Course Overview

Learn how to customize your WordPress site with child themes.

Course Circullum

Introduction

Level up to WordPress developer
What you need to know
Using the exercise files

1. Building on a Solid Foundation

Set up a local development environment
Set up a code editor
Use real content

2. Creating a Child Theme

What is a child theme?
Picking a parent theme
Creating and activating a child theme
Including stylesheets
Best practices for including stylesheets

3. Child Themes and CSS

Employing the laziness principle
Designing in the browser
Modify existing styles
Add new styles
Challenge: Add flair
Solution: Add flair

4. Working with Function Files

Understanding functions.php
Finding functions in the parent theme
Modify a pluggable function
Hooks, filters, and action
Filter a function
Hooking functions
Challenge: Change posted by
Solution: Change posted by

5. Working with Template Files

Template hierarchy in WordPress
Changing an existing template
Add new template files
Managing backward compatibility
Challenge: Custom 404 page
Solution: Custom 404 page

6. Add New Functionality

Finding existing functionality
Add a menu
Change menu output with properties
Style new menu with CSS
Challenge: Conditional widgetized area
Solution: Conditional widgetized area

7. Wrapping Up

Shiny new web fonts
Adding a screenshot
Migrating files to your live site

Conclusion

Next steps

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