Basic Setup For this exercise, we will learn about the WordPress Template Hierarchy, the WordPress Loop, and some basic WordPress template tags. First of all, please download this zip archive. Inside it you will find a folder of screenshots and a folder with a Duplicator installer and archive combination. Copy the installer and the archive […]
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Originally Created for WMDD 4840 2017 Midterm Set Up a Testing Site Download the latest version of WordPress. Unzip it, and rename the resulting wordpress folder to your first name and last intial (for example: kevinm ). Put that folder where it needs to go to work in MAMP. Set up your site. The site name will be European […]
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WordPress Plugins – Highly Rated, 2017
Installing a plugin is always a compromise. They can slow your site down. They can represent a security risk. They can conflict with other plugins or theme features. But they can add a lot to the site user experience, or the site owner experience. In other words, before installing a plugin, do as much research […]
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WordPress Lab Exercise: Theme Tryouts
One trouble in figuring out which themes or plugins to try out is that there are tons of reviews on the web, but with a lot of them you don’t really know who’s doing the reviewing. After awhile, though, you start to recognize sites that have respect in the WordPress community. Some I would mention […]
For this exercise, I want you to get WordPress running on a free web hosting service: 000webhost.com and use their automated WordPress installation. First, sign up with the service. Then figure out how to install WordPress on the site. When you sign up for the service, you will need to use a more secure username and […]
Download the Files First, please download these files. When you unzip the files, you will see inside the folder, a file called guitarmania.wordpress.2013-07-11.xml and a folder of images. Make a new WordPress site in a testing environment like MAMP. For the folder name, use obsessive-compulsive-guitarist. Use your own name as the admin user and password. For […]
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 […]
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 […]
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WordPress Site Transfer Lab Exercise
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, […]