Welcome to the first article of the Couch to WP Pro Beginner Series. Over the course of this series we take you through what you need to know to start building WordPress themes.
If you’re comfortable with HTML and CSS, then this is perfect for you. We’ll also be using PHP through the series, you won’t need prior experience, however, it would be a bonus.
In this tutorial we’re going to show you how you can add your theme’s styles to the WYSIWYG editor in WordPress.
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I have a big repository of code that I reference daily (maybe even hourly) that keeps my workflow moving so I don’t have constantly Google how to get something done, here’s some them to help boost your productivity.
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In this second part of the series on Rapid Prototyping, I want to focus on some very specific skills and tools you can put to use for a successful project using this methodology.
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One of the problems with the default excerpts in WordPress is that they’re all the same. Further, they’re no joke to customize. And the default excerpts are not exactly search engine friendly, either.
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Remember the old saying about quality, speed, and price – pick two? Well, the way I get paid well to do my job is because I have a methodology behind the madness.
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In this tutorial I’ll show you how to build out a shortcode-based video gallery system that you can customize for your WordPress site. Even if you don’t need to make this from scratch, you can take these ideas to modify your plugin of choice.
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This tutorial will see us create an archive template that aims to be an all in one solution to the four basic types of archive pages in WordPress.
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The safest way to be sure that your code is going to work is to have it up and running where it’s going to be in use.
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We all know that WordPress is an extremely popular platform powering a vast amount of the internet – but not all its users speak English, thus today we’re learning how to Internationalize WordPress Themes.
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Clients causing you headaches as they fumble through WordPress Admin? Here you can find out how to make it easier for them to use and save yourself the pain!
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In this article we’ll show you a super fast and easy way to create a throw away WordPress Development environment.
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In this tutorial you will learn some fundamentals of Child Theme development, including why you should use them, how they can greatly decrease development time, and more.
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