WordPress is now by far the most popular content management system (CMS) with over a quarter of the total websites on the Web running on it. Originally, it was developed as a blogging platform, but it can do much more than that.
If you're like the millions of people who want to use WordPress to sell products, reach an audience, showcase your work, or communicate with a team, among other things, this book is for you. In each chapter, I've used WordPress and shown you how to set up a site that does exactly that.
You don't need to write code to follow the majority of the chapters; all you need is some familiarity with WordPress and adding content to it and the enthusiasm to create a great website.
So what are you waiting for? Here you go for your fantastic website!
Chapter 1, Migrating a Static Site to WordPress, explains how to move an existing site to WordPress and import content from your old site to your new WordPress site.
Chapter 2, Creating a Social Media Site, shows how to use BuddyPress to create a networking site for a community of users.
Chapter 3, Creating a Network of Sites, shows how to create a WordPress Multisite network that will allow users to create their own blog, such as https://wordpress.com/ or http://edublogs.org/.
Chapter 4, Creating an E-commerce Site, explains how to use the free WooCommerce plugin to create an e-commerce site and add real and virtual products to it for sale.
Chapter 5, Creating a Video Streaming Site, shows how to use WordPress to set up and manage a video streaming site, which automatically updates from your own YouTube channel.
Chapter 6, Creating a Review Site, explains how to create a WordPress site that lets users post reviews on products or services.
Chapter 7, Creating a Jobs Board, shows how to use WordPress to create a jobs board so that users can post job advertisements and apply for jobs.
Chapter 8, Creating a Team Communications Site, shows you how to use the free P2 theme to create a site for the members of a team to communicate with the team and update each other on the progress of a project.
Chapter 9, Creating a Gallery Site, explains how to build a WordPress site using a suitable theme and the popular NextGEN Gallery plugin to display images.
Chapter 10, Creating a Membership Site, shows how to create a site that allows users to register as members and view content, which only the registered members have access to.
To use this book, you will need:
One or more development sites (one per chapter) running the latest version of WordPress
Administrator access to your WordPress sites
Access to files in your site via FTP or cPanel
A text editor or code editor
WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints, Second Edition, is suitable for both new and experienced WordPress users. You don't need to be a PHP developer or have ever created a WordPress theme or plugin; instead, the book will help you use themes and plugins (all free) to create a wide range of sites. Familiarity with the WordPress interface will help you, but you don't need to be able to write code.
In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.
Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Sometimes, your wp-content directory will have some extra folders, for example, if a plugin adds one."
A block of code is set as follows:
require ('./wp-blog-header.php')New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Click on the Databases tab."
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