Our New WordPress Coding Class is Live
Here at OSTraining, we split our time between online and live training.
Today we merge the two types of training in a new course called “WordPress Custom Content Types“.
Earlier this year, we held a live training class in Michigan. For three days, Topher taught a small group of attendees how to code with WordPress. We filmed that class and it’s ready for you to watch online.
Topher uses custom content types as a chance to explore WordPress coding in general.
Topher starts by explaining how plugins work and the correct way to approach building them. He then explains content types by creating two: one for staff members and another for the departments they work in. Along the way, Topher touches on everything from how to use the WordPress codex to shortcodes, hooks and custom taxonomies.
If you want to start coding with WordPress, you need to watch “WordPress Custom Content Types“.
Sample video #1 from the class
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Sample video #2 from the class
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The WordPress Custom Content Types syllabus
Templates
- Dissecting the Archive Template File
- Dissecting the Content Template File
- Dissecting Other Template Files
- Understanding the Template Hierarchy
- Starting the Project
Plugins
- Theme and Plugin Design Philosophy Part 1
- Theme and Plugin Design Philosophy Part 2
- Recently Active Plugins
- Section Q&A Part 1
- Section Q&A Part 2
- Section Q&A Part 3
Content Types
- Creating the Staff Content Type
- Adding Content to the Content Type
- Exploring the Database with PhpMyAdmin
- Adding the Department Content Type
- Adding Menus
Staff Pages
- Creating the Staff Archive Page
- Adding the Custom Fields
- Aside: Troubleshooting Broken Code
Staff Template
- Creating the Single Archive Page
- Using WP Codex
- Creating an MU Plugin
Relationships
- Introduction to the Posts to Posts Plugin
- Setting up the Plugin
- Posts to Posts Plugin Part 3
- Moving the Code to a Function
Shortcodes
- Introduction to Shortcodes
- Creating the Shortcode
- Using Shortcodes in Widgets
- Randomizing the Output from the Shortcode
Enqueing in WordPress
- Enqueing CSS in WordPress
- Enqueing Javascript in WordPress
Hooks
- Introduction to Hooks
- Creating a Hook
Taxonomies
- Custom Taxonomies
Click here to see the full WordPress Custom Content Types class.
Great news. I was ready to get into plugin development, and was trying to figure out the best way to pick up training in it. Thanks.
Great, thanks diogenese19348. This is a different style to our previous classes, so please let us know what you think after watching it.
More of these classes or more of the old style?
I’m glad to see that Dan and I were labeled “web geeks” by the floating arrows in the clip. 🙂
Thanks Chad. I hope you took it as the complement it was intended to be 🙂