Preface
This preface introduces this ebook and describes its target audience. It also introduces the conventions and notations used in this ebook.
Table of contents
Introduction
This is the first chapter in an evolving online ebook about designing interactive websites using the Wordpress WCMS. Please note that at the current stage, it is far from complete, so readers need to refer to othere resources as well to learn about Wordpress and website design.
This preliminary version of the ebook is not login protected, but the index page URL has only been given to a few “beta readers” that has expressed interest in the project.
Who this ebook is for
This ebook is general in scope and is written for people interested in learning more about designing interactive websites by means of the Wordpress WCMS.
Readers are assumed to have some general knowledge about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and SQL, and also know how to use standard command line interface tools such as tar and bash under Unix or Gnu/Linux. (The command line interface is often abbreviated “CLI”.)
If you work through the chapters of this ebook, it will tell you how to install and set up a basic Wordpress site, and how you adapt, configure and extend the functionality of a standard site using GUI site builkding tools, various content management tools, and taxonomies. It will also introduce one of Wordpress's most popular features, the Fields module that let administrators create new content types. Finally, the ebook will explain to extend the visual presentation and functionality of a basic Wordpress site through contributed projects (modules and themes), and to extend it even further by adding your own custom modules and themes to the site.
Conventions
For typographic and other conventions, please see this section in the ebook about Drupal.
Reader feedback and errata
Feedback from my readers is always welcome. Let me know what you think about this material – both what you liked and what you disliked. The project is still under development and reader feedback is important to me in order to improve the material.
In particular, if you think you've spotted an error or omission in this material, or an area where the treatment can be improved, please let me know! As long as this draft exists on the web, any errors will be corrected as soon as they are spotted.
You can use this form both to provide general feedback, and to report errors.
Last update: 2017-07-30 [gh].