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== Wednesday == | == Wednesday == | ||
=== Identify a provisional project === | === Hands on - Identify a provisional project === | ||
* Identify a type of project you would like to implement | * Identify a type of project you would like to implement | ||
* Find 3 good examples (preferably based on wordpress) | * Find 3 good examples (preferably based on wordpress) | ||
* Discuss their features (functionly) and design in class | * Discuss their features (functionly) and design in class | ||
=== Hands on - Selecting the theme === | |||
* Selecting the them (skin) should be based on several criteria, at least usefulness, usability and appropriate looks. | |||
* Discussion about [[User experience and user experience design]] | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 4 September 2016
Week 3 learning goals
- Download and install WordPress
- Basic configuration, including choice of skin.
- Examine the table structure
Monday Part I
- Questions/Answers for homework 2 (PHP/MySQL application)
- Finalizing homework 2
Monday Part II
Hands on - WordPress Installation
- Find the official download for WordPress
- Examine the requirements (do you have the right PHP/MySQL stack ?)
- Find the documentation and try to follow the "famous 5 minute" installation
- Figure out a good way for creating and maintaining installation notes
Roughly you will have to go through the following steps
- Download the archive
- Examine the Zip file and unzip in the right place
- Edit the configuration file (it also can be created by the installation script, but we recommend doing it manually)
- Run the configuration script.
Wednesday
Hands on - Identify a provisional project
- Identify a type of project you would like to implement
- Find 3 good examples (preferably based on wordpress)
- Discuss their features (functionly) and design in class
Hands on - Selecting the theme
- Selecting the them (skin) should be based on several criteria, at least usefulness, usability and appropriate looks.
- Discussion about User experience and user experience design
Resources
- The Codex. In principle all you need to install and configure WordPress
- How to Install WordPress on Localhost Using Xampp Server Blog post by WPDean, Aug 9 2016. (Many other such tutorials exist, make sure to read a more recent one....)