Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Other Digital Version | x 1st paragraph |
I am seeing this in your book preview, so I'm guessing you've already caught it before going to print. |
Anonymous | Jul 21, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Page PDF 40th pg; body p 8 first para |
transposition typo: alomst vs. almost Note from the Author or Editor: |
herrold | Nov 20, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Page xxviii 3rd paragraph |
Two periods at the end of the paragraph. |
David Peach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Printed | Page xiii Intro paragraph |
"Loads of well-know" |
Melinda Humes | Feb 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page xiv Intro paragraph |
"and gives you readers" |
Melinda Humes | Feb 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page xxviii Ken Walker's paragraph |
second sentence has "bachelors degree" |
Melinda Humes | Feb 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page xxix My friends and family paragraph |
first sentence "people that I've meet and worked with" |
Melinda Humes | Feb 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page 7 first paragraph |
"it's one of the reasosns" |
Melinda Humes | Feb 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page 21 3rd Question: Can't I just run WordPress on my home computer? |
The answer says that the appendix has more information about setting up a development environment for WordPress on your own computer. It doesn't. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 16, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 31 "Exercise" box |
URL is incorrect . . . www.headfirstlab.com/WordPress should be www.headfirstlabs.com/WordPress (i.e., missing the "s" after headfirstlab). First Edition 9/10 printing. |
Anonymous | Mar 04, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Page 31 Top-left image |
The GIMP image should be flipped horizontally; it is currently reversed. |
Anonymous | Aug 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
59 The first code comment |
I believe the comment at the start of the example code is missing the closing asterisk slash after the since 3.0.0 on line six of the code. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Scott Keller | Jul 19, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
71 "Do this" |
In order to follow along with the exercise, the reader is instructed to download ?Acmestyle.css? from www.headfirstlabs.com/wordpress, listed under the Chapter 2 files. The Chapter 2 folder on that website does not actually contain the file ?Acmestyle.css?. I think the file named Screen.css is the intended file, but I'm not sure. |
inputjunkie | Jan 06, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
72 First handwritten note with arrow, last line |
oerride should be override Note from the Author or Editor: |
Scott Keller | Jul 20, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 72 |
Following the instructions in the book, the modified blog page is missing the "A" sprite in the header, and the bulleted list of features has a square rather than a rounded bullet, and the text formatting (size, and line-height) of the features is wrong. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Algis Kaupas | Sep 16, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 |
73 End of first para |
The parenthetical statement has a stray w at the end. Note from the Author or Editor: |
O'Reilly Media |
Oct 12, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Page 75 Last paragraph |
Next to last word 'you' should be 'your.' |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 85-86 |
The screenshots are incorrect. The sidebar navigation hasn't been added yet at this point in the exercises. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 19, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 119-121 |
In WordPress version 3.01, the procedure is somewhat different than described in the book. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 18, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 128 "Add this to your file (homepage.php), which you should have saved in the root of your template directory |
This file has not been mentioned before. I don't think it's part of twenty-ten, even though it's part of the downloads for the book. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 19, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Page 142 Beside the number 2 |
Should read, "As an editor (or an administrator)..." |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Page 162 Last line |
I suspect there should be a close quotation mark somewhere towards the end of this line. <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta(??user_email), 40 ); ?> Note from the Author or Editor: |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 164 image |
the little avatar image has a skewed second image laying on-top of the original |
Anonymous | Sep 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page 167 2nd Sentence |
??and gives you readers plenty ?? should be ??and gives your readers plenty..? |
Anonymous | Sep 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Page 194 PDF section description |
On the right sidebar of the PDF (where you can choose the section of the book you want to skip to), for page 194 it has 'thanksformut ton.com...' Should not be a space between the two Ts. Note from the Author or Editor: |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | ||
Page 197, 237 First line (which is missing) |
Both pages 197 and 237 are missing the words "Your WordPress Toolbox". |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 201 1st paragraph, last sentence |
has two periods at the end of the sentence. |
Anonymous | Sep 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page 202 1st paragraph, 2nd sentence |
"?in multiple ways, mostly commonly?" should be "?in multiple ways, most commonly?" |
Anonymous | Sep 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Printed | Page 206 last ?hand-written? style paragraph at bottom of page |
"?you can take then with?" should be "?you can take them with?" |
Anonymous | Sep 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 |
Page 267 First full paragraph, 2nd line |
The words 'be come' should be 'become.' |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Page 283 Last line of first full paragraph |
There is an extra period after the word 'detail.' |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Page 309 First line |
Says, "Your Theme Toolbox". Note from the Author or Editor: |
dpeach | Jan 17, 2011 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
314, 315. 316 1st paragraph, 7th line |
I submitted two others to the webmaster at Head First, who provided this link. Here, "Mutton nextwork" should be "Mutton network". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Scott Keller | Jul 19, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 | |
Page 315 first |
"easiset" should be "easiest" Note from the Author or Editor: |
Katherine Falk | Oct 20, 2010 | Oct 28, 2011 |