WordPress Lessons

WordPress for Beginners

• Introduction to Blogging
• First Steps With WordPress
• WordPress Semantics - Learning the Jargon NEW!
• New To WordPress - Where to Start
• WordPress Blog Design and Layout
• Using WordPress Themes
• HTML to XHTML
• Business Blogging and shopping NEW!

• WordPress CSS Information and Techniques
• Finding Your CSS Styles
• Creating Individual Pages
• Stepping Into Templates NEW!
• Stepping Into Template Tags
• Using Images NEW!
• Finding WordPress Help
• I Make Changes and Nothing Happens
• Installing WordPress-An Audio-Visual Presentation

Designing Your WordPress Site

Detail Elements

• Designing Headers NEW!
• Developing a Colour Scheme
• Playing With Fonts
• Designing Headings
• Fun Character Entities
• Customizing the Read More
• Wrapping Text Around Images
• Adding Asides NEW!
• Using Images NEW!
• Using Gravatars NEW!

Sidebars and Menus

• Good Navigation Links
• Post Meta Data Section
• Dynamic Menu Highlighting
• CSS Horizontal menus
• Styling Lists with CSS

Styling the Code

• CSS Techniques and Resources
• CSS Shorthand
• Finding Your CSS Styles
• Commenting Code
• Formatting Date and Time
• Styling for Print NEW!
• HTML to XHTML NEW!

Template Files

Customizing Templates

• Stepping Into Templates NEW!
• Creating an Archive Index
• Creating Category Pages
• Creating a Search Page NEW!
• Customizing Your Sidebar
• Styling Lists with CSS
• Designing Headers
• Styling Theme Forms NEW!
• Creating an Error 404 Page
• Author Templates NEW!

The Loop

• Understanding The Loop
• The Loop in Action
• Alphabetizing Posts NEW!
• Working With Includes

Template Tags

• Stepping Into Template Tags
• Customizing the Read More
• Next and Previous Links
• Separating Categories
• Protection From Harvesters
• Styling Page-Links
• Using Custom Fields with Post-Meta

Features and Functions

• Linking to Posts, Pages, and Categories
• Using_Smilies
• Coloured Quicktags NEW!

• WordPress Feeds NEW!
• Customizing_Feeds NEW!
• Writing Code in Your Posts NEW!

Website Development

• Validating a Website
• Know Your Sources
• WordPress Housekeeping
• WordPress Site Maintenance
• Finding Server Info
• HTML to XHTML NEW!

• Meta Tags in WordPress
• Search Engine Optimization for Wordpress NEW
• Accessibility NEW

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