Web, session 5
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Tonight’s discussion
- Let’s get this done tonight >> blog posts with your self-hosted WP sites
- Who has already installed WP?
- IN LAB … those folks will install WordPress on your web host
- WordPress best practices: the “more” tag (and using the KitchenSink)
- Where is “more”? What is “more”? Why do we use “more”?
- What is the “kitchen sink”? Why do we use it?
- Go to your theme post on WP.com and add “more” tag at an appropriate place
- WordPress best practices: editing / deleting / scheduling publishing
- The best part about a CMS: scheduling
- WordPress best practices: permalinks
- What are they?
- Where are they in settings?
- Who has already installed WP?
- Last week’s posts on themes:
- 3 visually appealing themes
- My three themes I enjoyed
- Put on everything you want to wear, then take one thing off. (Less is more!)
- Joe?
- Read everyone else’s posts — comment on their choices.
- We’ll discuss … what makes a good theme? how can you decide if you should buy a theme?
- What are the parts of a theme?
- The themes: BookRev Lite // Hatch // Lawyeria Lite // MixFolio // Pure // Snaps // Snapshot
Not WP Themes: Galley // Wells (SquareSpace)
Theme farms represented here > GraphPaperPress, GT3Themes, ThemeIsle
Lab / WP
- WP 5-minute installation!
- We will upload a theme. On Wednesday, we will begin modifying the CSS. We’ll talk about best practices and child themes on Wednesday.
- We may about plugins and site security
Lab / HTML
- Review HTML 5 and how it’s different
> Getting Started with HTML
> Tags, Attributes and Elements
> Page Titles
> Paragraphs
> Headings - Read WP WQSG, CH 9, CH 10 and Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Reading prompt – what is the purpose of CSS? What does “cascading” mean? Post to class WP site before5 pm on Mondayyou leave tonight- Read and comment on your classmate posts before Wednesday’s class
Next session assignments
- Read/resources: (see main page)
- Log in to CodeAcademy (Kathy will give you your auto-generated login and the class pswd)
- Complete Code Academy: Introduction to HTML (two modules) and HTML Basics II
- In class Wednesday >> CodeAcademy / intro to CSS (Kathy will demo)