So you’ve wrapped your mind around the process of creating WordPress themes, and now you want to take things to the next level? In that case, it’s time to begin learning how to create plugins for WordPress. In this Tuts+ Premium course, we start fr…
In this in depth Premium video tutorial, I’ll teach you how to use custom post types, taxonomies, and meta boxes to extend your WordPress application into CMS-like territory.
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WordPress, as a content management system, is often used for creating portfolio websites. With the evolution of user interface design and functionalities, a new trend has emerged: displaying portfolio items in different layouts. This tutorial details the process of creating a dedicated portfolio section in WordPress’ backend, and using jQuery and CSS3 to display the [...]
Object-oriented code, among other things, can help organize and add reusability to your code. In this tutorial, I will teach you the basics of writing a WordPress plugin using object oriented techniques. We’ll be using Dribbble’s API as an example for this tutorial. Ready? What We’re Going to Learn: Benefits of using OOP for WordPress [...]
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For the last decade, hosting a large scale web application has been a daunting task, reserved only for experts. Not anymore; when Amazon opened its server architecture, everything changed. Computer hardware moved to the cloud, and became available to any and all developers. In this tutorial, we will install WordPress in the cloud. Introduction Most [...]
Just because you didn’t get to go to that awesome conference doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! Each week, we feature one recommended web development lecture on Nettuts+. This talk, presented by Envato’s very own developer extraordinaire, Ryan Allen, will detail some of the potential pitfalls and solutions when maintaining massive WordPress [...]
With the release of WordPress 3.0, two great ways to better organize and display content were introduced: post types and taxonomies. These two advances improve WordPress’ role as an all-around content management system, and they continue to prove that WP is not just a blog platform. When 3.1 releases with post formats, it will be [...]
As of WordPress 2.7, we can now assign “sticky posts.” This feature affords us the ability to “pin” postings to the top of our blog. But, how can we specifically target these sorts of postings from within our stylesheet? Notice the pretty ribbon that’s attached to this particular posting? That’s thanks to stickied posts! Adjust [...]
One of the primary reasons why WordPress is the most popular CMS platform available is the sheer level of customizability that it brings to the table. Today, we’ll review the process of integrating one of those popular features, shortcodes, in the most user friendly way possible, into our theme. A Visual Crash-Course in Shortcodes Subscribe [...]
In the web world, a FAQ page is created specifically for the viewers/customers, and contains general questions and their respective answers about a particular product or service. This tutorial details the process of creating a dedicated FAQ section in the WordPress backend with custom post types, as well as how to spice up the actual [...]
