Intro to word press
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This document provides an introduction to WordPress, including what it is, how to install a new WordPress site, and how to create a basic child theme. WordPress is free and open source software for publishing websites. Installing a new WordPress site requires access to a server with PHP and MySQL, downloading the WordPress files, and uploading them to a server. Creating a basic child theme involves creating an index.php file and style.css file that imports the parent theme's style.css file and allows for customizations.
Intro to word press
- 1. Intro to WordPress Fast, Easy, Complicated, and Powerful Web ITP, Spring 2011, section 1, session 2 Dan Phiffer [email protected]
- 3. Coding from scratch • You get more control • You have to do more work • More likely that you can fix your own site when it breaks
- 4. This can be easier!
- 6. What is WordPress? • Software for publishing websites • Free Software (and also Open Source) • Huge community of developers and users
- 7. What do we need to install a new WordPress site? • Access to a server with PHP + MySQL • A WordPress zip file • A theme
- 8. Three theme options • Use a pre-packaged theme • Write a custom theme from scratch • Make a child theme based on another one
- 9. Let’s start • Download the files • Unzip the files • Upload the files to your server • Rename the “wordpress” folder
- 10. Software we need • Mac file transfer apps: Transmit or Cyberduck • For Windows: FileZilla • Login to itp.nyu.edu using SFTP or SCP with your NetID
- 25. Let’s customize this thing
- 26. The bare minimum files you need for a theme • index.php • style.css
- 27. The bare minimum you need for a child theme • index.php • style.css
- 28. style.css /* Theme Name: My child theme Theme URI: http://example.org/ Description: A child theme Version: 1.0 Author: Dan Phiffer Template: twentyten */ @import url("../twentyten/style.css");
- 38. Update style.css /* Theme Name: My child theme Theme URI: http://example.org/ Description: A child theme Version: 1.0 Author: Dan Phiffer Template: twentyten */ @import url("../twentyten/style.css"); body { background: #333; }