Details
This class is for people who already have experience with WordPress and want to create a fully custom theme. We will start off with a Photoshop file and convert it into an HTML/CSS layout, which we will then convert into a functional WordPress site. After taking this class, you will be able to turn your own design files (built in Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, or similar) into fully custom WordPress sites.
Prerequisites
This is an intermediate level class that requires:
- WordPress Level 1 or experience with WordPress dashboard, pages, posts, menus, themes, widgets and plugins.
- ability to hand-code HTML and CSS. Most of our custom work in WordPress will be hand-coded.
who should take this class?
- people who want to take their WordPress skills up to the next level
- Web designer, web developers
- Content managers
what we cover
- Design
- examining design file in Photoshop
- using Slice tool to create slices
- exporting slices
- examining slices
- Building Layout
- building layout file using HTML and CSS
- styling sidebar, navigation, headers, footer and main content areas
- WordPress Setup
- using Bitnami to create a local development environment
- other options: MAMP, WAMP
- WordPress Structure
- Anatomy of a WordPress Site
- Examining HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL Database
- Custom Theme
- starting off with a blank theme
- integrating the HTML code and content
- integrating the CSS code
- creating Pages
- creating Posts
- styling Pages and Posts
- Expanding Theme
- making menu dynamic so that it can be managed through Dashboard
- widgetizing sidebar so that it can be managed through Dashboard
- styling other pages such as: Search Results, 404 Page.
- creating multiple templates with different layouts
- Publishing Site
- important settings
- deploying site from local environment to web server
- securing your WordPress site
WordPress Level 2—one day— $275
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At Luminous Works, you get . . .
- Free class refresher within 12 months...
- Take it again! Within 12 months of any class that is still offered in that time, just get in touch and let us know when you want to audit. If there's a seat available, it's yours. Please read the full details
- Bring home your work...
- Bring home your class files so you can practice what you learn with us. These training files often contain valuable tips and procedures, as well as what you may have created during class. Whether you want to show off the images from your photography class, the chapter you built in your InDesign training class, or you want to explore those features we covered in your Illustrator training class, or perhaps you want to post the site you built in your Dreamweaver training class, you'll have the resources to review and cherish your hard work..
- Mac OS or Windows...
- All of our computers can run your operating system of choice.
- Small class sizes—by design...
- We pride ourselves on our ability to tailor training examples and emphases on the fly. Since we strictly limit class size, you will not be just another head to count, but rather a learner with whom we're communicating.
- Carefully crafted curricula...
- Constantly updated and refined, and never canned. Here, you'll never be subjected to a mass-produced workbook that is geared for the lowest common denominator. Instead, each class exercise is evaluated and tweaked to be effective and often fun.
We teach the bulk of the Adobe Creative Suite, but that's not the whole story. We also teach classes in photographic workflows, and several classes on "the basics" to get you started in web or desktop publishing. And since we have intentionally small class sizes, we can adapt a course's curriculum on the fly to accommodate that day's attendees. We teach people, not workstations. - Convenient & comfortable location...
- From the lighting to the full kitchen for lunch and breaks; from your choice of operating system to the expansive deck for catching your breath, you'll feel right at home while you learn. Students even ask us where they can buy our chairs! We're easily accessible from anywhere in the Seattle region.
- Adobe Certified Expert instruction
- Luminous Works classes focusing on Adobe software are taught by Adobe Certified Experts; those who've both mastered the applications they teach and pass rigorous exams to prove it.
We've all heard of knowledgeable experts who haven't the ability to impart their knowledge. You won't encounter that here.