Learning php by doing? The latest version of creating a WordPress Child Theme requires creating a functions.php file. What is all this enqueue stuff? Read here: enqueue My favorite back-up Plug-in is Updraft… save your database and all files anywhere you want… check out or upgrade to Updraft Plus..
Author: d_alcalay-pearlman
Artist, educator, graphic designer, web designer
Bored of the limitations of “web-safe” fonts? Try Google fonts!
It’s easy! No fancy programming involved. To see the font choices, click here: http://www.google.com/fonts To get started on a simple, two-step process to add a Google-font to your style-sheet, click here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/getting_started To add multiple styles of a font family member, use CSS. Include the link for as many weights and styles as you want:…
J-query
“FREE” portfolio templates http://www.css3templates.co.uk/templates.html LIGHTBOX JQuery http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/ First look 4/17 Final due 4/24
FTP Software
“shareware” Fetch “freeware” Filezilla
Bluehost- excellent hosting for websites
For the final class, we will be uploading our websites to a server. To do this, I am recommending that you use Blueshost (see below). If you are choosing the month-to-month option, please contact Bluehost via email: sales@bluehost.com or call them (888) 401-4678 MONTH TO MONTH IS $11.99 a month Bluehost pricing options: Unlimited Domain…
Great news from Adobe
I realize that this is probably old news, but one of my students (thanks, Kailey) informed me that one can download older versions of Adobe’s Creative Suite from the Cloud. See: http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/download-previous-versions-creative-applications.html
Intro links.
Welcome to the 2014 Web Design Class.. We will be using WordPress and Angel as well as the following links for exercises: Code Academy W3 Schools Visit or subscribe to this blog for the latest updates! Dina Pearlman
Teaching Website Design 