Lisa Sabin-Wilson 
WordPress Web Design For Dummies [PDF ebook] 

Your full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with Word Press

Are you familiar with the fundamentals of Word Press, but want to take your skills to the next level? From bestselling author and Word Press expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this new edition of Word Press Web Design For Dummies quickly gets you up to speed on the latest release of the software and shows you how to use it as a tool to create a customized, compelling, and cost-effective website–without losing your cool.

Word Press can be used to create a custom design for your website using complimentary technologies such as graphic design, CSS, HTML coding, PHP programming, and My SQL administration. With the help of this hands-on, friendly guide, you’ll discover how to create an effective navigation system, choose the right color palette and fonts, and select different layouts. Plus, you’ll find out how to tweak existing website designs with available themes, both free and premium, and gain the confidence to translate your design skills into paid work.

* Create dynamic, custom websites with the self-hosted version of Word Press

* Use free themes and enhance them with CSS and HTML

* Create a responsive design for mobile devices and tablet users

* Get to grips with the newest release of Word Press

Whether you want to use Word Press to spruce up your existing website or create a brand-new one from scratch, this do-it-yourself guide has you covered.

Table of Content

Introduction 1

Part I: Establishing a Word Press Foundation 5

Chapter 1: Exploring Web Design with Word Press 7

Chapter 2: Understanding Word Press Requirements 17

Chapter 3: Installing Word Press on Your Web Server 25

Chapter 4: Managing Content with Word Press 43

Part II: Choosing the Right Tools 61

Chapter 5: Exploring Editors, Browsers, and FTP 63

Chapter 6: Choosing Graphics and Software Resources 83

Chapter 7: Choosing Colors and Fonts 99

Chapter 8: Planning Your Design Strategy 113

Part III: Working with Word Press Themes 135

Chapter 9: Finding and Installing a Word Press Theme 137

Chapter 10: Working with the Default Theme: Twenty Fifteen 141

Chapter 11: Dissecting Themes and Templates 159

Chapter 12: Displaying Content with Widgets and Template Tags 197

Chapter 13: Understanding Parent and Child Themes 245

Part IV: Building Your Custom Website 259

Chapter 14: Using Basic CSS and HTML to Customize Your Site Design 261

Chapter 15: Designing for Word Press as a CMS 283

Chapter 16: Enhancing Your Website with Plugins 301

Part V: The Part of Tens 333

Chapter 17: Ten Powerful Plugins for Word Press 335

Chapter 18: Ten Well-Designed Sites That Use Word Press as a CMS 345

Chapter 19: Ten Free Word Press Themes 353

Index 359

About the author

Lisa Sabin-Wilson is the co-owner of Web Dev Studios, a development company specializing in custom Word Press plugins, themes, and deployments. She is a popular conference speaker and bestselling author of Word Press For Dummies and Word Press All-in-One For Dummies. Find her on Twitter @Lisa Sabin Wilson.