WordPress for Developers - How to Create and Use Widget Areas
Characteristics Of This Class:
If you have a solid understanding of WordPress template files and are comfortable working with FTP and modifying your theme, you're ready to take your skills to the next level by creating new widget areas and further customizing your site.
This workshop will cover:
- Creating new widget areas via the functions.php file
- Adding these widget areas to various template files, such as the header, footer, sidebar, or home page
- Plugins you can use to easily and quickly add custom sidebars to every post and page on the site
- Plugins you can use to provide WYSIWYG text formatting to custom text widgets
- Widgets for adding video, ads, slideshows, Twitter feeds, and more to various parts of your site
WordPress.org is different from WordPress.com. WordPress.com is only for blogs and non-commercial sites. Though some of the information will be relevant to people using WordPress.com, BDA's workshops cover WordPress.org.
Who Should Take This:
WordPress developers with strong HTML and CSS skills who feel comfortable modifying WordPress template files.
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.
Excellent topics! Angela is a great instructor - love her handouts and the thorough discussion.
Cheryl, 11/3/2011
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Payment Program Details
| BDA Member | Non-Member | |
| Payment 1 Paid at time of registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Payment 2 Due one month after registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Payment 3 Due two months after registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Payment 4 Due three months after registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Note: registrants using the payment plan are not eligible for the early registration discount and always pay the standard registration fee ($69.00 for BDA members and $89.00 for non-members). | ||
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The class was packed full of great, useful information that I will be using right away.
Courtney, 4/27/2012