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Why WordPress is the framework of the future! By Jack Lenox

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WordPress is the most popular CMS on the web

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Its behind 14.7% of Alexa’s top million sites

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As of August 2011 it manages 22% of all new websites (in the US)

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You’re in good company...

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A few golden rules • Use as few plugins as possible • Always check through the WordPress function library when implementing something unprecedented http://codex.wordpress.org/ Function_Reference • Build advanced functionality into the theme rather than creating lots of extra custom plugins

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Anatomy of a theme • header.php • sidebar.php • footer.php • index.php • archive.php • page.php • single.php • functions.php

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Part 1 How to “deWordPressify” your site

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1. Externalise your /wp-content/ directory

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Voila! (In wp-config.php)

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2. Properly customise your login, registration and forgotten password pages

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Login Page (In login.php)

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Login redirects (In functions.php)

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3. How to use custom post types, and make the most of them

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Custom Post Types (In functions.php)

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Part 2 Give users control over their own profiles and data

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1. Front end profile management for users

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2. Custom fields in user management

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Part 3 Really cool stuff

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1. How to set up a highly customisable API for your site (really easily!)

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2. How to validate users and access user-specific data from a mobile app

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I hope this proves useful, I’d love to know how you get on: @jacklenox [email protected]