The final assignment of the class is worth 50% of the course mark.
Typically in this course, students have made portfolio sites using WordPress child themes that they write. If you wish to make a site of some other content, get in touch and we’ll discuss the idea.
A child theme piggybacks on the functioning and appearance of a parent theme, so the choice of parent theme is important.
The Task:
- Get a domain name and hosting
- Create and post engaging content that does an excellent job of representing you professionally
- Find a theme and (possibly) plugins that showcase that content effectively
- Create and activateWordPress child theme for the site
- Configure the theme and plugins
- Follow WordPress security and performance best practices
Your Site Must Have:
- Automated BackUp
- Contact Form
- Akismet anti-spam service set up (choose the free level)
- Recommended: turning commenting on posts OFF
- Feature Images
- Semantic Markup: proper heading levels, ALT attributes on images, etc.
- Reasonable image file sizes
- A professional focus in design, typography, textual content, color, and images
- Enough content to represent you well
- A logical and consistent navigation scheme
Your Site Must Not Have:
- Any content that you did not create
- Lorem ipsum text
What to Hand In
In my Dropbox, you will hand in a zip archive of a folder with a title of your-first-and-last-name-final-project (dashes, no spaces).
That folder will contain:
- A Duplicator archive of your live site
- A .txt file with the URL of your live site.
Due Date: Tuesday, October 06 by midnight