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team no name. Custom Wordpress theme. Thomas Smith, Chris Gorrod, Sam Paisley & Kathleen Jackson. Introduction. We are going to talk about: What our project is What Wordpress is and why people use it PHP within Wordpress Allocated roles of team members Conclusion. What is our project? .
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team no name Custom Wordpress theme Thomas Smith, Chris Gorrod, Sam Paisley & Kathleen Jackson
Introduction We are going to talk about: • What our project is • What Wordpress is and why people use it • PHP within Wordpress • Allocated roles of team members • Conclusion
What is our project? • Create a customisable Wordpress theme • Built from scratch • Coded using PHP • Adding customise options • Create tutorials on how to create a customisable theme
What is Wordpress? • Online blogging platform • Customisable themes
Why use Wordpress? • Easy, modifiable file structure • CMS (Content Management System) • Add or edit widgets without modifying PHP or HTML • Custom themes • Custom plugins • Used by over 30 million websites so far. • Over 13% of the ‘biggest’ websites and 8.5% of ALL websites currently online - are run by Wordpress!
Coding themes for Wordpress • PHP • Basic file structure: • index.php • comments.php • screenshot.png • Style.css
Wordpress Plugins Some of the most downloaded Wordpress Plugins are: • All In One SEO Pack • Google XML Sitemaps • Contact Form 7 • Nextgen Gallery • WordPress.com Stats • WPTouch IPhone Theme • Google Analyticator
Project Planning • Talk about time-scale, plans, Gantt charts etc. • Deadlines?
Plans • What we will do: • Research into the best optimised layout for the theme • Wire frames for designs • Research into PHP
Final Tutorials • Talk about HOW the final tutorial will be made. • What it will be about? • Where? On a Wordpress blog
Group Communication • How the group communicates. • How we manage work • How we manage absence
Team Roles • Thomas – Project Manager, Code • Chris - Mark-up, Design • Sam - Code • Kathleen – Code, Documentation • Belbin Roles?
Conclusion • Create a customisable Wordpress theme • Create tutorials on what we have done and basic PHP • Coded with PHP • We will compare our product to those already available and review our performance in the report.