PHP and Wordpress for Beginners

About PHP and Wordpress for Beginners

PHP is a popular programming language that you can use to write simple code for web pages. If you have been using HTML to develop websites, learning PHP will allow you to create dynamic pages. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of PHP. The course covers concepts such as how to embed PHP code into an HTML page, and reviews the basic PHP data types such as strings and arrays. The course also covers the different control structures in PHP, how to work with built-in PHP functions, and how to define your own custom functions. PHP is one of the the most popular server-side language used to build dynamic websites. Topics include:

How to setup local PHP development environment

What is PHP

Basic PHP Syntax

PHP Data Types

PHP Variables

PHP Variable Scopes

PHP Arrays

Using Print and Echo Statements

Using code comments

PHP Operators

Using PHP Conditional Statements to make decisions

Using switch statement

Using while loops

Using For and foreach loops

PHP Functions

Function arguments

PHP String functions

Creating custom functions

PHP String functions

PHP Include statement

Using echo and print statement

PHP Date functions

Building a simple PHP wesite In this course you will learn how to create a good looking and functional website from scratch using WordPress without knowing how to code. The course gives you the option of creating a website on a remote shared hosting computer that the whole world can visit or on you own computer where you can show your creativity to friends and family. Why pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars or pounds to a professional web developer to create a website for you when you can learn to do it yourself in a fun way and maybe even create websites for others yourself. What you will learn includes:

How to install WordPress on your own computer

How to signup for a shared hosting account

How to register a domain name

How to install WordPress on a shared hosting remote server (powerful computer that is on 24/7)

How to install and customise a theme

How to install and use plugins

How to add a slider with images to website

How to add video to website

How to add image gallery to website

How to create webpages

How to add a functional contact form to website

How to add google map to show your location

How to create a logo

How to add social media icons to website By the end of this course, you will have a good looking WordPress website and would learnt some useful skills along the way.