WordCamp Detroit 2010 Wordpress Theme Hacks presentation slides by JTPratt Media. #WCDET

2. How I Met Wordpress THIS WAS ME For 10 LONG YEARS

3. In 1999 I was hired as a webmaster I was VERY loyal

5. Open Source CMS I tried to introduce multiple Open Source CMS Systems to Automate my Job

6. Big Money Always Won

7. I Met Wordpress in 2004

8. I Thought They Were Wrong... So I kept using Wordpress on My Own... Sometimes instead of doing my real work.

9. Little Did I Know... In 2009 they outsourced the last of us... the last of the “webmasters” that is.

10. I Was Out of Work No Jobs. Unemployment. Couldn't Move. What Now?

11. Reinvention

14. How Do I Edit My WP Theme? In WP dashboard: Appearance -> Editor Click on the page you want to edit:

16. Which file does what? A page file (index, single, page) calls and loads other files for specific page content areas:

21. Hacking with Conditional Tags Do “ABC” when “XYZ” Condition is met: <?php if (is_home()) { ?> Show my big block of SEO keyword-laden text <? } ?> By replacing “is_home” with “is_front_page”, “is_single”, “is_sticky”, “is_page”, “is_page_template”, “is_category”, “is_tag”, “is_author”, “is_date”, “is_archive”, or “is_attachment” to make your message show up on nearly any WordPress page.

22. Having Multiple Conditions Do “ABC” when “XYZ” Condition is met, elseif single post page do “DEF” <?php if (is_home()) { ?> Show my home page text block <?php } elseif (is_single()) { ?> Show my single post text block instead <? } ?> In this example we show custom text for the home page, or on single pages. If neither condition is met – we don't show any custom text.

23. Multiple Conditions Else Default Do “ABC” when “XYZ” Condition is met, elseif single post page do “DEF”, else show do default for all other instances <?php if (is_home()) { ?> Show my home page text block <?php } elseif (is_single()) { ?> Show my single post text block instead <?php else { ?> Show my default text for all other conditions <? } ?>

25. Show Everywhere, Except... Use the concept in reverse to show everywhere except where you don't want it... <?php if (is_home()) { } Else { ?> <p>Show this everywhere!</p> <?php } ?> In this example we show nothing when the home page is shown, “ else” show it every other time.

26. Conditionally Use WP Functions Use a Conditional tag to force a WP Function <? php if (is_home()) { wp_list_bookmarks(); } ?> Use conditional statements to do things like get_tags, get_category_parents, get_page_children, get_user_meta, and many more... Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference

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