
Begin with the challenge of turning an HTML5 one-page template into a minimal viable WordPress theme, learning loops, menus, widgets, and plugin integration for dynamic sites.
Install the Local app to run a local WordPress server for testing, switch PHP versions and web servers, and manage databases with Adminer as you convert HTML templates into themes.
Activate and install a custom WordPress theme by adding mini folio to the themes folder, renaming index.html to index.php, and creating a basic style.css header.
Learn to enqueue CSS files in WordPress by using a theme's functions.php and wp_enqueue_style with get_template_directory, ensuring proper paths and queued resources.
Learn how to properly enqueue javascript in a WordPress theme by registering scripts, managing dependencies, and placing files in the footer for reliable effects.
Learn to turn static HTML into dynamic WordPress themes by creating and managing widget areas (sidebars) with register_sidebar, add_action on widgets_init, and wrapper arguments like before_widget and after_widget.
Link the admin widget areas to the front end with is_active_sidebar and dynamic_sidebar. Update content using html blocks and a custom html block to create dynamic widget sections.
Install and activate the contact form seven plugin to replace the hardcoded form with a widget and shortcode. Add a city field and keep the plugin updated.
Register menu locations in functions.php and render them with wp_nav_menu using a primary and a social menu. Create admin menus, assign them to locations, and use in-page anchors for navigation.
In this lesson we implement a custom WordPress loop to transform eight posts across four categories into a dynamic post grid, filtering by category and enabling post thumbnails via functions.php.
Implement a basic WordPress loop with WP_Query to fetch eight posts per page from selected categories, showing thumbnails, titles, and categories, and reset post data.
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Have you thought about creating a WordPress theme from a simple HTML5 template?
In this course I will guide you, step by step, and teach you how to convert a simple one-page HTML5 template into a highly dynamic, fully functional WordPress theme.
You will learn the basic techniques used for creating a WordPress theme. In the end, you'll be able to use the same techniques to convert your own HTML5 website into a fully functional theme.
This course is not intended to be a definitive course on WordPress theme development, but it will be your first contact with the subject.
Learn How to Convert a Simple One-Page HTML5 Template into a WordPress Theme
• Learn the basic techniques for developing a WordPress theme
• Understand how a WordPress theme works
• Learn how to turn a static HTML5 template into a highly dynamic WordPress theme
Course Overview
This course is not meant to be the ultimate course on WordPress theme development, but it will be your first contact with this amazing subject.
Throughout the class, you'll watch over my shoulders how to convert a simple HTML5 template into a fully functional WordPress theme.
This course has been carefully designed for professionals who already have minimal knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP and wish to take a step forward in understanding how WordPress theme works.
We will start from a simple one-page template, which will be transformed little by little into a WordPress theme. Along the way, you'll learn how to install WordPress in the right way, as well as the right way to transfer CSS and Javascript files from a template to a WordPress theme.
We will learn to include Bootstrap and make the theme responsive, keeping the original features and the visual aspect of the HTML template within WordPress.
And the most important! We will learn to make the template content highly dynamic within WordPress, from menus to text and image areas. I mean, you'll be able to create a theme that can be easily updated by you or your clients.
We will also learn how to implement a fully dynamic post list by creating a custom WordPress loop!
You'll also have access to all the files created during lessons. All of them well organized for you to review or correct your own code.
At the end of the course, you will have learned how to create your own theme, from any HTML5 template, and confidently recreate a theme of your own. In addition, at the end of the course, you will receive Udemy's exclusive certificate!
Are you ready? So, let's get started