WordPress Lessons

WordPress for Beginners

• Introduction to Blogging
• First Steps With WordPress
• WordPress Semantics - Learning the Jargon
• New To WordPress - Where to Start
• Using Images
• Wrapping Text Around Images
• Comments in WordPress
• Finding WordPress Help

• Post Formats
• Linking to Posts, Pages, and Categories
• Using Smilies
• WordPress Feeds
• Customizing Feeds
• How to Use Gravatars in WordPress
• Writing Code in Your Posts
• Using Password Protection

Designing Your WordPress Site

• Developing a Colour Scheme
• Designing Headers
• CSS Horizontal Menus
• Dynamic Menu Highlighting
• Good Navigation Links
• Next and Previous Links
• Styling for Print
• Designing Your Post Meta Data Section
• Separating Categories in your Post Meta Data Section
• Customizing the Read More

• Formatting Date and Time
• Styling Lists with CSS
• Designing Headings
• Playing With Fonts
• Using Images
• Fun Character Entities
• Comprehensive list of design articles
• Adding a Favicon

Lessons for Theme Development

• WordPress CSS Information and Techniques
• Finding Your CSS Styles
• Creating Individual Pages
• Uploading Files
• I Make Changes and Nothing Happens
• WordPress Blog Design and Layout
• Using WordPress Themes
• HTML to XHTML
• Custom Post Types

• Stepping Into Templates
• Stepping Into Template Tags
• Template Hierarchy
• The WordPress Loop
• The Loop in Action
• Anatomy of a Template Tag
• Theme Functions File Explained

There is a comprehensive list of articles on Template Files and Template Tags in the Templates article.

Website Development

• Validating a Website
• Know Your Sources
• WordPress Housekeeping
• WordPress Site Maintenance
• Finding Server Info
• HTML to XHTML

• Migrating Multiple Blogs into WordPress 3.0 Multisite
• Meta Tags in WordPress
• Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
• Accessibility