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This article lists topics for week seven of Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060).

October 15 - No classes! (Education MN Days)

• Chapter Fourteen (WordPress: The Missing Manual)

In the News

• Ask Slashdot: Where Can I Find "Nuts and Bolts" Info On Cookies & Tracking Mechanisms?

See also HTTP cookie.

WordPress theme development

Theme development refers to the creation of custom Wordpress themes.

• Theme development
• Developer Resources
• Site Design and Layout
• Anatomy of a WordPress theme
• WordPress Coding Standards
• CSS Coding Standards
• Know Your Sources

Templates

• Stepping into Templates
• Template files list

Template hierarchy

• Template hierarchy

Template tags

• Templates Tags

Conditional tags

• Conditional tags

File header

• File header

The Loop

"The Loop" is a concept in WordPress.

Use the Loop to display multiple data records. For example, if your Home page displays the most recent blog posts, the Loop "loops through" each data record in turn.

Whatever HTML and PHP appears inside the Loop will be processed multiple times: one time for each item processed by the Loop/

• The Loop in Action

Category templates

• Category Templates

Untrusted data

• Untrusted data

Exercises

• Week Seven Exercises (MGDP2060)

Reading for next week

• Adding new types of posts (510)
• Creating custom category pages (519)

See also

• WordPress functions.php
• WordPress plugin
• Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)