WordPress Theme Development: Deploy Professional Websites as a Front-End Developer

DESMA X 481.22C

Design and develop dynamic websites with stunning graphic design utilizing this powerful and extendable online publishing platform.

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What you will learn.

  • Explore concepts including WordPress fundamentals, creating custom themes, designing for dynamic websites, website maintenance, and extending WordPress
  • Evaluate hundreds of freely available themes that allow you to change the look and feel of a WordPress website with ease
  • Practice mobile applications and responsive design

About this course:

WordPress is a popular tool for designers and developers alike that has grown from an open source blog application to a powerful and extendable publishing platform. The WordPress community has created hundreds of freely available themes that allow you to change the look and feel of a WordPress website with ease. Modifying existing themes and creating custom ones can be a daunting task for the uninitiated.  In this project-based course, students design and develop a dynamic website utilizing WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS). Concepts include WordPress fundamentals, creating custom themes, designing for multiple devices, website maintenance, and extending WordPress.

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