WordPress 2.8 Themes Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- WordPress 2.8 Themes Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. WordPress Theme Basics -- Introduction -- Finding documentation on WordPress.org -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Downloading themes from the WordPress theme repository -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Try search -- Tag filter -- Downloading themes from third-party websites -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Installing and activating a theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying the blog name -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Blog info available -- Retrieving information without displaying it -- Getting the absolute directory path of the active theme -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a theme from scratch -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Recognized WordPress files -- Organizing a theme -- See also -- Creating a child theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Maintaining default styling -- See also -- Creating a theme by using a theme framework -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Adding expected WordPress hooks -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Including PHP files from your theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 2. Creating Navigation -- Introduction -- Listing all of the pages that exist on a blog -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Passing parameters.

Listing all of the categories defined for a blog -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Passing parameters -- Listing all of the tags in use on a blog -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Passing parameters -- Highlighting the current page in the navigation -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a search function to a theme -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getting the category page link from a category name -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying page links only if the destination page exists -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a category drop-down menu -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating drop-downs using child pages -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 3. The Loop -- Introduction -- Creating a basic Loop -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying ads after every third post -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Removing posts in a particular category -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Removing posts with a particular tag -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Highlighting sticky posts -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating multiple loops in a single template -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Displaying only posts in a particular category -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Styling every other post differently -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Styling posts in a particular category differently -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Showing every post in a category on a category archive page -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 4. Template Tags -- Introduction -- Displaying the post title -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also.

Automatically limiting the number of words of content -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Determining if the user is on a specific page -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Determining if the user is viewing a post in a particular category -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying the post date for each post -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Highlighting search terms in post content -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying login/logout links -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding navigation through older/newer posts -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying an edit link for posts -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying custom field content -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying a post author's avatar -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 5. Comments -- Introduction -- Displaying a comment form on a post -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Displaying comments on a post -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Separating comments and trackbacks -- Changing the Avatar size -- Available parameters -- Displaying the latest comments on your blog -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getting only certain comment types -- Getting only comments for a particular post -- Available parameters -- Highlighting the post author's comments -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Alternating the style for comments -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Displaying threaded comments properly -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 6. Sidebars -- Introduction -- Using the Text widget for custom sidebar content -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Including a dynamic sidebar in your theme -- Getting ready.

How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Finding inspiring sidebars for your theme design -- Including multiple dynamic sidebars in your theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Sidebar parameters -- Default content -- Setting the default widgets for a sidebar in your theme -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Widget IDs -- Positioning multiple sidebars in your theme by using CSS -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Position: absolute versus float -- Doing more with design and layout -- Styling the appearance of sidebars in your theme by using CSS -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- There's more… -- Design and Layouts: The WordPress codex -- Sandbox: The theme for maximum appearance options -- Displaying different widgets on different pages by using the Widget Logic plugin and conditional tags -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getting more out of conditional tags -- Specific sidebars for custom theme pages -- Showing asides in the sidebar by using the Miniposts plugin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Creating custom asides -- Adding an interactive Facebook-style wall to a sidebar by using jQuery -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Doing more with WP Wall -- 7. Custom Page Templates -- Introduction -- Creating a simple page template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating an archives page template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Listing archive links -- Listing Categories -- See also -- Creating a taxonomy navigation template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also.

Displaying author avatars and descriptions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating a table of contents page template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Showing your pictures from Flickr -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Displaying a special template for a specific category -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 8. Integrating Media -- Introduction -- Aligning images properly within a post -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Styling image galleries -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Styling image captions -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating a media template -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating a media template for a specific media type -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Using file and image attachments in WordPress -- See also -- Displaying a related image for every post -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Using Viper's Regenerate Thumbnails plug-in -- Creating video posts by using the Viper's Video QuickTags plug-in -- Getting started -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Adapting your site for mobile content viewing by using the WPtouch theme -- 9. Showing Author Information -- Introduction -- Getting author data via an author's ID -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- Dynamically displaying the author's name and linked e-mail address -- Getting started -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Dive deeper into data -- Listing all of the published authors on a site -- Getting started -- How to do it...

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