To keep your domain organized and avoid file conflicts, it’s a good idea to create subdomains or subdirectories where you’ll install web applications. Read through our Tech Doc to learn more about organizing your online space, and then try creating…
Task! Learn about the internet
Even if you know a little about the internet and how web publishing works this Khan Academy video series is a helpful baseline for your work this week. Feel free to post your thoughts on the Slack channel or in…
Task! Draw your WordPress Website (Wireframing)
Instructions Take the opportunity to plan out your website ahead of time by creating a wireframe. By drawing out your website before you start building your WordPress site, you give yourself direction in the beginning your project. This allows you…
Task! Embed a video on your site
If you want to share video content on your website, it’s better to embed a video hosted elsewhere instead of hosting the file on your own website (check out this article for a quick explanation why). You’ve probably seen this…
Task! Make your site or page public
Now that you’ve experimented with adding content to your site, it’s time to share it with the world! In this task, we’d like you to publish a site, page, or post to make it publicly visible.
Task! Write some CSS
After HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is the most crucial language for a front-end web developer because it determines how your content looks. To complete this task, you’ll need to write some CSS into WordPress From scratch Read this brief…
Task! Go to Office Hours or a Training Session
Instructions An easy way for you to accomplish this task is to come to our kick-off event this Friday, March 25th 3:00-5:00 PM EST! We will be providing an overview of the challenge tasks, as well as doing two out…