Chapter1: WordPress Inroduction
What is WordPress:
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WordPress is a world famous Open Source CMS. Based on PHP as an open source server side scripting language.
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WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL, which runs on a web hosting service.Features include a plug-in architecture and a template system.
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WordPress is used by more than 18.9% of the top 10 million websites as of August 2013. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
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Architecture of template:
History:
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WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.
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It was first released on May 27, 2003, by its founders, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little,as a fork of b2/cafelog. As of February 19, 2014, version 3.8 had been downloaded more than 20 million times.The license under which WordPress software is released is the GPLv2 (or later) from the Free Software Foundation.
Content Management Bystem (CMS)
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A Computer Application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface.
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CMSs are often used to run websites containing blogs, news, and shopping. Many corporate and marketing websites use CMSs. CMSs typically aim to avoid the need for hand coding but may support it for specific elements or entire pages.
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The function and use of content management systems is to store and organize files, and provide version-controlled access to their data. CMS features vary widely. Simple systems showcase a handful of features, while other releases, notably enterprise systems, offer more complex and powerful functions. Most CMS include Web-based publishing, format management, revision control (version control), indexing, search, and retrieval. The CMS increments the version number when new updates are added to an already-existing file.
Architecture of wordpress template:
