User:Bentrem/TheLoopScratch « WordPress Codex

Codex and such

"A Look Inside the WordPress Database" on Leonid Mamchenkov's WPBits; his "Quick access to WordPress options"
Peter Westwood's "Improving the WordPress Generator" - "I have introduced some changes to the way in which all of the generator tags present in the output from WordPress are generated."
User:ringmaster/Developer_Documentation ... say no more
see Lorelle's long list of WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
The "Writing Plugins" series by Jacob Santos at FuncDoc.wordpress.com
Jennifer Hodgdon's DevDocs ToBeDone
David House'sWordPress Code Flow (outdated) and Pluggable_Functions

AJAX in Plugins - "WordPress-specific information on how to add AJAX to plugins"
- see also "Further Reading" on codex AJAX

from Il Filosofo: Plugins I'm Working On" (includes Database Backup)
Rob Marsh SJ's collection ("Similar Posts" etc)
a nice thread about author highlighting at MattCutts.com
A curiosity: LightPress; "a frontend for the popular WordPress blogging platform. A frontend is the code sitting between the db and your blog's readers, which manages all user interaction and displays the relevant content appropriately formatted."

Two good blog posts:

Completing the CMS with WordPress "This is a list and descriptions of the plugins and techniques I have used to make WordPress a very effective and useful content management system for clients."
13 plugins that will make WordPress into a CMS

A mystery: BuddyPress, the story so far ... "I'm having trouble finding any time to work on BuddyPress so I've decided to hand over what I have to the community for help. There are three WordPress MU plugins here, each should be dropped into the "mu-plugins" folder. The "core" plugin should also be used, and is required for all the other plugins to work."

With thanks (and apologies as required), a wikified version of a fine/huge slab of links yanked unceremoniously from Graphic Design Blog | "WordPress as a CMS - Content Management System":

5 Reasons to use WordPress as a CMS
Using WordPress as a CMS - EssentialKeystrokes.com
Using WordPress as a CMS at BlogHelper
Using WordPress as a CMS atPQdB - making the whole site searchable, working with categories, adding a FAQ page and contact form
From Weblog to Cms
Five WordPress CMS Enabling Plugins
Adding an Author Page to a Multi-Author Blog" - "This will display whatever is in the description field, as well as a bulleted list of all their posts.
How to hide pages and rearrange your menu in WordPress
Customising individual WordPress Logins
WordPress Ecommerce Plugin
Creating Custom Templates for WordPress
WordPress Sandbox Theme - minimalistic theme ready for styling; the place to start.
Customise your WordPress Login - customise Login page with a corporate look
How to hide pages and rearrange your menu in WordPress - Rrearrange wordpress navigation to hide undesired elements
From Weblog to Cms - how to create a static home page using older versions of WordPress
How to Create a WordPress Theme - from scratch.
How to Install WordPress Locally on Windows - running locally on a PC to test before releasing, also How to Install WordPress Locally on a Mac - running locally on a Mac

» WordPress » Support » the_tags() in a Page Template - "If you use a custom query for “The Loop” in WordPress then you’ll need to set $wp_query->in_the_loop = true; in order to get things like the_tags() to work as expected." blogged by Joseph.RandomNetworks.com; resolved by Kafkaequi.