By: Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Duration: 3h 13m

Description:

Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress shows how to build an advanced portfolio site that showcases various types of content using the free open-source application WordPress. Author Morten Rand-Hendriksen demonstrates creating custom post types differentiating and classifying content with custom taxonomies and working with custom post templates. The course also shows how to embed YouTube videos, build index pages, display the latest posts from different custom post types, and hook custom post types into separate themes. Exercise files accompany with the course.

Topics include:

• Exploring online portfolios
• Creating the site architecture
• Incorporating advanced custom post type functionalities
• Hooking a custom taxonomy to a post type
• Understanding how hierarchy relates to taxonomies
• Populating content into custom post types
• Handling multiple post type templates
• Displaying a list of links to the latest custom post type posts
• Building static pages for the front and the blog
• Creating a contact page with a contact form