gdi wordpress 4 january 2012 (white)

!! TOOLKIT ALERT !! ● If you want to play with publishing today, be sure you have...

FileZilla, KomodoEdit/text editor, and FTP login info

Customizing Themes, Publishing, & Review

Today's Plan● Child Themes continued● Publishing your site● The review game!

Goals● You will know how to use your child theme to override the parent

theme.● You will know more about FTP and publishing your site.● You will have fun playing the review game!

!! TOOLKIT ALERT !! ● If you want to play with publishing today, be sure you have...

FileZilla, KomodoEdit/text editor, and FTP login info

Child Theme Review

If file exists, use it. If not...

Go get it from the parent

CHILD

PARENT

Exercise: Leveraging Your Child ThemeComplete/Answer the following:

● Create a 404 template. ○ Start by copying the code from the parent as an example

into your text editor○ Edit it○ Save as 404.php in your child theme○ Go to a page that does not exist to test

Gold Star! [Extra Credit]● Customize the archive or loop templates, such as

making the title a different HTML tag ... get creative!

● Can you figure out what "The Loop" is? (see archive.php & content.php in twentyeleven)

Publishing: 3 Steps

1. Setup your base (WordPress)

2. Install your theme and plugins

3. Transfer your data

Publishing: 3 Steps

1. Setup your base (WordPress)Host can take care of this (usually)

2. Install your theme and pluginsFTP!

3. Transfer your dataWordPress Export/Import

REVIEW TIME!

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/wordpress-101-review

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