Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes
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Index
Symbols
- 404 pages
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- about, (The 404 Page)
- templates, (404 Page)
- __() function, (Registering a Widget-ready Area)
A
- action hooks, (Hooks and Filters)
- add-ons, social media add-ons, (Social Media Add-ons)
- admin panels, adding, (Adding an Admin Panel)
- Adobe Photoshop, (Theme Design 101)
- advertising blocks, (Advertising Blocks)
- APIs, widgets API, (Introducing the Widgets API)
- archive templates, (The Archive, Author, Category, and Tag Page Templates)
- asides, defined, (Understanding Widgets and Widget-ready Areas)
- attachment pages templates, (Attachments)
- audience, planning, (Planning for the Audience)
- author archives pages templates, (Author Archives)
- author bios, showing on posts, (Showing an Author Bio on a Post)
- author templates, (The Archive, Author, Category, and Tag Page Templates)
B
- bios, showing on posts, (Showing an Author Bio on a Post)
- blocks, advertising blocks, (Advertising Blocks)
- blog themes, (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
- blogroll, defined, (Media and Links)
- branding, (Branding)
- browsers
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- mobile browsing, (Mobile Browsing)
- testing, (Browser Testing)
- business site themes, (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
- buttons, social media, (Adding a Social Media Button to Your Posts)
C
- carousels, (Feature Sliders)
- Carrington framework, (Carrington)
- Cascading Style Sheets (see CSS)
- categories
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- about, (Categories and Tags)
- templates, (The Archive, Author, Category, and Tag Page Templates), (Category Archives)
- child themes
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- about, (Child Themes: The Smart Way to Build on a Framework)
- frameworks, (Child Themes: The Smart Way to Build on a Framework), (Building a Simple Child Theme)
- templates, (The Template Hierarchy and Child Themes), (Pimping Your Child Theme)
- color
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- about, (Color)
- multiple color schemes, (Multiple Color Schemes)
- style sheets, (Adding the Style Sheets)
- themes, (Adding Color Variants)
- comments
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- about, (Comments), (Comments)
- using, (Comments, Comments, Comments!)
- composition, (Layout and Composition)
- configuration, options, (Custom Configuration Options)
- constants, STYLESHEETPATH and TEMPLATEPATH, (Including Files)
- constructor functions, (Creating the Widget)
- content
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- defined, (What is a Theme?)
- designing based on versus supporting, (Avoiding Feature Bloat)
- dummy content, (Preparing Your Canvas)
- highlighting with header, (The Header)
- planning, (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
- content rotators, (Feature Sliders)
- convenience factor, selling themes, (Convenience)
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
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- child themes, (Looking Stylish)
- frameworks, (How do I choose a great framework?), (Looking Stylish)
- using options in themes, (Altering CSS)
- custom fields, (Custom Fields)
- custom fonts, selling themes, (Custom Fonts)
- custom page templates, (Custom Page Templates), (Custom Page Templates)
- customization, designing for, (The Principles of WordPress Theme Design)
D
- date-based archives pages templates, (Date-based Archives)
- deleting widget-ready areas, (Removing Widget-ready Areas)
- design
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- based on content versus supporting content, (Avoiding Feature Bloat)
- customization, (The Principles of WordPress Theme Design)
- simplicity in selling themes, (Keep It Simple, Student)
- usability, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
- developer licenses, (How will the theme be used?)
- displaying widget-ready areas, (Displaying a Widget-ready Area)
- documentation
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- about, (Documentation)
- frameworks and, (How do I choose a great framework?)
- dual licensing, selling themes, (Dual Licensing)
- dummy content, (Preparing Your Canvas)
- dynamic leaderboards, (Feature Sliders)
E
- elements, HTML, (Standard Styling for HTML Elements)
- excerpts, posts with, (Posts with Excerpts)
F
- favicons, adding, (Adding a Favicon)
- feature boxes, (Feature Sliders)
- feature sliders, (Feature Sliders)
- features
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- planning and feature bloat, (Avoiding Feature Bloat)
- selling themes, (What Makes a Theme Sell?)
