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BUILDING CUSTOM THEMES
Interested in creating a dynamic website using WordPress? Not only is WordPress a powerful blogging platform, but it is also a great way to set up a Content Management System. By turning your site into a CMS, it will be much easier to maintain, update and add special functionality to. This intensive course will teach you how to do a custom install of WordPress, develop your own themes and install plugins. Below are a few of the topics covered in the course:
- Getting to know the WordPress file structure
- Modifying an existing theme
- Adding a blog to an existing site
- Creating a custom blog theme
- Converting an HTML mock-up
- The WordPress “Loop”
- Making an advanced website theme
- Adding a custom loop for featured content
- Using custom fields
- Adding a contact form
- Using plugins to optimize your site
- Uploading the completed site and database
This course is designed for people who are already familiar with HTML and CSS. Knowledge of PHP is a plus, but is not required to take this class.
Check out our complete syllabus.
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Learn how to make A BLOG
Interested in starting a blog? This comprehensive course will help you setup and manage your very own blog using WordPress.com. WordPress makes it easy to maintain a website, even if you have no web design background. This is probably why WordPress is the most popular blogging platform on the web today!
Check out our complete syllabus.
Below are a few of the topics covered in the course:
- Setting up an account with WordPress.com
- Customizing an account
- Creating Posts
- Adding Pages
- Including Media (Images, Movies, PDFs)
- Creating Link Lists
- Customizing the Blog's Appearance
- Uploading Custom Graphics
- Using Pre-Made Themes
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Choosing Custom Fonts with Typekit
- Using the Dashboard
- 6 Hours of hands-on training, one
person per computer
This class is geared for anyone and everyone, no experience with computer graphics or coding is required! At the completion of the course you will have a fully functioning blog, web address and the skills required to run it. Your blog will be up and running!
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