A list of things you must know before completing this course
- Be familiar with using the TwentyNineteen theme (https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/wordpress/an-overview-of-2019-the-new-default-wordpress-theme).
- Understand and be proficient using WordPress to create a site with a static home page (https://cyberchimps.com/wordpress-set-homepage/) and other static pages as well as blog pages.
- Be proficient in selecting (https://www.wpbeginner.com/glossary/plugin/) and installing (https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/step-by-step-guide-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin-for-beginners/) plugins.
- Delete all unused plugins (best practice for performance and security). Unused plugins left in their final project will cost points.
- Understand the incredible risks and potential cost (reputation and $$$) associated with using themes and plugins from dubious sources. Over the years, two client sites originally developed by students in Web 299: The Web development Center, have been hacked due to a plugin a student obtained from a risky source. List the source and version number of every theme and plugin used in the final project.
- Be proficient in obtaining and interpreting speed test results from tools such as Pingdom, GTmetrix, and Google Page Speed as well as the Network tab of the Developer Tools on Google Chrome. Understand how to make modifications to improve the performance of page/site based on the results from these tools. Understand the performance gains one can get by using an image optimization CDN such as ImageEngine and https://wordpress.org/plugins/cdn-enabler/ (add in the CDN URL that ImageEngine provides, enable CDN HTTPS and remove the third-party CDN API key found in the plugin.)
- Checking the appearance and performance of your site on mobile devices should be second nature for you by the time you complete this section. One client in the Web Development Center last fall provided analytics showing that over 90% of visits were from mobile devices. Understand and be comfortable employing mobile-first design strategy.
- Understand the importance of SEO and the steps that can be taken to increase generic SEO ranking (https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-seo/) and be able to configure and use Yoast.
- Understand the importance of securing your site. Understand the steps that can be taken (https://aspengrovestudios.com/how-to-secure-your-divi-wordpress-website/) to help secure your site. Install and configure a WordPress Security Plugin to help protect your site (https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/best-wordpress-security-plugins-compared/).
- SBbe proficient creating a backup, restoring it, and moving it to another site. I’d suggest Duplicator (free version at https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/ ). Providing a working and tested backup is part of the final project.
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