimbo Pro -- WP Vybe -- Open Air -- Citrus theme -- Fresh News -- Lists of themes -- WordPress.org theme gallery -- 100 excellent WordPress themes -- Premium WordPress themes gallery -- Free magazine style WordPress theme gallery -- Best WP theme -- WPVote WordPress themes -- ThemeLab free themes -- Important notes about themes -- Important factors to consider -- Magazine versus blog themes -- Questions you must ask yourself before choosing a magazine theme -- 3. Get the most out ofyour WordPress 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 -- Creating and integrating a favicon -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Integrating your own logo -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a link to the homepage -- Adding social bookmarking buttons to your theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using CSS to style the social bookmarking widget -- Adding Del.icio.us live count -- Code explanation -- Integrating Feedburner feeds on your theme -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Integrating Twitter on your theme using the Twitter Tools plugin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying your Twitter entries on your blog using a page template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Customizing WordPress admin login page -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using conditional tags to display content on specific pages -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using page templates in your theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating an archive page -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a custom 404 error page -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using a static page as a homepage -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a Featured Posts block on your homepage -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Making your new posts stands out with a custom style -- Getting ready -- How to do it...

How it works... -- There's more... -- 4. Doing anything withPlugins and Widgets -- Installing plugins -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Getting rid of comment spams with Akismet -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Backing up your database with WP Database Backup -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Scheduling automatic backups -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Optimizing your blog performances with WP Super Cache -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Prevent URLs from being cached -- Adding redirects for changed Permalinks -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using redirects for affiliate marketing and cloaking -- Getting more comments with the Subscribe to Comments plugin -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Accessing real time statistics with WordPress.com Stats -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Monetizing your blog with ISIS Ads Management -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Extending WordPress search with Search Unleashed -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Installing widgets -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Installing downloaded widgets -- Making your sidebar widget-ready -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating two (or more) different widget-ready zones -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Modifying core widgets -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating your own widget -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Complete widget code -- 5. Displaying Posts -- Getting posts within the WordPress loop.

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Retrieving posts from a particular category only -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Getting an exact 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... -- Getting posts published today -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Getting posts published exactly a year ago -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using two different loops withoutduplicate posts -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Accessing post data outside of the WordPress loop -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Accessing permalinks outside the loop -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the post global variable -- Displaying any RSS feed on your blog -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying thumbnails on your blog homepage -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Defining a default image -- Alternating background color on post list -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying posts in two columns -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Saving time by using WordPress shortcodes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a nice download message box using a shortcode -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 6. Managing and Enhancing Multi-Author Blogs -- Creating an author page template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying a custom login form in your blog's sidebar -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Adding a control panel to your blog's sidebar.

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a login form and a control panel -- Configuring author roles -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Controlling what authors can do -- User roles and their capabilities -- Controlling what users can see in your theme -- Displaying author-related information on posts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying author picture on posts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying the author's gravatar picture on posts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Adding moderation buttons to the comments -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Getting notified when a new draft is saved -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Allowing multiple authors on posts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying a list of all of the authors -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Controlling the wp_list_authors() function -- 7. Securing yourWordPress Blog -- Creating manual backups of your WordPress blog -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 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... -- Using a shell script to create automatic files and database backups -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Securing your plugins directory -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Removing a WordPress version from the theme files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Getting rid of the Administrator account -- Getting ready -- How to do it...

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