Agenda

• Introductions
• Course overview
  • Syllabus
• Class picture
• Student server prep
  • domainname.com/wbdv243/
• Project Overview:
  • create content
  • PHP basics & fundamentals
  • Wordpress
  • Theme selection
  • Theme customization

Reading Assignment: Due: Prior to next class

• BRING TO CLASS: students must have FTP login information, and dashboard login information in preparation for Wordpress installation.
• Read Beginning WordPress 3: Make Great Websites the Easy Way. YES, you have 2 weeks to read the entire book!

PHP Overview

• Introduction
• The Basics
• Control Structures
• Example Site

Site of the Week

• A Guide To The Options For WordPress Theme Development

Today

• Homework review
• Setting up WordPress
  • Database
  • Privileges
  • FTP
  • Configuration file
  • Salt
  • Install
• WP DashBoard
  • Pages vs Post
  • Tags vs Categories
  • Text
  • Media
  • Widgets
  • Plugins
  • Themes
• How to tackle WP Theme customization
  1. Dashboard (easy point and click)
  2. Widget
  3. Plugins
  4. CSS
  5. Javascript
  6. PHP (hard core scripting)

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Site of the Week

• How WP Themes Work

Today

• Homework review
• Dashboard - Screen Options
• Permalinks
• Post - Category, Tag, Feature Image
• Page - Parent - Templates
• Menus - Custom
• Widgets - Custom
• Plugins
  • Limit to 10 - 12 max
  • i.e. "Disable Comments"

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Reading Assignment: Due: Midnight the night before next class

• Read: WordPress for Dummies, 5th Edition
  • Chapter 9 - Media Management—Images, Audio, and Video
  • Chapter 10 - Making the Most of WordPress Plugins
  • Chapter 11 - Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
  • Chapter 12 - Understanding Themes and Templates
  • Chapter 13 - Tweaking WordPress Themes

Regarding your reading assignment, bring with you to class a single sheet of paper. This single piece of paper will have on it three MEANINGFUL questions from the reading assignment, the answer to each question and the page number the information came from. At the top of the page you will put your full name and drexel email address. These questions will be used next class for an extra credit game. If you do not meet the listed requirements, you will NOT be eligible to participate and will NOT receive credit for the assignment.

Site of the Week

• Google Typography: A Plugin

Today

Homework Review - Extra Credit "Game"

Hands on Lecture

• Parent Theme
• Child Theme
• What template php file is this web page using?
• Customizing theme with child style.css

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Site of the Week

• "SCRP 465.001 ST: Comic Book Editing

Today

• Detailed Midterm review
• Activate favorite 3rd party theme for class review
• Create CHILD theme - lab

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Reading Assignment: Due: Midnight the night before next class

• Read How to create a WordPress theme?

Site of the Week

• Moving A WordPress Website Without Hassle

Today

• Homework Review
• Create a basic Wordpress Theme from scratch

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Reading Assignment: Due: Midnight the night before next class

• Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 3rd Edition:
  • Part II - Designing and Developing WordPress Themes
  • Chapter 4 - WordPress Theme Essentials
  • Chapter 5 - The Child Theme Concept
  • Chapter 6 - Advanced Theme Usage

Site of the Week

• 7 Deadly Sins of WordPress Development

Today

• Homework Review
• Custom page templates

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Reading Assignment: Due: Midnight the night before next class

• Track down and read material needed to help you complete your particular web site design and/or functionality.

Today

• Homework Review
• Lecture - Lab

Today

• Project status review
• Lecture - Lab

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