Themes govern the visual component of every WordPress site. Mastering how a theme displays content is a core skill for every WordPress designer, developer, or consultant. Learn how to get the most of a theme and how to make headers, logos, sidebars and footers display just the way you (or your client) wants them to display.
In WordPress 102 you will:
- Learn how a theme works
- understand the file hierarchy in the theme
- introduction to the WordPress loop
- Learn what each theme file does
- style.css, footer.php, archive.php, functions.php, and more
- learn how to make new theme files and add them to the theme directory
- Learn how to edit CSS to re-style a theme
- how to correctly edit a CSS file
- keep your CSS edits safe from updates
- how to comment your code for future reference
- Learn how to make child themes
- why you need child themes
- how to make a child theme from scratch
- tools to make child themes
- Learn how to use browser tools to discover how a theme works
- debugging and editing CSS from within the browser
- browser extensions to help debug your theme
Details
WHEN: Saturday, 9:30AM-12:30PM
WHERE: Addison Location – Students will be notified.
Presented by Tony Cecala, WordPress consultant, Digital Strategist, Content Marketer.
