WordPress Basics
Treehouse
Course Summary
This course gives an introduction to WordPress and how to use it. It offers practice in editing content, managing media and customizing WordPress with plugins and themes.
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Course Description
About this Course This course gives an introduction to WordPress and how to use it. It offers practice in editing content, managing media and customizing WordPress with plugins and themes. What you'll learn
- - How to Add and Edit Content
- - Managing Media
- - Customizing WordPress
- - Plugins and Themes
About the Teacher
Zac is the WordPress teacher at Treehouse. He has an extensive background in web design and WordPress education, having taught and help run college and high school web programs. You can often find him attending and speaking at local WordCamp meetups.
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Course Syllabus
Managing Content in WordPress
In this stage we look at how to work with Posts and Pages in WordPress. You will learn how to add new content as well as edit existing content. 11 steps- Logging In to a WordPress Site 1:52
- Logging Into WordPress Quiz 1 question
- Default Content in WordPress 1:52
- Pages in WordPress 3:37
- Posts in WordPress 2:20
- Default Content in WordPress Quiz 5 questions
- Categories and Tags in WordPress 5:57
- Comments in WordPress 5:24
- Categories, Tags and Comments Quiz 6 questions
- Custom Content Types in WordPress 4:00
- Custom Content Quiz 1 question
Managing Media in WordPress
In this stage we explore different ways to work with media in WordPress, from adding and editing to displaying and formatting on the front-end of the site. 7 stepsThe WordPress Customizer
In this stage we look at how the various options the WordPress Customizer providers and how to use it. This will include looking at basic site and style customizations, changing widgets, and working with menus. 6 stepsWordPress Themes
In this stage we introduce WordPress Themes and show how they can change the appearance of a site. We will talk about what themes do, practice installing and activating them, and give suggestions on where to find great WordPress themes. 4 stepsWordPress Plugins
Plugins allow you to add features to a WordPress site. In this stage we talk about how plugins work, how to find them and offer some practice in installing and using plugins. 5 steps
This course is listed under
Open Source
, Development & Implementations
and Digital Media & Games
Community
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