WordPress Web Design For Dummies - Softcover

Learn to:

• Create dynamic, custom websites with the self-hosted version of WordPress
• Determine color scheme, site navigation, and typography based on your design strategy
• Plan your design for mobile device and tablet users

Your full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with WordPress

Do you want to take your WordPress skills to the next level? From bestselling author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this friendly guide quickly gets you up to speed on the latest release of the software. Its easy-to-understand direction will show you how to use WordPress to effortlessly create customized, compelling, and cost-effective websites.

• Get a solid foundation — explore web design with WordPress, understand domain requirements, and manage content confidently
• Assemble your toolbox — plan your design strategy, choose graphics and software resources, pick colors and fonts, and explore editors, browsers, and FTP
• Choose your theme — find and install a WordPress theme, dissect themes and templates, and display content with widgets and template tags
• Build your website — use basic CSS and HTML to customize your site design, design for WordPress as a CMS, and enhance your website with plugins

Open the book and find:

• How to use WordPress as a content management system
• Steps for installing WordPress on your web server
• Tips for working with the default theme as well as parent and child themes
• How to implement advanced CSS, SaSS, and responsive design
• Guidance on inserting images into your page or post
• Steps for building a community with BuddyPress
• Powerful plugins for WordPress

Lisa Sabin-Wilson is the co-owner of WebDevStudios, a development company specializing in custom WordPress plugins, themes, and deployments. She is a popular conference speaker and bestselling author of WordPress For Dummies and WordPress All-in-One For Dummies. Find her on Twitter @LisaSabinWilson.