GDI WP101 Week 3 Introduction

Introduction, Hands-On, and Exercises for Class #3: Plugins & Themes

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1. ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
2. Agenda  Questions?  Plugins…in detail  Themes  Hands-On ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
3. Questions?  UX???  Categories & Tags???  Creating MENUs??? ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
4. Plugins ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
5. Themes ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
6. Practice & Questions Plugins 1. Find WordPress SEO (Yoast) 2. Install & Activate the plugin 3. Find “YARPP” plugin 4. Install & Activate the plugin ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
7. Practice & Questions Themes 1. Select a different theme 2. Activate the theme 3. Search for theme “houses” 4. Explore a few of the themes 5. Look at the DEMOs of several themes ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
8. Homework Plugins 1. Look for a couple of plugins you might want to use on your own site 2. Check compatibility 3. Install & activate them 4. Configure if necessary ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
9. Homework Themes 1. Research other theme companies 2. Explore individual theme DEMOs 3. Look for the differences & similarities among themes 4. Look for Admin Panels, especially the Custom CSS box 5. Is customizing CSS easy? ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
10. ©2014 Karen McCamy  FreelanceTechnologyReview.com