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Getting Started with WordPress Development by John Hawkins @VegasGeek JohnHawkinsUnrated.com Friday, August 27, 2010

$about[‘presentation’] • Tools • Hooks • Code • Resources Friday, August 27, 2010

Tools Friday, August 27, 2010

Develop Locally • Windows: XAMPP http://h.awkins.com/xampp • Mac: MAMP http://h.awkins.com/mamp Friday, August 27, 2010

Use an IDE • Syntax highlighting • Error checking • Auto-complete functions • Try NetBeans h.awkins.com/wiki-ide h.awkins.com/netbeans-conﬁg Friday, August 27, 2010

Hooks Friday, August 27, 2010

What’s a Hook? • Speciﬁc points in the WordPress code used to interact with WordPress • Two types of hooks; Actions and Filters • 1300+ hooks in WordPress 3.0 List of hooks: http://h.awins.com/wp-hooks Friday, August 27, 2010

Action Hooks • Tell WordPress to perform a function at a speciﬁc point Friday, August 27, 2010

Filter Hooks • Passes data to your function • Your function can modify the data and send it back to WordPress Friday, August 27, 2010

Code Friday, August 27, 2010

What will it do? • Create a shortcode • Display info for an upcoming event in a page or post • Create an admin panel to update event info Friday, August 27, 2010

The Plugins Folder • Single ﬁles go directly in the plugin folder • Multiple ﬁles go in their own folder • WordPress only looks one folder deep Friday, August 27, 2010

Plugin Header Friday, August 27, 2010

The Function Friday, August 27, 2010

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Add a Settings Page Friday, August 27, 2010

The Settings Form Friday, August 27, 2010

Options Page Friday, August 27, 2010

Use the Option Values Friday, August 27, 2010

Resources Friday, August 27, 2010

Resources • http://codex.wordpress.org • http://h.awkins.com/wc-utah Friday, August 27, 2010

Thank You! I am: John Hawkins I email: john@vegasgeek.com I tweet: @VegasGeek I blog: JohnHawkinsUnrated.com I work: 9seeds.com Friday, August 27, 2010

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