- fields, custom fields, (Custom Fields)
- files
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- including, (Including Files)
- organizing custom functions into, (A Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place)
- template files, (How Templates Work)
- Thematic framework, (Ditching That Sidebar)
- types of, (Theme Frameworks)
- filter hooks, (Hooks and Filters)
- filters
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- about, (Hooks and Filters)
- Thematic framework, (Widget Markup)
- fixed versus fluid widths, (Fixed or Fluid)
- Font Squirrel, (Custom Fonts)
- fonts
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- selling themes, (Custom Fonts)
- typography, (Typography)
- footers
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- about, (The Footer)
- modifying, (Modifying the Footer)
- form functions, (Creating the Widget)
- forms
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- comment forms, (Comments)
- options forms, (The Options Form), (The Options Form)
- sidebars and, (Sidebars and Widgets)
- frameworks, (Theme Frameworks)
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- child themes, (Child Themes: The Smart Way to Build on a Framework), (Building a Simple Child Theme)
- choosing, (How do I choose a great framework?)
- CSS, (Looking Stylish)
- freebies, (Freebies)
- paid frameworks, (Paid Frameworks)
- free software, (Understanding the GPL)
- freebies
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- frameworks, (Freebies)
- selling themes, (Freebies)
- front pages, (The Home Page)
- functions
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- __() function, (Registering a Widget-ready Area)
- constructor functions, (Creating the Widget)
- form functions, (Creating the Widget)
- organizing custom functions, (A Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place)
- PHP and WordPress functions, (Including Files)
- register_sidebar function, (Registering a Widget-ready Area)
- remove_action function, (Hooks and Filters)
- remove_filter function, (Hooks and Filters)
- update functions, (Creating the Widget)
- widgets API, (Introducing the Widgets API)
- wp_enqueue_style function, (Adding the Style Sheets)
- wp_list_pages function, (Modifying the Footer)
G
- Genesis framework, (Genesis)
- golden ratio, (The Golden Ratio)
- GPL (General Public License)
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- dual licensing, (Dual Licensing)
- selling themes, (Understanding the GPL)
- Thematic framework, (Looking Stylish)
H
- headers, (The Header)
- hierarchy
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- planning, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
- templates, (Quick-and-dirty Template Hierarchy Reference)
- typography, (Hierarchy)
- history, WordPress, (Introducing WordPress)
- home pages
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- magazine-style, (Building a Magazine-style Home Page)
- templates, (The Anatomy of a WordPress Theme), (Home Page)
- hooks
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- about, (Hooks and Filters)
- example, (Putting It All Together)
- HTML elements, standard styling, (Standard Styling for HTML Elements)
- HTML test pages, (Standard Styling for HTML Elements)
- Hybrid framework, (Hybrid)
I
- image sliders
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- about, (Feature Sliders)
- selling themes, (Image Sliders)
- image-centric themes, (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
- images, lightboxes, (Lightboxes)
- including files, (Including Files)
L
- layout, (Layout and Composition)
- letter spacing, typography, (Line Length, Letter Spacing, and Line Height)
- libraries, WordPress theme library, (Theme Research)
- licensing
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- selling themes, (Dual Licensing)
- with own marketplace, (Licensing)
- lightboxes, (Lightboxes)
- line breaks, (Creating Your Child Theme)
- line height, typography, (Line Length, Letter Spacing, and Line Height)
- line length, typography, (Line Length, Letter Spacing, and Line Height)
- links, (Media and Links)
- localization, (Registering a Widget-ready Area)
- logic, defined, (What is a Theme?)
- logos, designing, (Branding)
- loops
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- about, (The Loop), (The Loop)
- posts with excerpts, (Building The Loop)
M
- magazine style home pages, (Building a Magazine-style Home Page)
- marketplaces
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- own, (Your Own Marketplace)
- testing, (Choosing an Existing, Reputable Marketplace)
- markup, (Looking Stylish)
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- (see also CSS)
- using options in themes, (Altering Markup)
- widgets, (Widget Markup)
- media, (Media and Links)
- menus
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- about, (Menus)
- cusotmizable, (Customizable Menus)
- mission statements, (Branding)
- Mobify, (Mobile Browsing)
- mobile browsing, selling themes, (Mobile Browsing)
- Mullenweg, Matt, on the need for WordPress, (A Brief History of WordPress)
N
- naming conventions, (A Case of Mistaken Identities)
- navigation
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- about, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
- navigation menus, (The Navigation Menu)
- Nettuts+, (Planning for the Audience)
- New York Times’ website, typography, (Hierarchy)
- Notify me of follow-up comments plugin, (Comments)
O
- OOP (object oriented programming), (Adding Custom Widgets)
- options, (Theme Options)
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- configuration, (Custom Configuration Options)
- option panels, (Creating an Options Panel)
- options forms, (The Options Form), (The Options Form)
- in themes, (Using Options in Your Theme)
- organization
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- about, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
- planning, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
P
- pages
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- 404 pages, (The 404 Page)
- about, (Pages and Posts)
- archive, author, category and tag page templates, (The Archive, Author, Category, and Tag Page Templates)
- custom page templates, (Custom Page Templates), (Custom Page Templates)
- front pages, (The Home Page)
- home pages, (Home Page), (Building a Magazine-style Home Page)
- HTML test page, (Standard Styling for HTML Elements)
- search results page, (The Search Results Page)
- single post template, (The Single Post Template)
- standard page template, (The Standard Page Template)
- pagination, (Pagination)
- paid frameworks, (Paid Frameworks)
- panels
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- admin panels, (Adding an Admin Panel)
- options panels, (Creating an Options Panel)
- Photoshop, (Theme Design 101)
- PHP
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- OOP, (Adding Custom Widgets)
- and WordPress functions, (Including Files)
- planning, (Planning Your Theme), (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
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- (see also pages; posts)
- audience, (Planning for the Audience)
- content, (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
- defining success, (Defining Success)
- features, (Avoiding Feature Bloat)
- organization and hierarchy, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
- publishers, (Planning for Publishers)
- research, (Doing Your Research)
- sitemaps and wireframes, (The Theme Sitemap and Wireframe)
- structure and hierarchy of WordPress sites, (What do you start with?)
