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WordPress Theme Creation With Underscores

by Kezz Bracey29 Jan 2015

Lessons:19Length:2.2 hours

WordPress Underscores Theme Design HTML

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Underscores (_s) WordPress Theme Creation

01:15

Underscores starter theme, by the makers of WordPress themselves, is designed to give you a “1000 hour head start” on WordPress theme creation. This course will take you the rest of the way to the finish line, with everything you need to know to go from “starter” to a fully fledged WordPress theme.

Do you want to learn WordPress development from start to finish? Check out our learning guide: Learn WordPress Development.

Learn how to make your theme WooCommerce compatible in our Coffee Break Course, How to Make Your Theme WooCommerce Compatible.

1.Introduction
2 lessons, 07:02

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1.1
Underscores (_s) WordPress Theme Creation
01:15

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1.2
What’s in the _s Box
05:47

2.Getting Prepped for _s Dev
2 lessons, 17:20

2.1
Set Up Your Pro WordPress Dev Environment
10:35

2.2
Generate _s and Setup Automation
06:45

3.Just Add Style
6 lessons, 55:13

3.1
Organizing Your Customizations
07:46

3.2
Typography and Foundation for a Flexible Layout
12:20

3.3
Establish the Basic Overall Layout
11:31

3.4
Add Responsive Adjustments
10:30

3.5
Add Color, Look & Feel: Main Colors & Icons
07:27

3.6
Add Color, Look & Feel: Finer Points
05:39

4.Customizing Theme PHP Files
5 lessons, 36:25

4.1
Better Custom Font Loading With wp_enqueue_style()
06:55

4.2
Add Touch-Friendly Responsive Menu Copy
10:57

4.3
Add Featured Image Support
05:56

4.4
Add Excerpt Support and a Styled “Continue Reading” Button
05:16

4.5
Add Widget Locations for the Slider and Social Icons
07:21

5.Prepping the Theme for Release
3 lessons, 14:31

5.1
Add Compatibility JavaScript
04:14

5.2
Theme Defaults and the "Customizer"
03:30

5.3
Check the Theme, Customize the Theme Info, and Package It Up
06:47

6.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:25

6.1
Wrapping Up
01:25

Kezz

Hi there. I'm a designer and coder who specializes in web design and development and also works in the areas of game development and digital art. In the web space my focus is on theme development for WordPress, Ghost or any other themeable platform, and on finding the latest most efficient, user focused design and dev techniques of the day. In game development I'm addicted to playing with every different engine, toolset and framework I can find and I could spend months at a time immersed in level design. And in digital art there's little I love more than creating realistic style vector pieces, and of course assets for games through original art or photo manipulation. In short, if it's creative and you can make it digitally with code or design apps, I love it.

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