Best Wordpress Design Course/Guide?

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Hey guys

I'm currently looking for the most comprehensive wordpress design course.
All I can find is tutorials on blogs.

I'm looking for a complete course which includes learning how to design wordpress sites with the use of css, php etc...

Anyone know of such a course?

Regards,
L
#website design #course or guide #design #wordpress
  • You need the php book from sitepoint. www.sitepoint.com this is not an affiliate link - They do however publish the best books on html, css, php and most other things

    It is very comprehensive plus you can hook up with other writers and programmers in thier forum
  • The best "guide" in my opinion is to dive into it and learn what everything does by playing with the code - that's how I learned to deal with and create Wordpress themes. Start with the default theme, it has all the basics and they put comments throughout the code so you know what is what. Once you understand the basics, the "advanced" stuff isn't so advanced...

    Rather than totally mess your website up to test and play, install Wordpress locally - there's a guide here.

    If you actually want to learn PHP and CSS so you can code 100% on your own, check out Sitepoint.

    Best of luck!
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    • I think I miscommunicated my question. I'm not a newcomer to wordpress. I can play around with the code and customize sites to a very good degree. But I'm looking to learn how to create fantastic looking wordpress themes. I think the main thing I want to learn is how to take a photshop design and convert it to wordpress on my own. :rolleyes:
  • The Holy Grail of WP Template writing.

    WPDesigner So you want to create WordPress themes huh?
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  • Check this:
    Amazon.com: WordPress Theme Design: Tessa Blakeley Silver: Books
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    • Unfortunately, It didn't seem like too many WP developers on the forum were eager to chime in, so here is my prime shortlist.

      1. Hands down, probably the best live and recorded Wordpress developer tutorials/ courses on the web:Web Design University.Com- This site is operated by the guys over at IThemes (of the Builder Theme, Backup Buddy, Plugin Buddy and Loop Buddy fame.) This course/membership, by most people's standards, is expensive ($397.00 a year) but worth absolutely every penny. If you are a serious Wordpress developer or site designer, you need to look no further. If you have ever thought about doing something unique or unusual with Wordpress, these guys have probably already done it. (By the way, they currently have at least two courses on Photoshop to Wordpress) Also great courses and resources on Wordpress related CSS and PHP.


      2.       CSS, PHP, and any software specific training (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.)
      A. - One of my favorite sites. Great Dreamweaver CS5 and Wordpress Integration tutorial.
      B. VTC Software Training - Another great training site. Similar to Lynda.com.
      C. ThinkVitamin.com - Awesome business, developer and software courses.
      D.TutsPlus.com - Part of the "Envato Family" (Theme Forest, Code Canyon, Video Hive) Great project and design specific tutorials.

      These sites all promote various monthly and yearly memberships so you never have to pay for more than you really need. ($19.95 - $49.00 a month relative to the site and membership level.)


      3. Books: (Must Haves)
      A. Rockstar Wordpress Designer 1 and 2 - Great design and reference guides.
      B. Digging Into Wordpress - Another great in-depth reference guide. I have used this book extensively to help me understand the use and design of custom post types and taxonomies.

      There are also many other great books and courses from Site Point, Peachtree, and others, just to name a few.

      If I were starting over from scratch and wanted to become a Web (Wordpress) Developer and learn a range of skills, from beginner to highly advanced, the list above would make up 95% of my education.

      I hope this helps.................
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  • Hi

    I don't think I can post links yet, but I would say check out wptraining videos.com
  • OMG people look at the date of the last post before you reply to a thread. The OP would certainly have found their answer by now.
  • I watched WordPress 3 Tutorials | Creating and Editing Custom Themes and leaned a lot of new info about creating WP themes.

    Check that out.
  • Rockstar WordPress Designer | Rockable Press | Rockable Press is quite a nice book
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  • This thread is a real treasure - worth bookmarking.
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    • For those of you complaining about the thread date (age) you might want to search Google for Wordpress Design Courses (This thread currently comes up as #2 as of 9/25/2011)

      I had a number of people ask why the thread is not updated so I posted a little more current information. If you don't like where this information is at, either copy it or move the thread all together......
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    • Absolutely agree with you and apart from all the mentioned above i would like to add that its always possible to find any book you want with the help of Google
  • I think this is best site to refer many forums on that & it also given more things which share by many experts.But somewhere I knows very well many times some people make copy of writer form there or make some changes....& write on forums,but i am not showing over here....

    So it is best one....
  • You should read "PHP for the Web" by Larry Ullman. This book will cover the basic concept e.g. html, php, forms, creatign web apps, functions, files, directories, databases and "Putting it All together".
  • Here is 30% discount coupon for WebDesign.com University Annual membership: DESIGN30. (NOT a affiliate link)

    Details: WebDesign.com Launches New Website, Plus Big Discounts on Membership :: WebDesign.com

    Disclaimer: I work for iThemes.
  • (I know it's a revived old thread... but couldn't resist )

    My suggestion: start to learn praying so that you get "fantastic talent" from above! No technical knowledge can replace that.
  • h Mag is the best design course for wordpress
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