- plugins
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- comments, (Comments)
- frameworks and, (How do I choose a great framework?)
- researching, (Plugin Research)
- social media, (Social Media Add-ons)
- versus widgets, (Adding Custom Widgets)
- posts
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- about, (Pages and Posts)
- adding social media buttons, (Adding a Social Media Button to Your Posts)
- author bios, (Showing an Author Bio on a Post)
- with excerpts, (Posts with Excerpts)
- presentation, defined, (What is a Theme?)
- prettyPhoto 3.0 plugin, (Lightboxes)
- primary asides
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- defined, (Thematic’s Widget-ready Areas)
- Thematic framework, (Widget Markup)
- Psdtuts+, (Planning for the Audience)
- publishers, planning, (Planning for Publishers)
R
- register_sidebar function, (Registering a Widget-ready Area)
- registering widget-ready areas, (Registering a Widget-ready Area)
- remove_action function, (Hooks and Filters)
- remove_filter function, (Hooks and Filters)
- removing widget-ready areas, (Removing Widget-ready Areas)
- research, (Doing Your Research)
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- plugins, (Plugin Research)
- scripts, (Script Research)
- themes, (Theme Research)
S
- screencasts, (Video Tutorials)
- Screenr, (Video Tutorials)
- scripts, researching, (Script Research)
- search engine optimization (see SEO)
- search pages templates, (Search Pages)
- search results pages, (The Search Results Page)
- secondary asides, defined, (Thematic’s Widget-ready Areas)
- selling themes, (Selling Your Theme)
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- community education, (Educating the Community)
- convenience factor, (Convenience)
- documentation, (Documentation)
- dual licensing, (Dual Licensing)
- features, (What Makes a Theme Sell?)
- GPL, (Understanding the GPL)
- problem-solving benefits, (Pull In the Reins and Solve Problems)
- sales avenues, (Three Avenues for Selling Your Themes)
- simplicity of design, (Keep It Simple, Student)
- support, (Support)
- technologies, (Embracing the Latest Technologies)
- testing themes, (Test, Test, Test)
- video tutorials, (Video Tutorials)
- SEO (search engine optimization)
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- frameworks and, (How do I choose a great framework?)
- Thesis framework, (Thesis)
- shortcodes, (Shortcodes)
- sidebars
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- about, (Sidebars and Widgets)
- magazine style home pages, (Ditching That Sidebar)
- single pages templates, (Single Pages)
- single post templates, (The Single Post Template), (Single Posts)
- single-usage licenses, (How will the theme be used?)
- sitemaps, planning, (The Theme Sitemap and Wireframe)
- skins, Thesis skins, (Thesis)
- social media
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- add-ons, (Social Media Add-ons)
- adding buttons to posts, (Adding a Social Media Button to Your Posts)
- spacing, letters, (Line Length, Letter Spacing, and Line Height)
- standard page template, (The Standard Page Template)
- style sheets, (Looking Stylish)
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- (see also CSS)
- color, (Adding the Style Sheets)
- Thematic framework, (Ditching That Sidebar)
- STYLESHEETPATH constant, (Including Files)
- styling, HTML elements, (Standard Styling for HTML Elements)
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- (see also CSS)
- subpages and sub-subpages, navigation, (The Navigation Menu)
- success, defining, (Defining Success)
- support
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- about, (Support)
- frameworks and, (How do I choose a great framework?)
