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So You Wanna Dev?Join the Team!
WordCamp Orlando 2016 - 8 October 2016
IntroductionsEvan Mullins
Lead Web Developer
Brown Bag Marketing
@circlecube
circlecube.com
WordPress user since 2006
Full-time web developer since 2007
Internet
Throughout these slides almost everything is linked to related
content or sources.
Gotta click ‘em all!
sFTP (secure)File Transfer Protocolmove/copy files to web server
Text Editor & IDE
HTMLWhat is HTML?
Resources:
● W3
● HTML5 For Designers
● How to Code in HTML
● MDN: Learning Web Development
● Khan: HTML
● Codecademy: HTML
● HTML5 Cheatsheet
HTML - The Source<div id="home">
<div class="content">
<article>
<h2 class="noBottom">Getting someone's attention is one thing.</h2>
<h3 class="noTop">Keeping it is what counts.</h3>
<p>A second may be all the time you've got in today's rapidly changing marketing landscape of diverse audiences,
channels and techniques. Simply put, your brand needs an integrated marketing partner. Brown Bag is fully integrated,
full-service and equipped for the digital and content age - creating experiences that keep your customers' attention while
delivering measurable results that keep yours.</p>
</article>
<div class="buttons">
<a href="https://www.brownbagmarketing.com/infographic/" class="btn btn-orange">Why Integrated Marketing</a>
<a href="https://www.brownbagmarketing.com/contact/" class="btn btn-orange">Work With Us</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
HTML - In Browser
CSSWhat is CSS and why do we use it?
Resources:
● W3
● CSS3 For Web Designers
● Learn To Code CSS
● CSS Tricks
● MDN: CSS
● Khan: CSS
● Codecademy: CSS
● CSS Specificity Calculator
● CSS3 Cheatsheet
The Box Model
CSSh1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: 100;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin: 30px 0;
}
.noBottom {
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
.noTop {
margin-top: 0px;
}
h3 {
text-transform: none;
font-family: "somefont";
}
.content {
width: 1024px;
max-width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
CSS
CSS3background-size:
border-radius:
border-box:
flexbox: rgba();
transition:
perspective:
transform:
PHP<div id="home">
<div class="content">
<article>
<h2 class="noBottom"><?php the_field('headline_1'); ?></h2>
<h3 class="noTop"><?php the_field('subheadline_1'); ?></h3>
<p><?php the_field('body_1'); ?></p>
</article>
<div class="buttons">
<a href="<?php the_field('button_1.1_link'); ?>" class="btn btn-orange"><?php
the_field('button_1.1_text'); ?></a>
<a href="<?php the_field('button_1.2_link'); ?>" class="btn btn-orange"><?php
the_field('button_1.2_text'); ?></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
PHP<div id="home">
<div class="content">
<article>
<h2 class="noBottom"><?php the_field('headline_1'); ?></h2>
<h3 class="noTop"><?php the_field('subheadline_1'); ?></h3>
<p><?php the_field('body_1'); ?></p>
</article>
<div class="buttons">
<a href="<?php the_field('button_1.1_link'); ?>" class="btn btn-orange"><?php
the_field('button_1.1_text'); ?></a>
<a href="<?php the_field('button_1.2_link'); ?>" class="btn btn-orange"><?php
the_field('button_1.2_text'); ?></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
PHP
$wisdom: 'wisdomscript';
$raleway: 'ralewayregular';
$white: #ffffff;
$orange: #f15b22;
$orangelight: #fd6c35;
h3 { font-family: $wisdom; }
.btn {
display: inline-block;
color: $white;
font-family: $raleway;
&:hover {
color: $white;
}
&.btn-orange {
background-color: $orange;
&:hover {
background-color: $orangelight;
}
}
}
javascript
jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML
document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much
simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers. With a
combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions
of people write JavaScript.
Beyond jQuery
WordPress Theme Editor
Child ThemeA child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme,
called the parent theme. Child themes are the recommended way of modifying an
existing theme.
● If you modify a theme directly and it is updated, then your modifications may be
lost. By using a child theme you will ensure that your modifications are preserved.
● Using a child theme can speed up development time.
● Using a child theme is a great way to learn about WordPress theme development.
Read More at https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
The functions file. A file in a theme that doesn’t display
content but houses your php functions.
This is where you place that snippet of code you find
in a forum that will fix all your problems. You add your
own custom php functions or WordPress hooks and
customizations.
Note that this file is tied to the theme, if you’re
someone who switches themes often, you may be
better served creating a function plugin and placing
your code there.
functions.php
Child Theme - functions.php
Simple PHP EditsRearrange elements, remove elements, edit html tags…
If you want to change more than just the stylesheet, your child theme can override any
file in the parent theme: simply include a file of the same name in the child theme
directory, and it will override the equivalent file in the parent theme directory when
your site loads.
See the Template Hierarchy for details about how WordPress decides what template to use.
HooksHooks are provided by WordPress to allow you to 'hook into' the rest of WordPress. That is, your functions hook into WordPress functions. Then when the WordPress functions are called at any time, it sets your code in motion. Still Lost?
Hooksactions
Actions are the hooks that the WordPress core
launches at specific points during execution, or
when specific events occur. Your plugin can specify
that one or more of its PHP functions are executed
at these points, using the Action API.
filters
Filters are the hooks that WordPress launches to
modify text of various types before adding it to the
database or sending it to the browser screen. Your
plugin can specify that one or more of its PHP
functions is executed to modify specific types of
text at these times, using the Filter API.
The LoopThe Loop is the code
that queries the
database to get your
posts. It will grab them
all at once and loop
through them while
building the page.
The Loop
Note: there are php
methods or Template
Tags that we “must be
within The Loop” in
order to use them.
Template HierarchyThe template hierarchy is the system WordPress uses to identify which template file to
use when displaying a given page on a site.
Advanced Custom Fields Plugin: ACFWhen you want powerful options with your custom fields use ACF
Native Custom Fields Advanced Custom Fields
Custom Post TypesWhen a simple blog post
won’t work. You can create a
custom post type (CPT) for
anything you can think of,
and when you combine a
CPT with custom fields, you
begin to harness the true
CMS power of WordPress
Version control
SVN - WordPress core and repositories
Git - everyone elss
git & svn are version control systems (vcs)
API
An application programming
interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions,
protocols, and tools for building software and
applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a
program by providing all the building blocks, which are
then put together by the programmer.
REST
REpresentational State Transfer
It describes how one system can communicate state with another. One example would
be the state of a product (its name, description etc) represented as JSON. The
generalised idea of state is termed a resource.
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation is a lightweight data-interchange format.
It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It
is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are
familiar to programmers. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange
language.
JSON is built on two structures:
● A collection of name/value pairs. (object).
● An ordered list of values. (array).
Multisite
SEOSearch Engine Optimization being google-able
On Page: domain name, internal links/navigation, content, freshness, keyword density,
site speed, SSL, etc
Off Page: quantity and quality of inbound links, social media
Out of the box WordPress has many helpful features that make your site search engine
friendly on-page: clean code, content first, crawlability, pretty permalinks, etc.
Plugins can still add more: Yoast, All in One SEO Pack… and more
Slack
Responsive Design
Want more?https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-dictionary/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Introduction_to_Web_developm
ent
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/web-development-intro
https://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-TlhFi/0/1
http://www.htmldog.com/guides/
Questions
?
Thank You
!
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