Wordpress is awesome, but often misunderstood. Is it a blogging platform? A CMS? Should you buy a custom theme or develop your own? Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org?
In this course you’ll develop a custom site starting from scratch. Basically, you’ll take a static front-end HTML/CSS template and do all the necessary magic to have that site running live and dynamic using Wordpress.
Afterwards, your clients will be able to edit content themselves, manage the site’s navigation, and leverage an array of existing plug-ins that will help take the site from a simple blog to a fully functional CMS. All customizable; all on Wordpress.
Day 1
- What is WordPress? (.org vs .com)
- Hosting + Web development
- Dashboard, Post/Pages
- Code Editor
- HTML/CSS Basics
- How Do You Set up WP.org
Day 2
- Appearance - Themes, Menus
- Plugins
- Building a child theme
- Customizing TwentyTwelve
- Recognizing PHP statements
- Exporting posts
- Backing up/migrating
- Settings
Takeaways
- Understand the capabilities of Wordpress as a blogging platform and CMS.
- Learn basic HTML and CSS
- Develop a custom website from scratch
- Learn how to customize navigation
- Understand how to leverage the Wordpress plug-in library
Preparation
- This course will occur completely online using Zoom and Slack
- You will need access to a laptop or computer with a working webcam and microphone as well as a strong internet connection
- Course set up information will be emailed to all students signed up around 24 hours before (and again an hour before) your course launches
- Each individual course participant must have purchased a ticket
