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WordPress Web Application Development

WordPress Web Application Development

By : Ratnayake
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WordPress Web Application Development

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Overview of this book

Developing WordPress-powered websites is one of the standout trends in the modern web development world. The flexibility and power of the built-in features offered by WordPress has made developers turn their attentions to the possibility of using it as a web development framework. This book will act as a comprehensive resource for building web applications with this amazing framework. "WordPress Web Application Development" is a comprehensive guide focused on incorporating the existing features of WordPress into typical web development. This book is structured towards building a complete web application from scratch. With this book, you will build an application with a modularized structure supported by the latest trending technologies. "Wordpress Web Application Development" provides a comprehensive, practical, and example-based approach for pushing the limits of WordPress for web applications beyond your imagination. This book begins by exploring the role of existing WordPress components and discussing the reasons for choosing WordPress for web application development. As we proceed, more focus will be put into adapting WordPress features into web applications with the help of an informal use-case-based model for discussing the most prominent built-in features. While striving for web development with WordPress, you will also learn about the integration of popular client-side technologies such as Backbone, Underscore, and jQuery, and server-side technologies and techniques such as template engines, RSS feeds, Open Auth integration, and more. After reading this book, you will possess the ability to develop powerful web applications rapidly within limited time frames with the crucial advantage of benefitting low-budget and time-critical projects.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. WordPress As a Web Application Framework
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1. WordPress As a Web Application Framework
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WordPress as a CMS
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WordPress as a web development framework
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Simplifying development with built-in modules
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Identifying the components of WordPress
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A development plan for a portfolio management application
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Understanding limitations and sticking with guidelines
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Building a question-answer interface
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Summary
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2. Implementing Membership Roles, Permissions, and Features
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2. Implementing Membership Roles, Permissions, and Features
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Introduction to user management
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Getting started on user roles
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Understanding user capabilities
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Registering application users
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Implementing the frontend registration
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Creating a login on the frontend
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Time to practice
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Summary
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3. Planning and Customizing the Core Database
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3. Planning and Customizing the Core Database
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Understanding the WordPress database
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Exploring the role of existing tables
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Adapting existing tables into web applications
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Extending a database with custom tables
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Planning the portfolio application tables
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Querying the database
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Limitations and considerations
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Summary
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4. The Building Blocks of Web Applications
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4. The Building Blocks of Web Applications
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Introduction to custom content types
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Planning custom post types for the application
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Implementing custom post types for a portfolio application
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What is a template engine?
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Persisting custom field data
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Introduction to custom post type relationships
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Pods framework for custom content types
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Time to practice
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Summary
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5. Developing Pluggable Modules
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5. Developing Pluggable Modules
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A brief introduction to WordPress plugins
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WordPress plugins for web development
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Time to practice
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Summary
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6. Customizing the Dashboard for Powerful Backends
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6. Customizing the Dashboard for Powerful Backends
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Understanding the admin dashboard
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Customizing the admin toolbar
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Customizing the main navigation menu
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Adding features with custom pages
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Using feature-packed admin list tables
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An awesome visual presentation for the admin dashboard
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The responsive nature of the admin dashboard
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Time for action
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Summary
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7. Adjusting Themes for Amazing Frontends
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7. Adjusting Themes for Amazing Frontends
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Introduction to a WordPress application's frontend
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Template execution process of web application frameworks
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Web application layout creation techniques
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Building a portfolio application's home page
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Widgetizing application layouts
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Creating a custom template loader
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Designing the home page template
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Generating an application's frontend menu
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Creating pluggable and extendable templates
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Extending the home page template with action hooks
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Planning action hooks for layouts
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Time for action
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Summary
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8. Enhancing the Power of Open Source Libraries and Plugins
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8. Enhancing the Power of Open Source Libraries and Plugins
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Why choose open source libraries?
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Open source libraries inside the WordPress core
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Open source JavaScript libraries in the WordPress core
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Using PHPMailer for custom e-mail sending
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Implementing user authentication with Opauth
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Using third-party libraries and plugins
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Time for action
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9. Listening to Third-party Applications
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9. Listening to Third-party Applications
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Introduction to APIs
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WordPress XML-RPC API for web applications
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Building the API client
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Creating a custom API
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Integrating API user authentication
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Integrating API access tokens
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Providing the API documentation
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Time for action
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Summary
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10. Integrating and Finalizing the Portfolio Management Application
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10. Integrating and Finalizing the Portfolio Management Application
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Integrating and structuring a portfolio application
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Restructuring the custom post manager
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Integrating a template loader into the user manager
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Working with a restructured application
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Updating a user profile with additional fields
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Scheduling subscriber notifications
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Lesser-known WordPress features
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Time for action
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Final thoughts
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Summary
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A. Configurations, Tools, and Resources
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Configure and set up WordPress
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Open source libraries and plugins
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Online resources and tutorials
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Index
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Index

Chapter 1. WordPress As a Web Application Framework

In recent years, WordPress has matured from being the most popular blogging tool to the most popular content management system. Thousands of developers around the world are making a living from WordPress design and development. As more and more people become interested in using WordPress, there are discussions and arguments for exploring the possibilities of using this amazing framework for web application development.

The future seems bright as WordPress has already got dozens of built-in modules, which can be easily adapted to web application development using some slight modifications. Since you are already reading this book, you are probably someone who is really excited to see how WordPress fits into web application development. Throughout this book, we are going to learn how we can inject the best practices of web development into the WordPress framework to build web applications in a rapid process.

Basically, this book will be important for developers from two different perspectives. On one hand, WordPress developers of beginner level to intermediate level can get the knowledge of cutting edge web development technologies and techniques to build complex applications. On the other hand, web development experts who are already familiar with popular PHP frameworks can learn WordPress for rapid application development. So let's get started!

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following topics:

  • WordPress as a CMS
  • WordPress as a web development framework
  • Simplifying development with built-in modules
  • Identifying the components of WordPress
  • A development plan for a portfolio management application
  • Understanding limitations and sticking to guidelines
  • Building a question-answer interface

In order to work through this book, you should be familiar with WordPress themes, plugins, and its overall process. Developers who are experienced in PHP frameworks can work with this book while using the reference sources to learn WordPress. By the end of this chapter, you will have the ability to make the decision on choosing WordPress for web development.

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