Digging into WordPress v3

Written by WordPress veterans Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr,
Digging into WordPress is 400+ jam-packed pages of everything you need
to get the most out of WordPress. WordPress is great right out of the
box, but unless you want an ordinary vanilla blog, it is essential to
understand the full potential of WordPress and have the right tools to
get the job done.

In clear, easy-to-read language, Digging into WordPress shows you how
to tap WordPress’ potential and take your site to the next level. From
setup and configuration and customization to syndication, security and
optimization, Digging into WordPress gives you everything you need to maximize the success of your site.

Written with the perfect balance of theory, explanation and code, each chapter focuses on teaching you how to improve your site using many
different techniques, tips, and tricks. Each technique is fully
self-contained, providing complete instructions and clear explanations
to make implementation a breeze.

Along the way, as you learn about how to maximize, optimize and
streamline your site, you’ll also get scores of bonus information in the
form of “pop-out” boxes and side notes. These popouts and asides
provide you with further context, insider information, and many more
awesome techniques to improve your WordPress-powered site.

What You’ll Get

Here’s what you’ll get with Digging into WordPress:

• Solid, in-depth understanding of site configuration, theme
  customization, performance optimization, SEO, WordPress security, and
  much more
• Clear, easy-to-read language that shows you how to do it yourself and do it right the first time
• The perfect balance of theory, explanation, techniques, and the code to make it happen
• Tons of supplemental and bonus information containing hints, secrets, and tips and tricks
• An beautifully designed book presented in landscape format for easy reading
• Plenty of vivid graphics to help explain abstract concepts
• Many actual code snippets ready for easy step-by-step, copy-&-paste usage
• A vast collection of useful sites and resources hand-picked from around the Web
• A linked Table of Contents for easy access, and hyperlinked URLs throughout the book
• A lifetime subscription to all future updates to the book
• A discount on the printed-format version of the book
• Fanatical customer support
• And much more!

Digging into WordPress is perfect for WordPress users in the beginner
to intermediate range, but contains plenty of great information for the
advanced user as well. If you have any level of experience working with
web design or WordPress, this book is written to help you take
WordPress to the next level.

What You’ll Need

Here’s what you’ll need to get the most out of Digging into WordPress:

• A desire to get the most out of WordPress and run the best possible site
• Basic knowledge of how to setup and work with dynamic websites
• Basic knowledge of CSS and HTML. Some familiarity with PHP is helpful, but not required
• And of course $27 for the PDF (includes free lifetime updates)

Awesome Techniques

Here are some of the awesome techniques that you will learn from Digging into WordPress:

• Setup multiple loops the right way
• Setup page-specific menu styles
• Create the perfect sidebar (and multiple sidebars)
• Import and display Twitter, Delicious, and more
• Create, customize, and use child themes
• Implement multiple themes for your visitors
• Widgetize your sidebar and virtually anything else
• Learn the inside tips for choosing the best plugins
• Create your own custom theme functions
• Maximize WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS)
• Configure and optimize your WordPress feeds
• Setup and distribute your feeds with Feedburner
• Add feed images, style your feeds, and add custom content
• Customize and optimize the WordPress Comments Area
• Learn about custom comment loops, threaded comments, and more
• Learn the best ways to defend against spam
• Optimize your site for the search engines
• Control duplicate content and optimize your permalinks
• How to track your site’s statistics to measure success
• Secure WordPress, your files, database, and content
• How to monitor and fix errors
• Optimize the performance of your site
• ..and much, much more!

Plus hundreds more tips, tricks and techniques sprinkled throughout the book. As you learn the hows, whens, and whys of maximizing WordPress, you get many super-cool techniques and tons of great inside information along the way.