Create a Custom Front Page With a WordPress Theme Template

Rachel McCollinJan 24, 2017

FREELessons: 6Length: 33 minutes

WordPress CMS WordPress Themes PHP Back-End

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Create a Custom Front Page With a WordPress Theme Template

Introduction

00:35

WordPress.org and ThemeForest have hundreds of great custom themes that you can use to create a beautiful site, but sometimes you need to customize the front page.

In this course, instructor Rachel McCollin will show you how to go from a plain homepage using the WordPress 2016 theme to a custom page with a slideshow, static content, a widget area, and custom loops. By the time you finish, you'll be able to create your own custom front page with WordPress template files!

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1.Introduction
1 lesson, 00:35

1.1
Introduction
00:35

2.Create Your Template and Add a Slideshow
2 lessons, 10:26

2.1
Create the Template File
05:16

2.2
Add a Slideshow
05:10

3.Add Custom Queries and Widgets to Your Front Page
2 lessons, 19:30

3.1
Add Multiple Queries
10:16

3.2
Register a Front-Page Widget Area
09:14

4.Conclusion
1 lesson, 02:06

4.1
Conclusion
02:06

Rachel McCollin

Rachel McCollin is a WordPress developer who writes books, articles and tutorials about web design and development, with a focus on WordPress and on responsive and mobile development. She runs a web design agency in Birmingham, UK and has published three books on WordPress, including WordPress: Pushing the Limits, an advanced resource for WordPress developers. She's currently writing her fourth book.

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Create a Custom Front Page With a WordPress Theme Template

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Create a Custom Front Page With a WordPress Theme Template

Introduction

1.Introduction1 lesson, 00:35

1.1Introduction00:35

2.Create Your Template and Add a Slideshow2 lessons, 10:26

2.1Create the Template File05:16

2.2Add a Slideshow05:10

3.Add Custom Queries and Widgets to Your Front Page2 lessons, 19:30

3.1Add Multiple Queries10:16

3.2Register a Front-Page Widget Area09:14

4.Conclusion1 lesson, 02:06

4.1Conclusion02:06

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 00:35

1.1
Introduction
00:35

2.Create Your Template and Add a Slideshow
2 lessons, 10:26

2.1
Create the Template File
05:16

2.2
Add a Slideshow
05:10

3.Add Custom Queries and Widgets to Your Front Page
2 lessons, 19:30

3.1
Add Multiple Queries
10:16

3.2
Register a Front-Page Widget Area
09:14

4.Conclusion
1 lesson, 02:06

4.1
Conclusion
02:06