WordPress Web Development (10 op)

Tavoitteet

The goal of this course is for the student to be familiar with WordPress as a web development environment. After passing this course, the student will have sufficient skills to implement simple WordPress themes and plugins.

Sisältö

• Installing and using WordPress.
• The basics of themes, plugins and widgets.
• The most common WordPress functions.
• Creating own functions and attaching them to hooks.
• Displaying posts and pages in a theme.
• Adding menus and sidebars to a theme.
• Creating custom queries for posts / pages and categories.
• Basics of responsiveness with CSS media queries and jQuery.
• Creating a custom plugin.
• Adding a custom post type and taxonomy.
• Implementing shortcodes.
• Creating a widget.

Esitietovaatimukset

The basics of HTML/CSS and PHP programming.

Työmuodot

Course is 100% online (self-study) course.

Aika ja paikka

Course can be done in own pace in Metropolia's Moodle environment.

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Online

Opintojaksototeutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

N/A

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

N/A

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

Online.

Kansainväliset yhteydet

N/A

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Depends on the student's baseline.

Sisällön jaksotus

Depends on the student's baseline.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The student understands how WordPress works as a web development environment and puts everything they have learned to practice in the course projects. Both projects and exams have been completed successfully.

Arviointiasteikko

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Arviointikriteerit arvosanalle hyväksytty

The student understands how WordPress works as a web development environment and puts everything they have learned to practice in the course projects. Both projects and exams have been completed successfully.