Content Management Systems with WordPress هذه الدورة تدرس باللغة الإنجليزية

تفاصيل الدورة

Developing a website quickly and efficiently has become possible through the use of Content Management Systems such as PHP/HTML based WordPress. WordPress has long been established as a market leader in the Content Management System (CMS) world, powering over 60 million websites for personal and business use. The open-source nature of WordPress and a complete plugin framework & API allows for rapid customisation to suit your needs. This course focuses upon the industry needs of a live CMS installation, showing how to get the most from this free and open source CMS.

This programme is aimed at users with knowledge of WordPress and some knowledge of PHP and HTML.

Programme Aims and Objectives

Once the leaner has completed this programme they will be able to:

• Download and install WordPress on a commercial web server
• Utilize the WordPress API
• Develop a custom WordPress plugin
• Create and maintain WordPress users
• Develop a custom WordPress theme
• Utilize the WordPress framework for database interactions
• Optimize a WordPress installation

Programme Content

This programme is delivered via lecture and lab sessions, with labs associated to each topic allowing the learner to fully grasp and practice what is covered.

The topics covered in this course include:

• Getting started creating a custom WordPress installation
• Hosted WordPress pricing, availability and offerings available from leading CMS hosting providers
• Backup and disaster recovery procedures
• Getting to know the modular WordPress architecture
• Integrating available plugins into your installation to expand functionality
• Applying and altering WordPress themes to suit your needs
• Optimisations to speed up your WordPress installation
• Creating and distributing a custom plugin using the WordPress plugin framework and API
• Translation and Internationalisation
• Authentication methods
• Utilising external web services
• OAuth authorisation