Creating a WordPress Theme with Bootstrap Training Course

Introduction

Overview of the Front-End Development Cycle

• Front-end versus back-end
• PHP logic, CSS templates, and HTML templates

Wordpress and the styling process

• Modules and functions used in Wordpress to style web applications

Bootstrap and UI libraries

• Processes and modules used in Bootstrap to create web applications

Preparing the Development Environment

• Creating and managing a version control system (GitHub, GitLab, etc.)
• Organizing a folder directory
• Installing and configuring Bootstrap
• Creating the files necessary to build the template

Functionalizing the Theme

• Editing the style.css
• Editing the functions.php

Structuring the Theme

• Editing all .php files
• Introducing Nav components

Integrating Wordpress

• Re-editing all .php files to let Wordpress plugins manage the theme data

Creating interactive widgets for the Wordpress Theme

• Registiring sidebar components wrapped with CSS elements
• Integrating the sidebar components to the main template file

Viewing the Theme

• Locating with Wordpress administration appearance options

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion