Book Description
Textpattern is a powerful, PHP-based content management system that allows you to build pretty much any kind of data-driven website quickly and easily. It is very popular among designers and developers alike, and has an active community of users. Sound good? Well, you're in luckthe book you're holding now shows you how to use every aspect of Textpattern to a professional standard. Textpattern (and this book) appeals to two main groups of people: Firstly, the web designer who has mastered the fundamentals of XHTML and CSS and wants to create sites that have fresh and dynamically changing information, but is not familiar with server-side coding and databases. Never fearTextpattern enables you to integrate your XHTML knowledge, inserting dynamic aspects into your already solid site design. Secondly, PHP developers who are looking for a content management system upon which to build additional functionality and want a hand with the design aspects of their site. Again, Textpattern fills in those holes. The book leaves no stone unturned. It starts by introducing you to Textpattern and guiding you through its very simple installation process. After the core features of the administrative interface are explored, the book dives into building sites with TXP, using CSS, articles, forms, pages, and more to create fully customized templates. Development follows next, looking at installing plugins and building your own custom plugins to further enhance your Textpattern-based site. The book concludes with several case studies to provide ideas and inspiration, including a weblog, an e-commerce site, and an online review directory.
In this book you will:
* Learn to develop websites quickly using Textpattern's intuitive templating language.
* Learn to use Textpattern to build e-commerce websites, including customer feedback and reviews.
* Learn to use Textpattern and web standards to create blogs and community sites with dynamically driven content.
* Learn how to integrate your own style of coding and design with a content management system that catalyses, rather than hinders, your creativity.
* Learn how to use PHP to create Textpattern plugins, adding custom functionality and features to uniquely suit the needs of your website.
Summary of Contents
* PART ONE: GETTING STARTED
o Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
o Chapter 2: Installing Textpattern
* PART TWO: THE TEXTPATTERN INTERFACE
o Chapter 3: Site Administration
o Chapter 4: Basic Content Manipulation
o Chapter 5: Presentation
* PART THREE: CUSTOMIZING TEXTPATTERN
o Chapter 6: The Textpattern Model
o Chapter 7: Creating the Content: Categories and Articles
o Chapter 8: Customizing the Presentation: Sections, Pages, Forms, and Style
o Chapter 9: Tying Content and Structure Together
o Chapter 10: Comments
o Chapter 11: Beyond the Basics
* PART FOUR: EXTENDING TEXTPATTERN
o Chapter 12: Custom Fields
o Chapter 13: Using Plugins
o Chapter 14: Writing Plugins
* PART FIVE: TEXTPATTERN SITE EXAMPLES
o Chapter 15: Multiauthor Weblog
o Chapter 16: Case Study: PopularWeddingFavors.com
o Chapter 17: Case Study: BoiseCityEats.com
* PART SIX: APPENDIXES
o Appendix A: Tag Reference
o Appendix B: Plugin Developer Resources
About the Author
Kevin has been working on the web for almost ten years, having started his career designing his first employer's website with Netscape and Notepad. He has spent the bulk of his design career working in-house as both a graphic designer and internal web developer. Coupled with years of freelance and agency work, Kevin has created dozens of websites for businesses of all sizes in an array of industries. Robert has over 10 years of experience designing and developing web-based applications for small businesses up to Fortune 50 companies. From its early gamma releases, Rob recognized the power and flexibility of Textpattern. He has published over 20 Textpattern plugins and numerous tutorials. He also provides custom software development services using Textpattern as a development framework.
He lives with his wife Joci in Copley, Ohio, which is located between Akron and Cleveland. Rob and Joci love to travel together and continue to find new and exciting places to visit. Rob was born and raised in the Cleveland area and continues to be a painfully dedicated Cleveland sports fan. Nathan Smith is a goofy guy who enjoys practicing and preaching web standards. By day, he works as an Information Architect / Interface Designer at Geniant.com. By night, he is finishing up a Master of Divinity degree via online classes from Asbury Theological Seminary. In 2005, he started Godbit.com as a resource to help the Church better understand how to utilize web standards, and blogs about design semi-regularly at his site SonSpring.com. He has been described by family and friends as mildly amusing, but is really quite dull. Cody is a web producer for a technology company located in Boise, Idaho. When he is not working with client side technologies, Flash or interaction design, he spends time with his wife and son, enjoying a simple lifestyle in the Northwest. Cody has a passion for Christian theology and takes great pleasure in learning and studying God's word. His work and ongoing ramblings can be found at codylindley.com Mary Fredborg is a member of the Textpattern development team (team.textpattern.com). For more than ten years she's been involved in various aspects of web development and remains keenly interested in learning new methods and technologies, as well as refining her existing knowledge and skills. These days you can often find Mary working on Textpattern itself, creating new plugins for it and providing technical support for users of varying levels of experience. She lives in Alberta, Canada with her amusingly crazy dog, who also happens to think the same of Mary.
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哇,这本书绝对是我的“年度之光”!我通常对这种技术类的书籍抱着一种既期待又有点提心吊胆的心态,生怕自己看不懂那些晦涩难懂的术语。但是《Textpattern Solutions》这本书给我的感觉完全不同。作者似乎有一种魔力,能把复杂的概念变得像讲故事一样引人入胜。我记得我第一次翻开它,本来只是想随便看看目录,结果一不小心就陷进去了,不知不觉就读完了前三章。最让我印象深刻的是,它不是那种高高在上的理论说教,而是充满了实战经验的分享。书里提供的那些小技巧和工作流优化方案,简直是我的“救命稻草”。比如,关于内容结构化处理的那一节,我以前总觉得很麻烦,但书里给出的那种模块化思路,让我茅塞顿开。读完之后,我立刻在自己的项目中尝试了,效果立竿见影。这本书的行文风格非常流畅,用词精准又不失温度,让人感觉作者就像是一位坐在你对面的资深专家,耐心地为你解答每一个疑惑。如果你正在寻找一本能真正提升你工作效率,同时又能让你享受阅读过程的技术指南,那么请毫不犹豫地选择它,它绝对不会让你失望。
评分我必须承认,我是一个非常挑剔的读者,尤其是在技术文档方面,我最讨厌那种前言不搭后语、逻辑跳跃的书。然而,这本书的叙事结构简直是教科书级别的典范。它的章节过渡自然得令人惊叹,仿佛你在读一部精心编排的交响乐,每一个乐章都有其独特的主题,但最终又完美地融合在一起。当我读到关于性能优化的部分时,我本来以为会看到一堆枯燥的基准测试数据,结果作者巧妙地将其融入到具体的案例分析中,让你在了解“是什么”的同时,也清晰地理解了“为什么会这样”以及“如何修复”。更难得的是,作者似乎非常尊重读者的智商,他不会用简单的重复来填充篇幅,而是不断地推高阅读的门槛,但又总是在你即将迷失方向时,及时地抛出一个清晰的总结或是一个实用的比喻。这种恰到好处的引导,让学习过程充满了探索的乐趣,而不是枯燥的填鸭式灌输。这本书的价值,不在于它教你掌握了多少即时的知识点,而在于它为你建立起了一套系统化、可迁移的解决问题的能力。
评分我这个人对“解决方案”类的书籍通常抱有一种实用主义的态度:只要能解决我的燃眉之急,就是好书。但《Textpattern Solutions》超越了“实用”的范畴,它达到了“优雅”的境界。它不仅仅是告诉你“怎么做”,更是让你体会到“为什么这样做是最好的”。我曾经花费了数周时间来解决一个困扰已久的数据同步问题,但书中的一章内容,用一种极其简洁的模型就彻底阐明了问题的核心所在,并给出了一个我从未想过的优雅处理流程。这种醍醐灌顶的感觉,是很多堆砌信息的书籍无法给予的。这本书的魅力在于其内容的“密度”和“纯度”,每一个段落似乎都承载着多年的经验结晶,没有一句废话,也没有任何为了凑页数而添加的冗余内容。它更像是一部经过高度提炼的浓缩精华,让你在最短的时间内吸收最多的有效信息。对于追求效率和品质的专业人士来说,这本书简直是无价之宝,它提供的不仅仅是知识,更是一种职业生涯的加速器。
评分说实话,这本书的深度和广度超出了我的预期太多。我以为它会聚焦于某些非常小众的领域,但事实证明,它几乎覆盖了一个专业人士在日常工作中可能遇到的所有痛点,并且给出了非常成熟的解决方案。我尤其欣赏作者在处理“灰色地带”问题时的那种审慎态度。很多技术书籍要么过于理想化,要么就是纯粹的API参考,缺乏对实际项目复杂性的考量。但这本书不同,它会告诉你“这样做虽然可行,但长期来看可能会带来维护成本”,这种前瞻性的建议,在业内是极其宝贵的财富。我最喜欢的是,它没有试图把所有东西都塞进书里,而是专注于提供解决核心问题的“思维框架”。我读完之后,感觉自己看待问题的角度都变了,不再是机械地执行步骤,而是开始思考“为什么”要这样做,以及有没有更优雅的替代方案。这本书的排版和配图也处理得非常到位,逻辑链清晰可见,即便是复杂的架构图,也能一眼看穿其核心逻辑。对于想要从初级使用者跃升到高级架构师的人来说,这本书无疑是一本必不可少的“武功秘籍”,它教你的不只是招式,更是内功心法。
评分拿到这本书的时候,我其实很疑惑,这么专业的领域,怎么能写得这么“好读”?它的语言风格非常独特,有一种老派工匠的严谨,但又带着现代自由主义的开放性。它很少使用那种充满傲慢的断言,更多的是通过细致的分析和多角度的论证来引导你得出结论。我特别喜欢它在讨论工具选择时表现出的中立和客观。很多作者在推荐自己的“心头好”时,会不自觉地贬低其他选项,但这本书却非常公平地分析了每种方法的优缺点,让读者可以根据自己的实际环境做出最明智的决策。这种尊重读者的态度,让我在阅读过程中感到非常舒服和信任。我甚至发现,书中的一些观点,让我重新审视了过去一些自以为是的老方法。它就像一面镜子,不仅照亮了前进的路,也让你看到了自己知识体系中的盲点。这本书的编辑工作也做得非常出色,几乎找不到任何需要反复琢磨才能理解的晦涩句子,阅读体验极其顺畅,简直是一气呵成。
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