Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com WordPress 3: Building Child Themes shows how to create a new theme, based on a prebuilt parent theme in WordPress, which overrides or changes just the functions, presentation elements, or styling elements you want to affect. In this course, Morten Rand-Hendriksen covers importing parent themes, adding custom menus, restyling the header image, customizing the sidebar and index pages, implementing the Post Thumbnail feature, and incorporating JavaScript. The course also shows how to establish a quick and efficient theme restyling workflow, taking a design from mockup to fully functional site. Workflow techniques including modifying basic CSS by using a code editor such as Eclipse, the developer tools in the Chrome browser, and WordPress.
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lynda.com tutorial | Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress—What is a custom post type?
Watch more at www.lynda.com Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress shows how to build an advanced portfolio site that showcases various types of content using the free open-source application WordPress. Author Morten Rand-Hendriksen demonstrates creating custom post types, differentiating and classifying content with custom taxonomies, and working with custom post templates. The course also shows how to embed YouTube videos, build index pages, display the latest posts from different custom post types, and hook custom post types into separate themes.
lynda.com tutorial | Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress—What are custom taxonomies?
Watch more at www.lynda.com Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress shows how to build an advanced portfolio site that showcases various types of content using the free open-source application WordPress. Author Morten Rand-Hendriksen demonstrates creating custom post types, differentiating and classifying content with custom taxonomies, and working with custom post templates. The course also shows how to embed YouTube videos, build index pages, display the latest posts from different custom post types, and hook custom post types into separate themes.
lynda.com tutorial | Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress—Welcome
Watch more at www.lynda.com Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress shows how to build an advanced portfolio site that showcases various types of content using the free open-source application WordPress. Author Morten Rand-Hendriksen demonstrates creating custom post types, differentiating and classifying content with custom taxonomies, and working with custom post templates. The course also shows how to embed YouTube videos, build index pages, display the latest posts from different custom post types, and hook custom post types into separate themes.
lynda.com tutorial | WordPress 3: Building Child Themes—What is a WordPress Child Theme?
Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com WordPress 3: Building Child Themes shows how to create a new theme, based on a prebuilt parent theme in WordPress, which overrides or changes just the functions, presentation elements, or styling elements you want to affect. In this course, Morten Rand-Hendriksen covers importing parent themes, adding custom menus, restyling the header image, customizing the sidebar and index pages, implementing the Post Thumbnail feature, and incorporating JavaScript. The course also shows how to establish a quick and efficient theme restyling workflow, taking a design from mockup to fully functional site. Workflow techniques including modifying basic CSS by using a code editor such as Eclipse, the developer tools in the Chrome browser, and WordPress.
lynda.com Tutorial | Dreamweaver CS5 and WordPress 3.0—Overview
Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com In Dreamweaver CS5 and WordPress 3.0, author Joseph Lowery shows how to create web sites using WordPress and Dreamweaver together. This course demonstrates workflow best practices and techniques, including installation and set up, how to create content, work with WordPress themes, customize CSS, and add widgets. It also covers how to extend WordPress pages, add Spry elements, add and customize plug-ins, integrate WordPress-stored data in Dreamweaver dynamic pages, and how to administer and publish a WordPress site.
lynda.com Tutorial | WordPress: Creating Custom Widgets and Plugins—Exploring WordPress plugins
Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com In WordPress: Creating Custom Widgets and Plugins, Drew Falkman teaches PHP developers how to create custom functionality for WordPress 2.0 through 3.0 using widgets and plugins. This course starts by installing and setting up WordPress 3.0 on both Mac and Windows, then provides an in-depth look at tasks related to these WordPress add-ons: installing and administering, building and customizing, creating editable options and database tables, working with posts and pages, and utilizing jQuery and AJAX. There are also tutorials dedicated to promoting a widget or plugin, adding security, and localizing the interface.
lynda.com Tutorial | Dreamweaver CS5 and WordPress 3.0—Assigning design to page templates
Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com In Dreamweaver CS5 and WordPress 3.0, author Joseph Lowery shows how to create web sites using WordPress and Dreamweaver together. This course demonstrates workflow best practices and techniques, including installation and set up, how to create content, work with WordPress themes, customize CSS, and add widgets. It also covers how to extend WordPress pages, add Spry elements, add and customize plug-ins, integrate WordPress-stored data in Dreamweaver dynamic pages, and how to administer and publish a WordPress site.