June 15, 2014

WordPress Date, Author, Category Output in Theme

In this lesson we learn how to output the date (and control the formatting) as well as the author name and category. The author and category text are links to relevant archive pages. Link to download .zip of theme files as shown in this video (note: this is not a “complete” WordPress theme yet and […]

June 15, 2014

WordPress Child Page Menu (parent and subpages)

In this lesson we learn about “parent” and “child” pages in WordPress. We also learn how to code a menu that will automatically output links to any children pages relative to the currently viewed page, as well as a link to the relative top most ancestor page. Link to download .zip of theme files as […]

June 15, 2014

WordPress Page Templates Tutorial

In this lesson we learn how to use page templates and conditional logic to apply different layouts to different WP pages. Link to download .zip of theme files as shown in this video (note: this is not a “complete” WordPress theme yet and this download is only intended for educational purposes to dissect and review). […]

June 15, 2014

WordPress Theme Development (Navigation Menus)

In this lesson we learn how to add navigation menu locations to our theme and register the menus so users can easily manage the menu links via the WordPress Admin UI. Link to download .zip of theme files as shown in this video (note: this is not a “complete” WordPress theme yet and this download […]

June 15, 2014

Create WordPress Theme from Scratch

In this lesson we learn how to create a WordPress theme by hand, from scratch. We’ll write our own HTML, CSS, and PHP to create the basic foundation for a WordPress theme. In future lessons we’ll learn about all of the different pages and templates we can add to our theme in order to gain […]

June 15, 2014

Getting Started with WordPress (Installation)

In this lesson we review the different ways to get started with WordPress. The lesson walks users through the process of installing WordPress locally on their own computer so they can follow along with future lessons. Do you want to share the WordPress website that you’ve been creating on your computer with the world? The […]

June 15, 2014

WordPress Tutorial for Beginners

This is the beginning of a series on WordPress. In this initial lesson we learn what WordPress is, why it’s so useful, and get a feel for what we’ll learn in upcoming lessons (admin screens, custom theme development). Do you want to share the WordPress website that you’ve been creating on your computer with the […]