WordPress themes are built on DRY (don't repeat yourself) development principles and rely on an advanced templating model. This video tutorial shows you how WordPress themes work by following the process from URL entry in a browser to the final output in the browser window.
- [Instructor] It's important to understand…how a theme actually works before we start building one.…You see, rather than provide a single template…for each individual scenario,…WordPress uses a distributed templating system…based on DRY development practices.…To make sense of all this,…let's first look at what happens…when you enter an address to a WordPress post…into a browser.…In the address bar of the browser…you would put in the human readable URL.…Something like this:…https://mor10.com/test-drive.…But this is just a human readable URL.…
The actual URL to the post is this:…https://mor10.com/?p=2726.…That 2726 is the ID…to the post object we want to retrieve from the database…and display on the front end.…What happens now is this:…that ID is sent to the database server.…The database server says,…in this case 2726 is a post…and that information is sent back to WordPress.…WordPress now goes and grabs the correct template,…which in this case would be single.php,…which is the template for regular posts…and single.php in turn…
Author
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Released
2/6/2017- Setting up a WordPress development environment
- Getting and installing _s
- Automating theme development with Gulp
- The WordPress template hierarchy
- Setting up the basic theme
- Registering and displaying menus
- Applying styles to menus
- Creating conditional layouts
- Working with the comments template
- Working with featured images
- Working with widget areas, or sidebars
- Working with index templates
- Working with static pages
- Adding features to the Customizer
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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1. Set Up a WordPress Development Environment
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Get and install _s3m 48s
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2. The Design to Development Process
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Modular, mobile-first design2m 19s
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Underscores: An overview1m 50s
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3. Set Up the Basic Theme
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Configure the theme info5m 32s
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Create responsive typography6m 19s
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4. Build the Header
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Style the default header8m 3s
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5. Create Menus
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Apply styles to the menu6m 33s
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6. Configure the Single Post Template
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Apply CSS to the post header6m 25s
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Style image galleries1m 56s
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Configure post navigation6m 19s
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7. Create Conditional Layouts
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Planning an unusual layout1m 49s
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8. Work with Comments
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Apply CSS to comments5m 41s
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9. Work with Featured Images
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10. Work with Widget Areas (Sidebars)
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11. Work with Index templates
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Customize the excerpt output3m 51s
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Highlight sticky posts4m 57s
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Customize archive pages5m 51s
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12. Work with Static Pages
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13. Advanced Features
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Add SVG icon functionality9m 16s
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14. Adding Features to the Customizer
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Get to know the Customizer4m 20s
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15. Back-End Customization
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Add a screenshot2m 44s
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Conclusion
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Going further with WordPress2m 15s
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