Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - WordPress Theme Design
Continuing on from our
Introduction to WordPress and
Advanced WordPress training courses, this more advanced WordPress training course investigates the intricate and sometimes confusing process of customising WordPress themes and templates to your specific requirements and how best to transfer your currently existing website design into the WordPress format.
Adapting and editing themes and templates are covered in depth, from how best to attempt a conversion of an existing HTML template into a WordPress design, to the best method of customising existing WordPress themes into your own exclusive creations. In addition to explaining the process of WordPress template and theme customisation, you are also expertly guided through the hands-on process of editing and adapting two different WordPress themes to your own custom design, detailing en-route how languages such as CSS and PHP are best utilised in the construction of an effective WordPress template. Upon conclusion of this course, you will have attained the knowledge of how best to approach your future WordPress template and theme design requirements with confidence.
Please note: although it is not a prerequisite in order to attend this course, we do suggest that you consider gaining further knowledge of CSS and Photoshop either prior to or shortly after attending this training course. CSS is most commonly used to edit WordPress themes and Photoshop for graphics and therefore a greater knowledge of these subjects would ultimately be beneficial.
Also available in this series are our
Introduction to WordPress and
Advanced WordPress training courses.
You may also attend all three of our WordPress training courses within one discounted package in our
Complete WordPress Training Course.
Duration: 1 day.
Price: £250.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
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Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to CS3, CS4 and CS5 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. Our Apple training courses utilise Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).
Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.
Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
An Introduction to editing WordPress themes
- The WordPress appearance editor
- Understanding the components of a theme
- Stylesheets & CSS: how the WordPress design is controlled
- Theme elements: understanding headers and footers, navigation and other files
- PHP files: what they are and how they work
CSS 101
- Understanding the basics of CSS
- Common CSS tags and their usage
- CSS references online - how to find out more about the CSS tags you need
- Further CSS learning options
Customizing and building themes and templates
- Evaluating your existing website: will it fit into an existing WordPress theme?
- Converting HTML into Wordpress format: why it's not quite that easy
- Working within the design constraints of WordPress: how to choose between a 'bloggy' look or a conventional design
- Creating WordPress themes from HTML templates: how to twist your old design into a new one
- Planning your WordPress website design: what you need to display and where
- Free and paid-for WordPress themes: how to source the best theme for your needs
- Purchasing WordPress themes: what to look out for
- Different ways to install a WordPress theme: using the web or FTP
Editing an example WordPress theme #1: a 2 column theme with navigation along the top
- We examine the elements of this WordPress theme in detail
- How to adjust the header and footer graphics and CSS
- How to adjust other elements of the CSS
- Replacing and editing other graphics
- Uploading via FTP
- Making final adjustments in the WordPress appearance editor
Editing example WordPress theme #2: a 3 column theme with navigation down the left
- We examine the elements of this WordPress theme in detail
- How to adjust the header and footer graphics and CSS
- How to adjust other elements of the CSS
- Replacing and editing other graphics
- Uploading via FTP
- Making final adjustments in the WordPress appearance editor
Further expansion
- Useful plugins to assist in WordPress theme design and editing
- Further design enhancements: image galleries and slideshows
- Animated widgets and designer plugins
- WordPress theme design software
- Summary and questions
