Theming WordPress

Why Theming WordPress? One look at the WordPress community ( http://WordPress.org ) and you will have your answer. Blogging has gone from geek to in style, appearing as the hot, new way to get the word out about a new product or the next wave of must have gear for mainstream America. WordPress is not just a blogging engine; it is a full CMS (content management system).

Using Dreamweaver, we will create a number of templates that you will import into the WordPress engine. This course will look at the ins and outs of the PHP/ MySQL admin side of WordPress and just how to create themes for WordPress. This will give your next site the look and functionality with the power of CMS, like WordPress.

For this advanced web design course, tasks include: XHTML, Advanced CSS, PHP and MySQL; WordPress, it’s backend for the creation of themes, the deletion and updating of content; WordPress Admin Setup for user control and the addition of widgets for events, tag clouds for SEO and Users.