Week One: Building Theme Essentials
Lessons
Week One: Introduction
In this brief introductory video, I explain how the class is going to work, the topics of discussion for the week, how to ask me any question you may have and how the weekly call will work.
Week One: Intro to WordPress
This lesson will help you understand the power of the WordPress loop and how to create a theme template.
Week One: Child Themes
In this lesson, you will learn why it’s the best practice to make theme modifications with a Child Theme, plus I will show you step by step how to create a Child Theme for the twentyeleven WordPress theme.
Week One: Website Design Checklist
In today’s lesson, you will learn the my standard checklist that I follow when I am creating a website.
Week One: HTML5 / CSS Overview
Week One: Frameworks Review
In this section, I wanted to provide you with some information about some of the most popular WordPress frameworks. For each framework, I’ll be showing a brief demonstration of how the theme works. You will also be able to login and play with each of the themes for yourself.