This document provides an overview of WordPress theme development. It discusses the anatomy of a WordPress theme including common template files like index.php, style.css, and functions.php. It also covers templates, the loop, template tags, custom post types, taxonomies, and debugging techniques. Resources for learning more about WordPress development are provided at the end.

1. CA274 - Web Content Management Systems and Strategy* [email_address]

2. Class website ca274.beekeeperdev.com Google Group – Sign up from the class website Mid-term Next Week (10/19) Week 6 Recap

3. Week 6 Recap Homework

4. Name two competing CMS to WordPress (week 1) What are fives steps for the cms development (week 2) What are the 4 deliverables content analysis (week 2) What are some of the tools you can use to install WordPress locally (week 3) What Is the URL of your local server (week 3) Mid-term review

5. Mid-term review Describe the steps to install WordPress locally (week 3) Where in the dashboard can you change specific settings (week 4) Details on adding/editing posts and pages (week 4) How to install in a plug-in (week 5) How/where do you find plug-ins (week 5) What are some considerations when to take into account when choosing a plug-in (week 5)

6. Mid-term review How many types of hooks does WordPress have? What is difference between them? (week 6) What kind of hook did the hello dolly plugin used? (week 6) How many files do need in theme (week 7)? Where does theme file reside (week 7) ?

7. Install WordPress (10 Minutes) Week 6

8. Intro To WordPress Development

9. Intro to WordPress Theme Development Week 7

10. WordPress Themes What are themes? A way to skin WordPress

11. What’s In A WordPress Theme? WordPress themes are a combination of PHP, CSS, and image files Requirements: HTML CSS Some PHP SQL*

12. Anatomy Of A WordPress Theme

13. THE PROCESS 1. PLAN 2. DESIGN 3. BUILD 4. TEST & CHECK 5. RELEASE 6. SUPPORT

14. Database

15. Database Schema Source: SchemaBank.com

16. File Structure

17. / wp-admin/ wp-content/ plugins/ Each plugin usually has its own directory themes/ Each theme has its own directory uploads/ Created on first upload (default location) wp-includes/ wp-config.php

18. 2004 — themes/ — — your-theme/ — — — index.php — — — style.css

19. 2010 — themes/ — — your-theme/ — — — header.php — — — index.php — — — style.css — — — rtl.css — — — comments.php — — — front-page.php — — — home.php — — — single.php — — — page.php — — — category.php — — — category-1.php — — — category-4.php — — — tag.php — — — taxonomy.php — — — author.php — — — date.php — — — archive.php — — — search.php — — — attachment.php — — — image.php — — — 404.php — — — footer.php

21. Standard Theme Architecture Homepage index.php home.php Single Post single.php Page page.php Category category.php archive.php Tags tag.php Search Results search.php 404 404.php

22. The Stylesheet – style.css The comment headers in the style.css provide meta info to WP are are REQUIRED This stylesheet also controls the layout and design elements of your theme…

23. Theme Structure Index.php includes header.php Includes sidebar.php Includes footer.php

24. The Loop If (havePosts) show post stuff Else nothing here! End if

25. Template Tags the_title() the_permalink() the_content() the_excerpt() And more!

26. Functions.php Contains theme related functions and commonly is used to generate dynamic sidebars

27. Custom Fields Allow attaching meta-data to posts.

28. Custom Post Types Used for: Real Estate Listing Event Calendar Movie Database Issue Management / Ticket System Etc.

29. Custom Post Type Options label singular_label description public – query-able from public? menu_position menu_icon hierarchical query_var capability_type – permissions supports rewrite taxonomies register_meta_box_cb permalink_epmask

30. Custom Post Types – Integration with the loop <?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => my_custom_post_type', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) ); ?> <?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?> <?php the_title( '<h2 class=&quot;entry-title&quot;><a href=&quot;' . get_permalink() . '&quot; title=&quot;' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '&quot; rel=&quot;bookmark&quot;>', '</a></h2>' ); ?> <div class=&quot;entry-content&quot;> <?php the_content(); ?> </div> <?php endwhile; ?>

31. Taxonomies What are taxonomies? register_taxonomy() Shows up in menu system Demo register_taxonomy( 'actor', 'post', array( 'hierarchical' => false, 'label' => __('Actors', 'series'), 'query_var' => 'actor', 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'actors' ) ) );

32. Theme Frameworks

33. Debugging made easy define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true ); Debugging flags added to wp-config.php: define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); define( 'SAVEQUERIES', true ); $wpdb->queries “ All” hook: add_action( 'all', create_function( '', 'var_dump( current_filter() );' ) ); Core Control Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/core-control/ Dump Environment Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dump_env/ Source: http://www.andrewnacin.com/2010/04/23/5-ways-to-debug-wordpress/

34. Resources Smashing Magazine - wp.smashingmagazine.com Planet - planet.wordpress.org WordPress Codex – codex.wordpress.org WordPress Forums – wordpress.org/support All Things WordPress- wordpress.alltop.com Core Development Blog – devel.wordpress.org

35. Sources http://www.slideshare.net/abrudtkuhl/getting-started-with-wordpress-development/ http://www.slideshare.net/davidyeiser/how-to-prepare-a-wordpress-theme-for-public-release/