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WEB170 » Schedule (Spring)

All assignments are “due” by (or before) Friday at 3:00pm of their scheduled week.*

Week One (03/04 – 04/07):

Lecture: Syllabus, Resources, What is WordPress? & The Anatomy of a WordPress Site
Reading: (Beck) Introduction, (Friedman) Ch. 1

Week Two (04/10 – 04/14):

Lecture: Installing WordPress to Your Server, Setting Up & Customizing WordPress Options, Installing and Using a Pre-Developed WordPress Theme, Installing & Using Plugins for WordPress
Reading: (Beck) Ch. 1 – 6, (Friedman) Ch. 2
Due: Choose Your Project Site

Week Three (04/17 – 04/21):

Lecture: Creating Content with WordPress, Editing & Formatting Text in WordPress, Uploading & Using Images in WordPress, Creating Navigation & Menus in WordPress
Reading: (Beck) Ch. 7 – 9, (Friedman) Ch. 7
Due: Install & Set Up WordPress & Create Your Template Files

Week Four (04/24 – 04/28):

Lecture: Anatomy of a WordPress Theme, Creating a WordPress Theme From a Template
Reading: (Beck) Ch. 11 & 12, (Friedman) Ch. 3 & 4
Due: Create Your Content & Menu System

Week Five (05/01 – 05/05):

Lecture: Creating a Navigation & Menu System for a WordPress Theme, Creating the Template Files for a WordPress Theme
Reading: (Friedman) Ch. 5 – 7 & 11
Due: Create Your Theme from Your Template

Week Six (05/08 – 05/12):

Lecture: Creating a Static Home Page with Multiple Loops for Your WordPress Site
Reading: (Friedman) Ch. 8 & 16
Due: Create Your Main & Sub Menu Systems & Create The Template Files for Your Theme

Week Seven (05/15 – 05/19):

Lecture: Creating a Custom Posts Feed with Featured Images in WordPress
Reading: (Friedman) Ch. 8, 10 & 14 
Due: Create a Static Home Page with Multiple Loops for Your Site

Week Eight (05/22 – 05/26):

Lecture: Using Custom Fields in Your WordPress Site, Using Widgets in Your WordPress Site
Reading: (Friedman) Ch. 9 & 15
Due: Creating a Custom Posts Feed with Featured Images for Your Site

Week Nine (05/29 – 06/02):

Holiday: Memorial Day
Lecture: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in WordPress without Using a Plugin
Due: Create a Pull-Quote for Your Site Using Custom Fields & Add a Widget to Your Site in Your Sidebar

Week Ten (06/05 – 06/09):

Lecture: Create a FlexSlider Gallery Using Attachment Images in WordPress without a Plugin
Due: Search Engine Optimize Your Site

Final Week (06/13 – 06/17):

This will be an open lab kinda week. ALL assignments are due no later than midnight Friday, June 16th for review and grade.

* Students are also responsible for changes to the schedule that I make verbally in class.