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- tag archives pages templates, (Tag Archives)
- tag page templates, (The Archive, Author, Category, and Tag Page Templates)
- taglines, (Branding)
- tags, (Categories and Tags)
- taxonomy archives pages templates, (Taxonomy Archives)
- TEMPLATEPATH constant, (Including Files)
- templates, (How Templates Work)
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- archive, author, category and tag page templates, (The Archive, Author, Category, and Tag Page Templates)
- child themes, (The Template Hierarchy and Child Themes), (Pimping Your Child Theme)
- custom page templates, (Custom Page Templates)
- example, (Putting It All Together)
- hierarchy, (Quick-and-dirty Template Hierarchy Reference)
- home page templates, (The Anatomy of a WordPress Theme), (Home Page)
- page templates, (Custom Page Templates)
- single post template, (The Single Post Template)
- standard page template, (The Standard Page Template)
- Thematic framework, (Thematic’s Templates), (Ditching That Sidebar)
- wireframes, (The Wireframe)
- testing
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- HTML test page, (Standard Styling for HTML Elements)
- plugins, (Plugin Testing)
- themes, (Test, Test, Test)
- The Loop, (The Loop), (The Loop), (Building The Loop)
- Thematic framework, (Looking Stylish)
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- about, (Thematic)
- files, (Ditching That Sidebar)
- filters, (Widget Markup)
- hooks, (Thematic’s Hooks)
- page templates, (Custom Page Templates)
- primary aside, (Widget Markup)
- style sheets, (Ditching That Sidebar)
- templates, (Thematic’s Templates), (Ditching That Sidebar)
- widget-ready areas, (Thematic’s Widget-ready Areas), (Removing Widget-ready Areas)
- widgets, (Adding Custom Widgets)
- theme designers, WordPress, (Why become a WordPress theme designer?)
- themes
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- construction, (Advanced Theme Construction)
- design, (Theme Design 101)
- frameworks, (Theme Frameworks)
- options, (Theme Options)
- planning, (Planning Your Theme)
- selling, (Selling Your Theme)
- widgets, (Widgets)
- in WordPress, (What is a Theme?)
- ThemeShaper framework, (Thematic)
- Thesis framework, (Thesis)
- threaded commenting, (Comments), (Comments)
- thumbnails, posts, (Setting Up Post Thumbnails)
- tutorials, video tutorials, (Video Tutorials)
- typography
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- about, (Typography)
- selling themes with custom fonts, (Custom Fonts)
U
- uniformity, typography, (Uniformity)
- update functions, (Creating the Widget)
- usability, theme design, (Planning for Organization and Hierarchy)
V
- video site themes, (Letting Your Content Lead the Way)
- video tutorials, (Video Tutorials)
- visual style, (Visual Style)
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- websites, for selling themes, (One Website Per Theme)
- widget-ready areas
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- about, (Understanding Widgets and Widget-ready Areas)
- adding to themes, (Adding a Custom Widget-ready Area to Your Theme)
- Thematic framework, (Thematic’s Widget-ready Areas)
- widgets, (Widgets)
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- about, (Widgets), (Sidebars and Widgets), (Understanding Widgets and Widget-ready Areas)
- API, (Introducing the Widgets API)
- custom widgets, (Adding Custom Widgets)
- default, (Default Widgets)
- frameworks and, (How do I choose a great framework?)
- markup, (Widget Markup)
- widget-ready areas, (Thematic’s Widget-ready Areas), (Adding a Custom Widget-ready Area to Your Theme)
- widths, fixed versus fluid, (Fixed or Fluid)
- WineLibraryTV, (Planning for the Audience)
- wireframes
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- golden ratio, (The Golden Ratio)
- planning, (The Theme Sitemap and Wireframe), (The Wireframe)
- WooThemes, (Custom Configuration Options)
- WordPress, (Introducing WordPress)
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- about, (What do you start with?)
- advantages, (Why WordPress?)
- history, (Introducing WordPress)
- theme designers, (Why become a WordPress theme designer?)
- themes and, (What is a Theme?)
- WordPress.com and WordPress.org, (WordPress.com and WordPress.org)
- WordPress theme library, (Theme Research)
- wp_enqueue_style function, (Adding the Style Sheets)
- wp_list_pages function, (Modifying the Footer)
- wp_nav_menu function, (Customizable Menus)
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