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BIT 186 - WordPress for Web Developers


Learn how to develop and manage feature-rich, responsive, and accessible website with WordPress.  Find out how to adjust settings, add users, customize menus and themes, and install plugins.  Customize WordPress websites using HTML/CSS to enhance layout and design, JavaScript to add interactivity, and PHP to develop and apply custom plugins.  Learn techniques to enhance workflow during development and to manage a WordPress site once launched.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  BIT 173 Basics of Website Creation

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

  1. Create a feature-rich, responsive, and accessible website using WordPress.
  2. Adjust settings, add users, customize menus and themes, and install plugins to a WordPress site.
  3. Enhance the layout and design of a WordPress site with custom HTML/CSS.
  4. Create working code in JavaScript to customize a WordPress site including objects, variables, data types, conditionals, functions, loops, and the DOM.
  5. Develop and apply custom plugins to a WordPress site with PHP.
  6. Describe effective workflows for WordPress site development and management.
  7. Describe techniques for the administration of a WordPress site.