WordPress 3 Site Blueprints -- Table of Contents -- WordPress 3 Site Blueprints -- 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 -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Project 1: Migrating a Static Website to WordPress -- Preparing for the transition -- Installing WordPress -- Hiding your new WordPress installation -- Two methods for migrating content -- The manual method -- The automatic method -- Partially revealing WordPress -- Turning your current template into a theme -- Inner workings of WordPress -- A WordPress page is the sum of its parts -- Beginning of a theme -- Segmenting the template from your previous site -- Creating the functions file -- Creating the header template -- Creating the index template -- Creating the single template -- Creating the page template -- Creating the sidebar template -- Creating the footer template -- Adding comments templates -- Polishing your newly created WordPress theme -- Adding a screenshot for your theme -- Starting fresh with a new theme -- Free themes -- Premium themes -- Maintaining search engine ranking -- Introducing Redirection -- Setting up and configuring Redirection -- Completing the switch to the new website -- Testing your new website for errors -- W3C validators -- Link checking -- MarkUp Validator -- CSS Validator -- Cross-browser compatibility -- Content inspection -- Submitting a sitemap to the search engines -- Introducing Google XML Sitemaps -- Setting up and configuring Google XML Sitemaps -- Summary -- 2. Project 2: Building a Community Portal -- Integrating WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress -- Checking for mod_rewrite -- Enabling the WordPress Network menu -- Network installation -- Enabling the network.

Setting up and configuring Super Admin -- Sites -- Users -- Options -- Update Network -- Activating the BuddyPress Default theme -- Setting up and configuring BuddyPress -- BuddyPress Settings -- Component Setup -- Profile Field Setup -- Allowing your users to create forums -- Installing and integrating bbPress -- Activating plugins across your portal -- Battling bots and spam -- Modifying .htaccess to stop splog registrations -- Plugins aimed at spam prevention -- Introducing SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam -- Setting up and configuring SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam -- Introducing Slide 2 Comment -- Setting up and configuring Slide 2 Comment -- Introducing Simple Trackback Validation -- Setting up and configuring Simple Trackback Validation -- Staying one step ahead of the spammers -- Preserving the privacy of BuddyPress member profiles -- Introducing BuddyPress Profile Privacy -- Setting up and configuring BuddyPress Profile Privacy -- Giving your community portal a new look -- Customizing the BuddyPress Default -- Installing a BuddyPress-compatible theme -- Free themes -- Premium themes -- Adding BuddyPress support to an existing theme -- Introducing BuddyPress Template Pack -- Setting up and configuring BuddyPress Template Pack -- Removing the BuddyPress is ready message -- Adding navigation links to your site -- Going beyond the basic themes for users -- Testing your installation of BuddyPress and bbPress -- Creating a new account from the frontend -- Adding a new group -- Managing your blog -- Performing additional tests -- Concluding the testing process -- Summary -- 3. Project 3: Building an E-Commerce Website -- Introducing WP e-Commerce -- Setting up and configuring WP e-Commerce -- Sales -- Categories -- Variations -- Marketing -- Settings -- Presentation -- Admin -- Shipping -- Payment Options -- Checkout -- Upgrades.

Gold modules and plugins for additional features and specialized selling -- Gold Cart and Grid Module -- DropShop -- MP3 Audio Player -- Members Only module -- NextGEN Gallery plugins -- Introducing NextGEN Gallery -- Setting up and configuring NextGEN Gallery -- Introducing NextGEN Gallery Buy Now Buttons -- Setting up and configuring NextGEN Gallery Buy Now Buttons -- Adding products to your store -- Manually adding products -- Importing products -- Customizing the appearance of your store -- Integrating WP e-Commerce into an existing theme -- Widgets -- Shortcodes and template tags -- Adding shortcodes -- Adding template tags -- Starting fresh with a WP e-Commerce-friendly theme -- Free themes -- Putting products on the homepage -- Making one or more purchases to test the system -- Summary -- 4. Project 4: Building a Local Classified Ads Website -- Introducing ClassiPress -- Configuring WordPress -- Enabling registrations -- Creating Categories -- Changing your site's permalink structure -- Disabling comments -- Important information before installing ClassiPress -- Setting up and configuring ClassiPress -- Settings -- Pricing -- Ad Packs -- Gateways -- Custom Fields -- Creating a localized Custom Field -- Form Layouts -- Creating a Sitewide Ad Submission Form -- Creating category-specific Ad Submission Forms -- Localizing the Ad Submission Form(s) -- Adding Custom Fields to your form(s) -- Transactions -- Placing an ad or two to test the system -- Activating and configuring the ClassiPress-provided plugins -- Introducing New User Email Setup -- Setting up and configuring New User Email Setup -- Introducing SexyBookmarks -- Setting up and configuring SexyBookmarks -- Introducing User Photo -- Setting up and configuring User Photo -- Introducing WP-Email -- Setting up and configuring WP-Email -- Introducing WP-Print.

