• Course Name: WordPress Essential Skills
• Level 2: Intermediate to Advanced
• Prerequisite/s: Module 2 (HTML/CSS Essential Skills), Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills
• Recommended: Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills
• Course Code: WPRESS-100E
• Course Classification: Evening part time Web design / Module 3
• Duration: 4 weeks
• Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
• Next course: 19 March 2012 – 11 April 2012
• Then : 25 June 2012 – 18 July 2012

Intro

Want to make web sites that connect ? Learn to build beautiful websites with commercial value and more powerful back-end features.

Description

If you are an aspiring web programmer who wants to enhance add commercial value to your already functional HTML & Flash sites – and thereby enhance the usability and professionalism of your web sites – then this is the course for you!
This 4 week evening course is not intended for absolute beginners. You will require Module 2 (XHTML/CSS Essentials) and Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills, or equivalent work experience, in order to manage with the content of this course.

You will cover popular topics in the field of advanced web programming such as an introduction to cutting-edge technologies like Server-based scripting in PHP, and how work with basic PHP using WordPress, editing and creating your own WordPress templates, using external sources to fill your website with content, such as XML and advanced HTML. Practical projects make this course a must!

Course Outline :

Introductions

• Introduction to Content Management Systems and Database driven websites
• Introduction to web 2.0 principles and technologies
• Introduction to WordPress (Open Source Content Management System)

Administration & Setup

• Administering the WordPress Content Management System.
• Understanding the admin interface of the WordPress software
• Installing WordPress On live servers & On a local testing servers

WordPress Theme/Templating Basics

• Understanding the structure of WordPress Themes
• Learning basic to Intermediate WordPress coding
• Understanding the WordPress Loop (The main content engine)
• Learning to Build Custom WordPress Themes step by step.

WordPress site development Intermediate

• Adding Plugins & other custom functionality to WordPress Themes
• Building your own WordPress theme
• WordPress Custom Templates
• Custom Fields (creating custom data types & data structures)

Advanced Theme Development Techniques

• Custom Loops (using queries to output custom collections of posts)
• Conditional Statements using if, while & else statements

The course will also include:

• using The WordPress System to develop non-traditional application style websites
• aspects of developing portfolio websites with galleries and ajax functionality
• Integrating other web technologies and platforms into a WordPress site (eg. facebook, twitter, flickr, external feeds)

What our students say about us

“Enjoyable lessons made easy by the lecturer. Easy, understandable methods!” Warren Talmarkes (June 2011 WordPress Essentials)

“Thanks very much for bringing in experienced lecturers – really covered everything I needed to know! ” Angelique Dos Santos (June 2011 WordPress Essentials)

“Excellent stepping stone to the world of WordPress! ” Anon (Sep 2011 WordPress Essentials)

“Thanks for a great course!” Bianca Bird – Website Designer (April 2012 WordPress Essential Skills)

“The lecturer explains complicated issues in simple language, and presents it logically” Janet Morris, Social Media Marketing Consultant (April 2012 WordPress Essential Skills)

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