WordPress for Developers - Creating Child Themes

Characteristics Of This Class:

WordPress child themes inherit the functionality of their parent theme and allow you to modify, or add to, the functionality of that parent theme. This workshop will teach you how to quickly make an unique and professional-looking website by starting with a Premium WordPress theme and customizing it via a child theme.

With a little understanding of HTML and CSS, you can make a very basic child theme to modify the styling and layout of a parent theme to any extent without editing the files of the parent theme itself. That way, when the parent theme is updated, your modifications are preserved!

This workshop will cover:

Overriding the multiple parent theme's styles
Creating custom page templates for the child
Modifying background images
Creating a custom header
Using functions.php to add functionality to the child theme, such as additional widget areas
Plugins to use to customize sidebars throughout the site
Other tips and tricks

Please note:
WordPress.org is different from WordPress.com. WordPress.com is only for blogs and non-commercial sites. BDA's workshops cover WordPress.org.

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Who Should Take This:

WordPress designers and developers with HTML and CSS skills and experience using FTP. You should take WordPress for Beginners - How to Run Your Own Site/Blog if you've never worked with WordPress before.

Angela Bowman

Angela Bowman of MoonGooseDesigns.com and AskWPGirl.com has been involved with internet technologies since 1996 when she became a member of the online tech support team at Quark, Inc. After learning about WordPress at BDA, she became a full-time WordPress guru, serving individuals and small- to medium-size organizations. She stretches the boundaries of WordPress by making extensive use of its built-in features combined with judicious use of plugins and creative CSS. Angela will help you think outside the blog box by helping you understand the nuts and bolts of WordPress and to endlessly customize your WP themes.

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Angela's passion and expertise on the subject matter was amazing and made for a great class.

Tracy, 2/21/2012

I now have a stronger foundation for understanding how WordPress is working on the developer side.

Jennifer, 9/28/2011

Angela is a terrific instructor. Extremely knowledgeable, a great communicator, and very enthusiastic. I take every class she teaches because I know I'll learn so much.

Allen, 9/28/2011

Angela is extremely knowledgeable. I really appreciated all the links to additional resources she provided.

Sara, 9/28/2011

Great fast pace to learn a LOT in a little time!

Gwendolyn, 6/9/2011

My brain is full of valuable information. Thanks!

James, 3/23/2011

Angela is an awesome instructor.

Patricia, 1/25/2010

Very in-depth, enthusiastic & knowledgeable teacher. Angela is like the MacGuyver of WordPress!

ryan, 11/2/2009

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Below is a list of classes & workshops that are related to the one you are reading about now. We also encourage you to take a look at our "help me choose" page for much more information on choosing which BDA program is right for you.

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Optional Payment Plan for Transitions Certificate Programs:

We want to make our training as accessible as possible so we offer a simple payment plan for our Transitions Certificate Programs. Each of the 4 payments is 25% of the total registration fee with no finance charges or other costs. The first payment will be taken when you register and the remaining 3 payments are paid every month for the following 3 months (detailed payment information in the table below). It's easy to take advantage of this option and we encourage you to sign up early since these programs often fill up fast! If you're interested, don't register online. Instead, please contact BDA staff at 303-800-4647 or email us with the name and start date of the program you wish to attend (info@boulderdigitalarts.com) and we'll get you setup, take your first payment, and confirm your registration.

Payment Program Details

	BDA Member	Non-Member
Payment 1 Paid at time of registration.	$52.25	$59.75
Payment 2 Due one month after registration.	$52.25	$59.75
Payment 3 Due two months after registration.	$52.25	$59.75
Payment 4 Due three months after registration.	$52.25	$59.75
Note: registrants using the payment plan are not eligible for the early registration discount and always pay the standard registration fee ($209.00 for BDA members and $239.00 for non-members).