Setting up and configuring WP-Print -- Implementing a private messaging system -- Dealing with deleted ads and 404 errors -- Summary -- 5. Project 5: Building a Consumer Review Website -- Introducing WP Review Site -- Installing WP Review Site -- Setting up and configuring WP Review Site -- General Settings -- Rating Categories -- Comparison Tables -- Google Maps -- Adding your first post -- Integrating WP Review Site into an existing theme -- Integrating WP Review Site automatically -- Integrating WP Review Site manually -- Displaying the average ratings -- Displaying a Visit This Site link -- Displaying user submitted ratings -- Adding user submitted ratings to a theme that uses the old WordPress commenting system -- Adding user submitted ratings to a theme that uses the WordPress 2.7+ commenting system -- Collecting ratings from visitors -- Displaying a comparison table -- Displaying positive and negative reviews -- Blending WP Review Site's functions into your theme's design -- Summary -- 6. Project 6: Building a Job Board Website -- Introducing JobPress -- Setting up and configuring JobPress -- Making the sidebar widget-ready -- Adding a job listing to test the system -- Replacing the JobPress logo with your own -- Running JobPress alongside an existing website -- Customizing the appearance of JobPress to match your main site -- Adding seamless navigation between your websites -- Summary -- 7. Project 7: Building a Microblogging Website -- Introducing P2 -- Setting up and configuring P2 -- Adding a login form to the sidebar -- Introducing Sidebar Login -- Setting up and configuring Sidebar Login -- Implementing the Sidebar Login box -- Enabling registrations -- Listing members with a follow-like feature -- Publishing the Members' page -- Making your microblog private -- Introducing Absolute Privacy -- Setting up and configuring Absolute Privacy.

Methods for moderating users -- Moderating users in bulk -- Moderating users one at a time -- Preventing your microblog from being indexed -- Following a particular conversation -- Introducing WP Favorite Posts -- Setting up and configuring WP Favorite Posts -- Implementing the functionality of the WP Favorite Posts plugin -- Changing the Discussion Settings -- Disabling comment notifications -- Removing commenting restrictions -- Summary -- 8. Project 8: Building a Local Business Directory -- Introducing Register Plus -- Setting up and configuring Register Plus -- Inspecting the changes made to the login and registration pages -- Allowing members to include a profile photo -- Introducing User Photo -- Setting up and configuring User Photo -- Adding the company name to the title bar -- Building a customized profile page -- Special considerations when configuring WordPress for use with this project -- Allowing registrations -- Improving the author permalink structure -- Switching to a static home page -- Creating a template for the static home page -- Publishing the static home page -- Preventing duplicate links in the navigation menu -- Introducing Exclude Pages -- Setting up and configuring Exclude Pages -- Removing author from the permalink -- Introducing WP htaccess Control -- Setting up and configuring WP htaccess Control -- Creating a profile and adding a photo -- Displaying your members list -- Introducing Members List -- Setting up and configuring Members List -- Settings -- Configure Mark-Up -- Edit Members -- Building the members' page -- Publishing the members' page -- Editing the search and sort options -- Correcting the Members List compatibility issue -- Summary -- 9. Project 9: Building a Membership Website -- Introducing WishList Member -- Activating WishList Member -- Publishing event-specific pages -- Non-Members page.

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