Lynda.com: WordPress 3.0: Creating and Editing Custom Themes English | .mov (QuickTime) | 960x540 (16:9) | 04:28:29 | 435 Mb
In WordPress 3.0: Creating and Editing Custom Themes, author Chris Coyier shows how to build a custom WordPress theme from scratch and satisfy common client requests. The course covers steps necessary to build a theme using a complete workflow with Photoshop, HTML, CSS, and WordPress 3.0. Also included are tutorials on enhancing a WordPress site with javascript, using plugins, and ensuring site security. Exercise files accompany the course.
1. From Spec to Photoshop Reviewing the client spec and deciding on WordPress Reviewing assets and resources and creating a mood board Building a home page mockup Finishing the home page Planning the rest of the site
2. Converting Photoshop to HTML > CSS Starting with a base project Writing HTML code for the home page Starting the CSS: Creating the header and basic style structure Styling the Navigation panel Styling the sidebar Styling the home page, pt. 1 Styling the home page, pt. 2 Finishing the CSS Moving on: One page is enough
3. Building a WordPress Theme Setting up WordPress and MAMP on a Mac Setting up WordPress and WAMP on a Windows computer Modifying important settings Starting with a blank theme template Introducing template file structure Breaking up the HTML Building the sidebar Building the navigation Showing one recent post Fetching external content Creating a custom home page Introducing custom fields Creating custom product pages Creating custom category pages Creating the blog home page Creating a single blog entry page Implementing comments Finishing the home page
4. Beyond the Theme Will this work with WordPress? Using javascript in themes the right way Implementing something fun with javascript Introducing plug-ins Setting up security