Learning Modern Web Development
A page may contain any number of different elements which each need to be styled relative to one another. It is useful, therefore, to have a single page containing a concise list of common elements such as headings, paragraphs and tables, so that these can be styled all at once. Such a page should contain … Read more
WordPress decides which files to use for a page based on a hierarchy of templates that gradually decrease in specificity. 🛈 More information about the WordPress template hierarchy can be found on the official WordPress documentation site. The bottom level, which WordPress will default to if no other template is available, is the index.php file. … Read more
🏁 In this series, we will create a WordPress classic theme from scratch, called Domingo. The first step to creating a WordPress theme is to create an empty folder and give it a name. Within the new folder, create two files: The index.php file will be the main template of our WordPress theme, and will … Read more
To add custom css, select the Appearance > Customize option from the admin dashboard, and then Additional CSS. Custom CSS is very useful for applying slight tweaks to the appearance of your website without having to edit any of the theme files. These custom rules are applied after the main CSS files of the theme … Read more
To format text to appear as a highlighted code snippet, install and activate the plugin Highlighting Code Block. An example of what you can display in your post is shown below: The code block above uses the Highlighting Code Block block which is provided by the namesake plugin. The settings for the plugin in this … Read more
To create a link in your WordPress post or page, highlight the text, then select the link option from the context menu. You can then enter the URL and choose whether the link should open from the current location or in a new tab. A good practice for deciding where links should open is: The … Read more
A framework is a collection of resources which can be used to build something on the web. Most projects tend to share a lot of common functionality, especially under the hood. Such functionality might include serving the correct page content to a site visitor, or providing a login system (known as authentification). This common functionality … Read more
To create a new page on your WordPress website, visit the admin dashboard, then select the Pages > Add New option from the menu. Pages are different from posts. Pages represent a static location on your website that might include regularly acccessed resources and links. Examples of a useful page wold be an About page … Read more
To add a new user to your WordPress website, visit the admin dashboard, then select the Users > Add New option from the menu. Make sure the new user has access to the mailbox associated with the email address as WordPress will send any correspondance including activity notifications and password reset instructions there. It is … Read more
To install a new theme on your WordPress website, visit the admin dashboard, then select the Appearance > Themes option from the menu. You can then select a theme to activate from the list of currently installed themes, or add a new theme by pressing the Add New button. The first page of the themes … Read more