WordPress Loop
‘The Loop’ is the name given to the main small piece of code that displays content in a Website or Blog based on WordPress installation. This code has to be in your template to show posts and pages (amongst other functions!).
Looking at existing templates is a good start - manipulating The Loop is the key to customising the display of content. It is amazing what you can do and remember you can have multiple loops on one page! Getting control of customised loops is the functionality you need to harness to use WordPress as a CMS.
This will enable you have unlimited display control over your content in your website design - so you can get away from the ‘blog’ structure and produce a full content managed website.
WordPress official sites
WordPress Codex - ‘The Loop’ introduction
WordPress Codex - The default Loop
WordPress Codex - Other Loop tricks
WordPress cheetsheets
The Loop with it’s template tags by Bueltge.de
List of often used template tags / PHP commands used in templates by WP Candy
