In your underscores starter theme, create a new file called front-page.php. Into it, copy the following code. You can remove anything that was put there by default by your editing program (if anything). Now go to the front page of your site. What we are going to do is build on this loop in class […]
You can use practically any text editor to build WordPress themes, and you can run SASS directly from the command line, but Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Netbeans come with a lot of advanced functionality, such as sophisticated code-hinting, that will quickly become evident as you start to use them. Installing The Software These installation instructions here […]
Download Your Starter Theme WordPress starter themes are designed to give you a large headstart in making themes. Probably the most popular of these is the _s (pronounced underscores) theme. To download it, go to underscores.me and click on the Advanced Options link. Fill out the form with a theme name, a theme slug ( a URL-friendly […]
If you want to know how to install SASS and/or Netbeans on your own computer, consult this document. Set Up Your WordPress Testing Environment Depending on what class we are in, I may give you a Duplicator archive and installer file and get you to install a sample WordPress installation, or I might get you to […]
This exercise will have six sections. You have 1 hour to do it. Setting up a WP testing environment Importing some content Basic site configuration Making a menu Configuring one plugin Packing up your site for transfer to me with Duplicator Here are the files you will need for the exercise. Task One: set up a new MAMP […]
There are a number of ways to transfer a WordPress installation. If you are trying to copy a live site to a testing environment, the easiest way is to do the following: From the live site, go Tools < Export. This will download an xml file that contains the contents of the database: posts, pages, […]
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The Preliminary Stuff Please go to the following URL: https://kevinmc.ca/web-production/ and look at the page I’ve put up there. If you’re looking at the page in a lab at Langara or Emily Carr, it probably loaded reasonably quickly. Not So For Everybody, Though Inspect the page in Chrome. At the top of the Inspector, click on Network, […]
For this exercise, we will divide up into groups. Each group will analyze one of the four contenders for the US Presidency. With each site, what I am interested in is your comments on the User Experience—in whatever way you understand that term. The sites are here: Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Bernie Sanders Ted Cruz Marco […]
For this exercise, you will produce a basic layout and wire up a very basic interactivity. You will code all the HTML & CSS. First of all, download the image you need for the exercise. I am not specifying the font, but you must chose one that looks as close as possible to what’s […]