WordPress Step by Step Reference
1. Introduction to wordpress
Features :http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Features
2.Install wordpress.
Prerequisites: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
Upgrade : http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress
3.Getting Started with wordpress.
This section let you know how to use wordpress & to understand basic settings. TODO in each section is related with customization part of wordpress.
Settings
General
Reading : Front page displays
Writing
Discussions
Reading
Permalinks
Post:
Create post
Format
Tag
TODO : Post type, Create custom post types
http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts
Pages:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages
Categories:
Create
Use of slug name.
Appearance:
Set new theme
How to use widget
Use of sidebar
TODO : Creating Custom menus, Creating Sidebar & widgets, Creating themes.
Plugins:
Installing plugins
creating plugins
http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins
User :
->add user
-> assign roles.
TODO : creating custom roles
4. WordPress Customization
Theme Creation :
New : http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
Template : http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates
Template Hierarchy : http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
Conditional Tags : http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags
Plugin creation :
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards
http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pluggable_Functions
Widget Creation :
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API
Function Reference
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/.
Here is list of reference pages to learn wordpress. will keep posting on each topic.
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