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Thord Daniel Hedengren (Author)
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Publication Date: 13 May 2011 | ISBN-10: 1119995965 | ISBN-13: 978-1119995968 | Edition: 2nd Edition
Smashing WordPress shows you how to utilize the power of the WordPress platform, and provides a creative spark to help you build WordPress-powered sites that go beyond the obvious. The second edition of Smashing WordPress has been updated for WordPress 3.1+, which includes internal, custom post types, the admin bar, and lots of other useful new features. You will learn the core concepts used to post types, the admin bar, and lots of other useful new features. You will learn the core concepts used to build just about anything in WordPress, resulting in fast deployments and greater design flexibility.

Inside, WordPress expert Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond d the blog and shows you how WordPress can serve as a CMS, a photo gallery, and e-commerce site, and more. This edition includes new and upgraded examples of cool WordPress usage.

You will learn how to:
• Build Beautiful WordPress Themes, including Child Themes
• Create Custom Login Forms and Admin Themes
• Use the Loop to Control Content
• Build Plugins, including Widget Functionality
• Use Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies
• Use Post Formats
• Integrate WordPress with the Social Web
• Use Conditional Control Elements
• Integrate Theme Options
• Build Your WordPress Projects for SEO Thord Daniel Hedengren is a professional web designer and developer who has created numerous WordPress themes, developed plugins, and put WordPress to good use powering both blogs and big editorial sites.

He is the former editor of the Blog Herald, a popular website for bloggers and WordPress users. Smashing Magazine (smashingmgazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular Web-design online magazine. True to the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (13 May 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1119995965
  • ISBN-13: 978-1119995968
  • Product Dimensions: 18.9 x 1.9 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
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Smashing WordPress shows you how to utilize the power of the WordPress platform, and provides a creative spark to help you build WordPress–powered sites that go beyond the obvious. The second edition of Smashing WordPress has been updated for WordPress 3.1+, which includes internal, custom post types, the admin bar, and lots of other useful new features. You will learn the core concepts used to post types, the admin bar, and lots of other useful new features. You will learn the core concepts used to build just about anything in WordPress, resulting in fast deployments and greater design flexibility. Inside, WordPress expert Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond d the blog and shows you how WordPress can serve as a CMS, a photo gallery, and e–commerce site, and more. This edition includes new and upgraded examples of cool WordPress usage. You Will Learn How To: Build Beautiful WordPress Themes, including Child Themes Create Custom Login Forms and Admin Themes Use the Loop to Control Content Build Plugins, including Widget Functionality Use Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies Use Post Formats Integrate WordPress with the Social Web Use Conditional Control Elements Integrate Theme Options Build Your WordPress Projects for SEO Thord Daniel Hedengren is a professional web designer and developer who has created numerous WordPress themes, developed plugins, and put WordPress to good use powering both blogs and big editorial sites. He is the former editor of the Blog Herald, a popular website for bloggers and WordPress users. Vistit www.wiley.com/go/smashingwordpress2e to download the code examples. Smashing Magazine (smashingmgazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular Web–design online magazine. True to the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers. 
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The missing manual... Crystal clear and comprehensive! 2 April 2010
By R. WEST-SOLEY TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This is a really comprehensive resource for all aspects of Wordpress customisation, with extensive information on advanced template development, and LOTS of explanation on how the various page elements work. There are countless PHP examples given which you can use straight away in your site, although if you're not au fait with PHP, the author provides plenty of explanatory notes to go along with them. The sections on producing widgets and plugins is particularly clear and thorough.

You can really go into this completely 'cold' in terms of Wordpress development - there are some fantastic chapters on the basic under-the-hood workings of Wordpress, particularly 'The Loop'. It's definitely the most accessible introduction / explanation of this that I've come across, and it's really helped me to 'get' Wordpress.

What's nice is that it's not written with a purely technical focus, but there are also some nice chapters on real world uses of Wordpress - pushing it beyond the blog, and using it, amongst other things, as a fully-fledged Content Management System. The book is chock-full of ideas for squeezing the most out of your installation.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Really useful and well written 25 Mar 2010
By E. Chittenden VINE™ VOICE
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This book is helping me craft a website for someone, it's been a really valuable resource. Clearly written and not patronising. It's packed full of features that make it very easy to create the site you want from Word Press.

Given that a lot of hosting companies will install WP for you for free, saving you the hassle, or the knowledge if you don't have it, being able to customise your install is the next step on the ladder. With so many impressive templates out there, it's always nice to be able to create something yourself, without the reliance on other people. This book gives you the toolbox to be able to make a start on that.

As the author points out, it's useful to have some knowledge of CSS, HTML and PHP before you start. I wouldn't say this book is for the absolute beginner, but it's very helpful if you know a bit of code, but don't know how to turn it into the skills you really need to build a WP site. Well done. Miles better than the SAMS teach yourself in 24 hours books.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Falls between two stools 15 Dec 2010
By Andy
Format:Paperback
I found myself frustrated and disappointed by this book. However, I've rated it 'OK' with 3 stars because it has enough information for me to know how to do basics, what is possible and where to look next, so it has been useful.

However, it suffers from a number of problems, I think because the author isn't focussed on the target readership.

1) On the one hand it is technical and only for web developers, yet it is not technical enough if you are a web developer (which I am).

2) The author has a frustrating tendency to hint that something could be done and then fail to say how. Examples are incomplete - for example in one section he says that you can pull in a welcome message entered in the admin page, but then doesn't say how to create the text field to type this into.

3) Far too much American false exuberance (yes, OK the author is American). Apparantly I'm going to use this book to make fantastic websites! How does he know? I might pulp it and make second-rate blotting paper.

4) It doesn't really work as a developer's guide. It seems more aimed at theme designers (which is what he is) who then want to sell their themes to other web developers, thus one stage removed from what I'm interested in, so the end user almost disappears. I suspect the author is too close to the material to see it from a newcomers perspective.

5) It is no good as a reference text. I can't find things very easily. So far I haven't found the majority of things I wanted to know to solve problems with a design I'm working on.

As I say, despite this criticism, it has got me started and I appreciate that.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Smashing wordpress buy this
It does everything it says on the back. Easy to understand. Probably the best all round wordpress book, on the market. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Matthew
2.0 out of 5 stars Badly put together, no support for examples in the book
As an intermediate php programmer and an experienced html/ css coder i thought this book would be ideal for me to start learning word press.

How wrong was I... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars This is the Worst Book Ever Bought
All I can say is choose another book - The examples are badly explained, the pace of the book is confusing - Considering its for users that do not understand Wordpress it certainly... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Simon Nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars If WordPress is your bag, this ticks all the boxes
Smashing Wordpress beyond the blog 2nd Ed - purchased July 2011

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Published 22 months ago by MarkMcG1
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Price, Easy to read and understand
Not having used wordpress but having done a bit of PHP and web site development I thought I would not need a book! I was wrong. Read more
Published on 25 April 2011 by Mr Stuggy
1.0 out of 5 stars Not so good
The contents of the book made me think this would be a great book, but the PHP code in the book is not explained, therefore a complete understanding of object orientated PHP is... Read more
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