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team no name. Custom Wordpress theme. Thomas Smith, Chris Gorrod, Sam Paisley & Kathleen Jackson. Introduction. We are going to talk about: What our project is and why we chose it Allocated roles and group rules Planning of the project Work we have carried out so far

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  1. team no name Custom Wordpress theme Thomas Smith, Chris Gorrod, Sam Paisley & Kathleen Jackson

  2. Introduction We are going to talk about: • What our project is and why we chose it • Allocated roles and group rules • Planning of the project • Work we have carried out so far • What’s next in terms of the project

  3. Outline for project The final product will be a tutorial on how to create a customisable theme for the popular blogging platform, Wordpress

  4. Team Structure • Thomas • Group Leader, Coder • Chris • Designer, Documentation • Sam • Coder, Researcher • Kathleen • Coder, Documentation • All members will have a part of each other’s tasks

  5. Ground Rules • If any team member is unable to attend a session they must inform other team members as soon as possible but work must be uploaded if completed on time • All team members must keep an accurate diary of tasks undertaken • If work is not completed, a record will be kept • Team must meet up for a minimum of 2 sessions per week • All team members must stay for the whole session unless providing a valid excuse

  6. Deadlines (Charts) • 3 feb - Informal presentation • 24 feb -Design documentation • 4thapril - Production • 3 may - Individual Report

  7. What is our project? • Tutorial on how to create a customisable Wordpress theme • A way to develop PHP programming skills • A way to help others to learn PHP and the principals of Wordpress

  8. What are themes? • Pre-designed layouts for websites or blogs • Can be edited in code or control panel to produce desired layout/colour scheme

  9. What have we done so far? • Discussed the final product – what it will be • Researched the best way to go about creating the theme • Allocated team roles • Discussed team rules • Completed ‘Terms of Reference’ document • Created gantt charts • Proposed several designs for the layout of the theme • Created the file structure • Created a blog to update progress

  10. Proposed Designs

  11. Coding themes for Wordpress • PHP • Basic file structure: • index.php • comments.php • screenshot.png • Style.css

  12. Online Blog • We have created an online blog to track progress on the project • Each member will upload evidence of tasks completed each week • Blog will ultimately become the tutorial itself

  13. What’s next? • Implement the chosen design • Implement PHP code for functionality • Once the design is up online, research into how to make it customisable • User testing on different browsers for cross compatibility with CSS

  14. Evaluation • Test tutorial by walking through the step by step instructions • Peer testing – ask a selected number of students to test the tutorial and see how efficient it is

  15. Conclusion • Create a customisable Wordpress theme • Create tutorials on what we have done and basic PHP • Coded with PHP • We will compare our product to those already available and review our performance in the report.

  16. Any Questions?

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