Web Designer's Guide to WordPress (eBook)

This book tears down the barriers web designers are currently facing in dynamic site development. Designers know the web and how to design and build websites, however they don't all know how to make them dynamic or power them with a CMS. Readers will learn in detail how to maintain a WordPress powered website, proper site architecture, out-of-the-box solutions for client requests and content delivery, how to convert an already-built website to WordPress, deployment to a live server, and more.

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Legions of web designers and developers are choosing WordPress for building sites. That's because it's powerful, reliable, flexible, scalable-and more. This book is your complete guide to mastering WordPress theme development, covering everything from installation to leveraging the community and resources to improve your WordPress skills for years to come. You'll learn how to: Install WordPress and work on a development server Create site plans and content architecture Develop basic through advanced WordPress themes Maintain responsive design integrity Implement the right plugins Convert an already-built website to a WordPress-powered theme Get involved with the WordPress community With detailed explanations, real-life examples, and step-by-step tutorials, you'll find everything you need to build and deploy WordPress-powered websites with no prior server-side or WordPress development experience.