Class Website:
http://web.stanford.edu/group/csp/cs49

• Week 1
  • Part 1: Introductions
    • Introduction Prezi (including grading options)
    • Overview of CMS's in General (and WP in particular)
• Part 2: Web Site Planning and Set up
  • Planning a site
  • WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
  • Web Site Hosting
    • Byet.host
• Part 3: Setting Up a WordPress Site
  • Installing a WordPress Instance
    • Installing a WordPress Instance "by hand"
    • Installing a WordPress Instance using Byet.host's installer
• Part 4: Initial Setup of a WordPress Site
  • Logging into the Dashboard and setting up default settings
• Week 2
  • Logging into the Dashboard and setting up default settings (if you didn't do so in Week 1)
  • Creating web content
  • Editing existing web content
  • HTML Basics
  • CSS Basics
• Week 3
  • Implementing and Modifying Themes
  • More HTML/CSS Basics
  • CSS & HTML Resources
    • http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS
    • http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS_Troubleshooting
    • http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/coding-standards/css/
    • http://getfirebug.com/
    • Chrome Inspect Element
    • Safari Inspect Element
    • http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/coding-standards/html/
    • http://www.w3schools.com/html
    • http://www.w3schools.com/css
    • http://www.w3schools.com/php
  • Managing users, permissions, and roles
  • Creating categories and tags in Posts
• Week 4
  • Implementing Plugins to enhance productivity and functionality
    • A list of some favorite plugins
  • Managing and using Widgets
• Week 5
  • Backing up your site
  • Change the site homepage to be different from the directory in which you installed WordPress -- e.g., yoursite.com/wordpress --> yoursite.com
  • Using FileZilla
  • Child Themes
  • Putting it all together - quick review of weeks 1-5
  • Lab time to work on final project with instructor’s help