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Getting Started withWordPress Development

by John Hawkins

@VegasGeekJohnHawkinsUnrated.com

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• Tools

• Hooks

• Code

• Resources

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Tools

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Develop Locally

• Windows: XAMPPhttp://h.awkins.com/xampp

• Mac: MAMPhttp://h.awkins.com/mamp

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Use an IDE• Syntax highlighting

• Error checking

• Auto-completefunctions

• Try NetBeans

h.awkins.com/wiki-ideh.awkins.com/netbeans-config

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Hooks

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What’s a Hook?

• Specific points in the WordPress code used to interact with WordPress

• Two types of hooks; Actions and Filters

• 1300+ hooks in WordPress 3.0

List of hooks: http://h.awins.com/wp-hooks

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Action Hooks

• Tell WordPress to perform a function at a specific point

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Filter Hooks

• Passes data to your function

• Your function can modify the data and send it back to WordPress

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Code

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What will it do?

• Create a shortcode

• Display info for an upcoming event in a page or post

• Create an admin panel to update event info

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The Plugins Folder

• Single files go directly in the plugin folder

• Multiple files go in their own folder

• WordPress only looks one folder deep

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The Plugins Folder

• Single files go directly in the plugin folder

• Multiple files go in their own folder

• WordPress only looks one folder deep

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Plugin Header

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Plugin Header

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The Function

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Add a Settings Page

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The Settings Form

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Options Page

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Use the Option Values

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Resources

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Resources

• http://codex.wordpress.org

• http://h.awkins.com/wc-utah

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Thank You!I am: John Hawkins

I email: john@vegasgeek.comI tweet: @VegasGeekI blog: JohnHawkinsUnrated.comI work: 9seeds.com

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