Week Three Exercises (MGDP2060)
From Wiki @ Karl Jones dot com
This article contains exercises for Week Three of Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060).
Contents
Exercises
See printed handout (PDF).
FTP for file sharing
- Create an FTP account for "client1"
- Be sure to use subfolder "client1" inside "public_ftp"
- Make arrangements with one or more other students to exchange files
- Upload a file (an image, a document, anything) to the other student's FTP account
- Download the file(s) you received
- Email you FTP credentials (FTP host, username, password) to the instructor
Chapter Four
- Dashboard Practice: Changing Basic Settings (pages 91-92)
- Choosing a Starter Theme (93) – use the "2012" Theme, per the book
- Creating a Post (91-97)
- Browse Your Posts (98-100)
- Delayed Publishing (100-102)
- Edit Post (102-103) – edit one or more of your Posts, your choice
- Delete a Post (103-104)
- Create a Sticky Post (104-105)
- Then add another regular (non-sticky) post.
- View your website. Confirm that the sticky post appears first, and the newer regular post appears second.
- Categories (107-109) – create one or more new Categories of your choice, and assign your Posts to these Categories as you see fit.
- Using Subcategories (110-112) – create subcategories under a category of your choice, and make the Categories Widget "Show Category".
- Managing Categories (112-113) – use the Categories page to view your Categories.
- Optional: add, edit, or delete Categories
- Tagging Posts (114-115) – Add one or more Tags to each of your Posts.
- Managing Tags – Use theTags page to view your Tags (optional: add, delete, edit tags)
- Permalinks (117-119) – review settings, change if you wish.
- Changing a Posts's Permalink (119-120) – change the Post Permalink for one or more Posts.
- Performing Bulk Actions () - study the Bulk Actions list, take any Bulk Actions you see fit.
Chapter Five
- Customizing the Header (145-150) – create or acquire an image, and upload to site.
- Background, other Theme options (150-151) – set Background and other options, your choice.
- Customizing Your Widgets (154-167) – and and edit Widgets of your choice. Try several.
Project planning
- Start planning to make a WordPress site of your own – a real-world website.
- Think about what kind of site you want: blog, portfolio, business, etc.
- Browse the WordPress Showcase for inspiration: https://wordpress.org/showcase/