To get a specific look or feature on a WordPress site, you can customize the theme, but it will only get you so far. To go further and get full control, you need child themes. A WordPress child theme is a mini-theme that piggybacks off an existing theme. This means rather than writing all the code from scratch, you just write a new child of an original parent theme, updating only the parts you want.

WordPress: Building Child Themes opens the world of child theme development to anyone, no matter what level of experience or expertise. It helps you build your child theme on top of an existing properly coded foundation, and create stylish new WordPress sites—without the advanced knowledge of a web developer. Morten Rand-Hendriksen explains how to get started picking a parent theme, updating the CSS, creating a new template for your child theme, and updating its functionality. By the end of this practical, project-based course, you should have a functioning child theme and the skills to quickly customize your next WordPress site.

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WordPress powers millions of blogs and websites. Available in 180 languages, WordPress can be hosted on any server, accessed in any browser, and built into almost anything you imagine: blog, portfolio, website, or online store. Learn how to create your own web experiences with this powerful and open-source publishing platform. Instructor Morten Rand-Hendriksen helps you get the most out of WordPress and create feature-rich blogs and websites. Morten explains how to create and publish posts and pages; create and edit blocks; and define reusable content blocks to take full advantage of the new block editor codenamed “Gutenberg.”

Note: This course covers WordPress 5. The training will be updated as WordPress evolves.

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Want to improve the search ranking of your WordPress site? Optimize it from the inside out. Learn technical SEO techniques that enhance the discoverability, structure, and performance of your website and get you to the top of search results. Madecraft instructor and marketing expert Brad Batesole starts with a general explanation of SEO architecture, which impacts how your pages are organized, nested, and linked. Brad then shows how to improve elements such as usability, media handling, mobile friendliness, and speed. He also reveals the technical tools and plugins that SEO pros use to improve performance and conduct diagnostics, such as web crawls and speed tests. By the end of this course, you will be able to go beyond keywords and optimize the very foundations of your WordPress website.

About this video

Optimize from the inside out. Learn technical SEO techniques to enhance the discoverability, structure, and performance of your WordPress website and improve your search ranking.

Topics include:

• Exploring WordPress site architecture
• Installing the right tools
• Evaluating SEO plugins
• Conducting an initial site crawl
• Managing meta descriptions
• Reviewing tags and titles
• Changing permalink structure
• Managing redirects
• Migrating to HTTPS
• Creating Robots.txt
• Creating a sitemap
• Choosing a good host
• Configuring your domain structure
• Configuring canonicals
• Inserting structured data and schema
• Optimizing images
• Improving site performance

Video Details

Duration: 2h 43m
Skill Level: Advanced

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