WordPress: Workflows
1h 22mAdvanced2020-01-08
Authors
Joe Casabona
Course Developer, Founder of Creator Courses
Course details
If your WordPress workflow is streamlined from the start, development is simpler, more organized, and more efficient—all the way through to publication. This course takes your WordPress knowledge to the next level by covering three common WordPress workflows. First, learn a time-tested workflow for building a WordPress site: from choosing a host to launching a site. Next, discover how to build a child theme. Finally, review the tools and techniques professionals use to develop sites for clients, including setting up a staging environment and version control. Developer and WordPress educator Joe Casabona concludes with a look at some advanced tools you might want to put into your workflows, including automated testing and static site tools.
Learning objectives
Choosing a domain
Choosing a theme and plugins
Managing media
Defining a child theme
Testing a child theme
Building a custom site
Creating multiple environments
Syncing content
Testing and publishing the client site
Automated testing
Static site generators for WordPress
Learning objectives
Choosing a domain
Choosing a theme and plugins
Managing media
Defining a child theme
Testing a child theme
Building a custom site
Creating multiple environments
Syncing content
Testing and publishing the client site
Automated testing
Static site generators for WordPress
Skills covered
WordPressContent Management Systems (CMS)Web DevelopmentOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - What are WordPress workflows
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Our workflows
1. Building Your First WordPress Site
- 04 - Your project checklist
- 05 - Tips for choosing a domain
- 06 - Setting up WordPress on a live host
- 07 - Working with content in WordPress
- 08 - Evaluating themes and plugins
- 09 - Managing media in WordPress
- 10 - The customizer and advanced customizing methods
- 11 - Launching and other resources
2. Building Your First Child Theme
- 12 - What is a child theme
- 13 - Setting up a local dev environment
- 14 - Defining our child theme
- 15 - Migrating a live site to local
- 16 - Testing our theme with extreme content
- 17 - How to handle new content locally
- 18 - Moving our child theme live
- 19 - Wrapping up
3. Developing a Site for a Client
- 20 - Building custom sites with Wordpress
- 21 - Defining roles and responsibilities
- 22 - Creating multiple environments
- 23 - Publishing content to the staging server
- 24 - Setting up a local dev environment
- 25 - Syncing content between environments
- 26 - Using version control
- 27 - An example theme development workflow with Git
- 28 - Testing the site
- 29 - Taking the site live
- 30 - Wrapping up
4. Advanced Build Tools and Workflows
- 31 - What are advanced tools and workflows
- 32 - Grunt, Gulp, and other build tools
- 33 - Automated testing
- 34 - A note on Gutenberg and React
- 35 - Static site generators
Conclusion
- 36 - Next steps