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1 online resource (v unnumbered pages, 211 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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From technologies to solutions
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From technologies to solutions.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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"From technologies to solutions."--Cover. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
WordPress Theme Design; WordPress Theme Design; Credits; About the Author; 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; Questions; 1. Getting Started as a WordPress Theme Designer; WordPress Perks; Does a WordPress Site Have to Be a Blog?; Pick a Theme or Design Your Own?; Drawbacks to Using a Pre-Made Theme; This Book's Approach; Things You'll Need to Know; WordPress; CSS; XHTML; PHP; Not Necessary, but Helpful; Tools of the Trade; HTML Editor. |
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Graphic EditorFirefox; We'll Be Developing for Firefox First, then IE; Summary; 2. Theme Design and Approach; Things to Consider; Types of Blogs; Plug-ins and Widgets; Getting Ready to Design; We Have a Problem; It Gets Worse; The Solution -- Rapid Design Comping; Let's Get Started; Sketch It; Consider Usability; Start with the Structure; The DOCTYPE; The Main Body; Attach the Basic StyleSheet; Basic Semantic XHTML Structure; Adding-Text Typography; Start with the Text; Font Choices; Cascading Fonts; Font Sizing; Paragraphs; Default Links; The Layout; ; Navigation. |
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More Navigation-WordPress Specific Styles (OK, Style)Color Schemes; Two-Minute Color Schemes; Color Schemes with Photoshop; Adding Color to Your CSS; Create the Graphical Elements; Relax and Have Fun Designing; Slice and Export; Summary; 3. Coding It Up; Got WordPress?; Understanding the WordPress Theme; Your WordPress Work Flow; Let's Build Our Theme; Tabula Rasa; Including WordPress Content; The Loop; The Sidebar; Breaking It Up-Separating Your Theme Into Template Files; The Home Page; Internal Pages; Static Pages; ; Quick Recap; Fun with Other Page Layouts; Don't Forget About Your 404 Page. |
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Describing Your ThemeLicensing?; Create a ReadMe.txt File; Zip It Up; No Way to Zip?; One Last Test; Get Some FeedBack and Track It; Summary; 6. WordPress Reference; Class Styles Generated by WordPress; Using the Template Selector Feature; Template Hierarchy; New Template Tag in 2.5; Great Template Tags for Tags from 2.3; Adding Tag Display to Your Theme; General Template Tags-the Least You Need to Know; Include Tags; Custom Includes-Streamline Your Theme; The Loop Functions; WordPress Core Functions; Summary; 7. Dynamic Menus and Interactive Elements; DYI or Plug-ins?; Dynamic Menus? |
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4. Debugging and Validaton; Don't Forget About Those Other Browsers and Platforms; Introduction to Debugging; Troubleshooting Basics; Why Validate?; PHP Template Tags; CSS Quick Fixes; Advanced Troubleshooting; Fixing CSS Across Browsers; Box Model Issues; Everything Is Relative; To Hack or Not to Hack; Out-of-the-Box-Model Thinking; The Road to Validation; Advanced Validation; Firefox's JavaScript/Error Console; The Web Developer's Toolbar; FireBug; Extra Credit; What About the New Safari Mobile Browser?; Summary; 5. Your Theme in Action; A Picture's Worth; Theme Packaging Basics. |
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A complete guide to creating professional WordPress themes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
WordPress (Electronic resource)
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WordPress (Electronic resource) |
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WordPress (Electronic resource) |
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WordPress (Electronic resource) |
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Blogs.
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Blogs. |
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Electronic journals.
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Electronic journals. |
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Web sites -- Design.
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Web sites -- Design. |
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Blogs -- Design.
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Design. |
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Blogs -- Management.
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Management. |
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Electronic books.
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Blogs. |
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Print version: Silver, Tessa Blakeley. WordPress theme design. Birmingham, UK : Packt, ©2008 9781847193094 1847193099 (OCoLC)234261444 |
| ISBN |
9781847193100 (electronic book) |
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1847193102 (electronic book) |
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9781847193094 |
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1847193099 |
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