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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints Second Edition

Table of Contents

WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints Second Edition

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Migrating a Static Site to WordPress

WordPress versus static sites – the differences

Understanding how WordPress stores content

WordPress files

Theme and plugin files and uploads

Database

Installing WordPress

Installing WordPress using an installer

Installing WordPress manually

Downloading the WordPress files

Creating a database on your server using phpMyAdmin

Uploading WordPress to your server

Activating the WordPress installation script

The WordPress Dashboard and administration screens

Keeping your old site live while setting WordPress up

Installing a theme

Introducing the WordPress theme repository

Choosing a theme

Customizing your theme using the theme customizer

Customizing your theme via the Themes options screens

Customizing colors

Customizing fonts

Adjusting your site's settings

Adding content to your site

Types of content in WordPress

Importing content with the importer tool

Importing content manually

Copying text from your old site

Copying code from your old site

Creating new pages and posts

Uploading images and media

Adding images to your posts and pages

Adding PDF files to your posts and pages

Setting up navigation menus and widgets

Creating the main navigation menu

Adding widgets

Installing plugins

Making your WordPress site live

Summary

2. Creating a Social Media Site

Introducing BuddyPress

Uses of BuddyPress

BuddyPress components

Designing your social media site

Installing BuddyPress

Configuring the BuddyPress settings

Activating components

Configuring pages

Adding BuddyPress pages to your navigation menu

Configuring home page settings

General settings

Installing a theme

Choosing a theme designed for BuddyPress

Assigning our menu as the theme's primary menu

Customizing the theme

Using BuddyPress with an existing theme

Adding widgets

Widgets provided by BuddyPress

Adding widgets to the site

Adding a site-wide notice

Testing your site

Adding test data

Testing the BuddyPress pages

Removing the test data

Managing your BuddyPress site

Summary

3. Creating a Network of Sites

Introducing WordPress Multisite

Uses for Multisite

Installing Multisite

Multisite structure – subdomain or subdirectory

Activating Multisite

Managing your network

Configuring network settings

Creating sites

Installing themes

Installing plugins

Allowing signups

Preventing splogs

Adding payment for registration

Installing and activating the paid memberships pro plugins

Configuring Memberships

Creating a PayPal account

Configuring PayPal on your site

Creating pages for membership and registration

Managing your network

Managing sites

The Info screen

The Users screen

The Themes screen

The Settings screen

Keeping your network up to date

Managing users

Summary

4. Creating an E-commerce Site

Planning your e-commerce site

Planning product and department structure

Planning payment methods

Planning shipping rates

Making your store secure with SSL

Buying an SSL certificate

Adding SSL to your WordPress installation

Installing WooCommerce and the Storefront theme

Installing WooCommerce

Installing the Storefront theme

Customizing the Storefront theme

Adding store pages to your site's navigation

Adding widgets to the store theme

Configuring WooCommerce settings

Configuring the general settings

Configuring the product settings

Configuring the tax settings

Configuring the checkout settings

Configuring the shipping settings

Configuring the account settings

Configuring the e-mail settings

Adding products to your store

Adding physical products

Adding virtual products

Adding downloadable products

Updating the navigation

Managing your store

Managing orders

Summary

5. Creating a Video Streaming Site

Planning your video streaming site

Streaming from YouTube or uploading videos directly?

Understanding copyright considerations

Creating a YouTube channel and uploading videos

Creating your YouTube channel

Uploading videos

Installing and configuring the YouTube plugin

Installing the Automatic YouTube Video Posts plugin

Configuring the plugin settings

Adding a YouTube channel or playlist

Creating a category for a playlist

Adding your channel or playlist to the plugin

Installing and configuring a suitable theme

Installing the theme

Creating a navigation menu

Adding a text widget to the sidebar

Managing and updating your videos

Summary

6. Creating a Review Site

Planning your review site

Creating the site and installing a theme

Installing the WP Customer Reviews plugin

Configuring the plugin's settings

Configuring the discussion settings

Viewing reviews

Creating posts for our review site

Creating the posts

Enabling reviews for posts

Submitting reviews

Moderating and publishing reviews

Adding maps to our review site

Installing the CP Google Maps plugin

Configuring the CP Google Maps plugin

Adding maps to posts

Tidying up the site – adding widgets

Summary

7. Creating a Jobs Board

Planning your jobs board

Installing and configuring the WP Job Manager plugin

Installing the WP Job Manager plugin

Configuring the WP Job Manager plugin

Adding pages

Configuring Job Listings

Configuring Job Submission

Configuring pages

Creating Job Categories

Defining the front page

Installing and configuring a theme

Installing the Vantage theme

Configuring Theme Settings

Creating a menu

Configuring widgets

Adding Job Listings

Adding a job via the admin screens

Adding a job via the website

Moderating and approving Job Listings

Managing Job Listings

Marking jobs as filled

Editing jobs

Searching and applying for jobs

Managing users

Summary

8. Creating a Team Communications Site

Installing and configuring the P2 theme

Installing the theme

Configuring the P2 options

Adding widgets

Adding users to your site

Adding users

Listing users in the sidebar

Configuring privacy and discussions

Hiding the site from search engines

Configuring Discussion Settings

Notifying post authors of comments

Limiting access to your site

Adding posts and comments to the site

Summary

9. Creating a Gallery Site

Installing a theme

Installing the NextGEN Gallery plugin

Adding galleries

Creating posts to display galleries

Adding a gallery to a post

Adding a featured image from your gallery

Editing images

Rotating images

Cropping thumbnails

Creating an album

Creating the album using the NextGEN Gallery plugin

Displaying an album in a page

Adding a menu and widgets

Adding a menu

Adding widgets

Summary

10. Creating a Membership Site

Designing and planning your membership site

Installing the Paid Memberships Pro plugin

Configuring membership settings

Setting up membership levels

Creating pages for membership management

Configuring Payment Settings

Configuring Email Settings

Configuring Advanced Settings

Configuring Reading Settings

Adding a menu and widgets to the site

Creating a navigation menu

Adding widgets

Adding content to your site

Assigning membership levels to posts

Registering and accessing content

The registration screen

Logging in to the site

Summary

Index