Getting Started

• WordPress Codex: New to WordPress? – Where to Start
• WordPress Video Tutorial Series
• 50 Brilliant WordPress Tutorials
• WordPress 101

Editing WordPress themes in Dreamweaver:

• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_wordpress_pt1.html

Free WordPress Responsive Themes:

• Bare Responsive: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-responsive-template/
• Catch Everest: http://wordpress.org/themes/catch-everest
• Leaf: http://wordpress.org/themes/leaf

WordPress Plugins:

• Evaluating WordPress plugins: http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/before-install-wordpress-plugin/
• Business Hours Plugin: http://wordpress.org/plugins/business-hours-plugin
• Image/news slider: http://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-content-gallery-plugin/
• WP Accessibility: http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility/
• Lifestream social media plugin: http://www.enthropia.com/labs/wp-lifestream/
• WP RSS Multi-Importer: http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/screenshots/

Useful WordPress Codex resources:

• Creating a child theme: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
• Changing the site URL: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL
• Using Permalinks: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
• WordPress PHP functions: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference
• Add search box to header: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-search-box-in-header
• Opening menu links in a new window: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/opening-menu-links-in-a-new-tabwindow
• WordPress Accessibility: http://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility

Tabbed search boxes:

• Vertical tabbed box (jQuery): http://web.kentheberling.com/vertical-tabs-a-jquery-plugin/
• CSS3 & jQuery Vertical Tabbed Content Area: http://www.faridesign.net/2012/05/create-a-awesome-vertical-tabbed-content-area-using-css3-jquery/
• Simple vertical tabs: http://bobcravens.com/demos/vertical_tabs/index.html
• CSS accordian content box: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/css-content-accordion/
• Slidorion: http://www.slidorion.com/

Creating search boxes for various library products:

• http://help.springshare.com/content.php?pid=90986&sid=677699 (it’s a LibGuides resource, but you can use it to create self-contained search box code that can be used elsewhere.)

Using webfonts:

• http://www.fontspring.com/support/installing_webfonts/how-do-i-use-the-webfonts

Google form hacks: http://theinfobabe.blogspot.com/2013/09/hacking-google-forms.html

CSS stuff:

• CSS columns (percentages): http://cynng.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/user-readable-css-columns/
• CSS image opacity: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_image_transparency.asp

Important WordPress PHP calls:

• relative page/post links: <?php echo get_permalink(#); ?>”>
  (where # is the page or post number. they’re all unique, so it doesn’t matter if it’s a page or a post)
• image links, where images are in a folder in the child theme folder: <img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/jpg“>
• includes where file is in parent theme: <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/php‘); ?>
• includes where file is in child theme: <?php include (STYLESHEETPATH . ‘/php‘); ?>

Version control with git:

• http://emerging.commons.gc.cuny.edu/tag/git/
• https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git

Keeping up with WordPress News, Tips, and Tricks:

• Smashing Magazine: http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/
• WordPress Candy: http://wpcandy.com/