Designing Custom Sites Using Child Themes in WordPress and CSS
By Jay Boucher
In this WordPress tutorial, we'll create a child theme for the WordPress website platform. Software required: WordPress, Firefox, CSS3, FTP, HTML5, Photoshop CS5.
Course info
Rating
Level
Advanced
Updated
Nov 12, 2014
Duration
1h 59m
Table of contents
Introduction and Project Overview
Designing Custom Sites Using Child Themes in WordPress and CSS
Creating a WordPress Child Theme
8m
Working with Firefox Web Developer
9m
Working with the Twenty Twelve Theme for WordPress
9m
Creating a Mockup of Our Page Layout
10m
Customizing Content Areas, Colors and Background Images
7m
Understanding the Site Dimensions and Overall Layout
9m
Using Custom Web Fonts
10m
Customizing the Top Navigation Bar
9m
Customizing the Top Menu Toggle for Mobile
10m
Adjusting the Major Content Areas
9m
Styling the Widget Area
9m
Posting the Child Theme
9m
Revising the Live Site
12m
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Advanced
Updated
Nov 12, 2014
Duration
1h 59m
Description
In this WordPress tutorial, we'll create a child theme for the WordPress website platform. We'll take an existing theme as a starting point and use Firefox Web Developer tools and its live preview to dissect and stylize our own version to create a custom site design. From this WordPress training you'll learn to interpret CSS code so that you can develop your own child themes. Software required: WordPress, Firefox, CSS3, FTP, HTML5, Photoshop CS5.
About the author
About the author
Jay Boucher is a freelance illustrator and interactive designer creating games and websites for young people.
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