Learn to:

• Create dynamic, custom websites with the self-hosted version of WordPress
• Determine color scheme, site navigation, and typography based on your design strategy
• Plan your design for mobile device and tablet users

Your full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with WordPress

Do you want to take your WordPress skills to the next level? From bestselling author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this friendly guide quickly gets you up to speed on the latest release of the software. Its easy-to-understand direction will show you how to use WordPress to effortlessly create customized, compelling, and cost-effective websites.

• Get a solid foundation — explore web design with WordPress, understand domain requirements, and manage content confidently
• Assemble your toolbox — plan your design strategy, choose graphics and software resources, pick colors and fonts, and explore editors, browsers, and FTP
• Choose your theme — find and install a WordPress theme, dissect themes and templates, and display content with widgets and template tags
• Build your website — use basic CSS and HTML to customize your site design, design for WordPress as a CMS, and enhance your website with plugins

Open the book and find:

• How to use WordPress as a content management system
• Steps for installing WordPress on your web server
• Tips for working with the default theme as well as parent and child themes
• How to implement advanced CSS, SaSS, and responsive design
• Guidance on inserting images into your page or post
• Steps for building a community with BuddyPress
• Powerful plugins for WordPress

Your full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with WordPress

Are you familiar with the fundamentals of WordPress, but want to take your skills to the next level? From bestselling author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson, this new edition of WordPress Web Design For Dummies quickly gets you up to speed on the latest release of the software and shows you how to use it as a tool to create a customized, compelling, and cost-effective website—without losing your cool.

WordPress can be used to create a custom design for your website using complimentary technologies such as graphic design, CSS, HTML coding, PHP programming, and MySQL administration. With the help of this hands-on, friendly guide, you'll discover how to create an effective navigation system, choose the right color palette and fonts, and select different layouts. Plus, you'll find out how to tweak existing website designs with available themes, both free and premium, and gain the confidence to translate your design skills into paid work.

• Create dynamic, custom websites with the self-hosted version of WordPress
• Use free themes and enhance them with CSS and HTML
• Create a responsive design for mobile devices and tablet users
• Get to grips with the newest release of WordPress

Whether you want to use WordPress to spruce up your existing website or create a brand-new one from scratch, this do-it-yourself guide has you covered.