WordPress App Development (10 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

After completing the course, the student knows Basics of WordPress Content Management System Function and can implements a simple WordPress layout theme and add-on.

Content (course unit)

- Installing and using the WordPress Content Management System. - Operating principles of themes, add-ons and frenzy. - The most common WordPress platform ready functions. - Attaching your own functions to hooks. - Displaying articles and pages in a theme. - Implementation of menus and frenzy slots in the theme. - Own Article and Category Inquizations implementation of the platform with tools. - Theme formatting responsive with CSS stylesheets and Javascript's jQuery library. - Registering your own add-on in Control View - Defining your own article type and taxonomy. - Implementation of shortcodes. - Implementation of the Grenzy.

Prerequisites (course unit)

Basics of HTML/CSS- and PHP Programming.

Location and time

Course can be done in own pace and course environment is Metropolia's Moodle.

Exam schedules

Online.

Assessment methods and criteria

Pass/Fail when Students have achieved course objectives. Student understands how the WordPress Content Management System works from the perspective of the application developer and can apply what they learned in the course to their own theme and add-on in the implementation of. Student has completed both exercises in the course and both Exams acceptably.

Assessment scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Teaching methods

100% online (self-study) course which can be done in own pace.

Learning materials

Online.

Student workload

Depends on the student's baseline.

Content scheduling

Students can complete the course as they wish.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Practical training and working life cooperation

N/A

International connections

N/A