Digging Into Wordpress

Written by WordPress veterans Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr, Digging into WordPress is 400 jam-packed pages of everything you need to get the most out of WordPress. WordPress is great right out of the box, but unless you want an ordinary vanilla blog, it is essential to understand the full potential of WordPress and have the right tools to get the job done.<

In clear, easy-to-read language, Digging into WordPress shows you how to tap WordPress? potential and take your site to the next level. From setup and configuration and customization to syndication, security and optimization, Digging into WordPress gives you everything you need to maximize the success of your site.

Here are some of the awesome techniques that you will learn from Digging into WordPress:

* Setup multiple loops the right way
* Setup page-specific menu styles
* Create the perfect sidebar (and multiple sidebars)
* Import and display Twitter, Delicious, and more
* Create, customize, and use child themes
* Implement multiple themes for your visitors
* Widgetize your sidebar and virtually anything else
* Learn the inside tips for choosing the best plugins
* Create your own custom theme functions
* Maximize WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS)
* Configure and optimize your WordPress feeds
* Setup and distribute your feeds with Feedburner
* Add feed images, style your feeds, and add custom content
* Customize and optimize the WordPress Comments Area
* Learn about custom comment loops, threaded comments, and more
* Learn the best ways to defend against spam
* Optimize your site for the search engines
* Control duplicate content and optimize your permalinks
* How to track your site?s statistics to measure success
* Secure WordPress, your files, database, and content
* How to monitor and fix errors
* Optimize the performance your site
* ..and much, much more!