Objective 1:
- Create a child theme for your site
- Customize your site using a child theme
Requirements:
- Install and configure the Child Theme Configurator plug-in.
- Create a child theme from your parent theme
- Modify at least 3 styles from the parent theme in the child theme stylesheet
- Add at least 2 styles in the child theme that do not exist in the parent theme.
- Add a web font and apply it to at least one CSS selector
- Preview and activate the new child theme
Grading Rubric:
| Criteria | Points |
| Install and configure the Child Theme Configurator plug-in | 10 points |
| Create a child theme | 10 points |
| Modify at least 3 styles from the parent theme | 15 points |
| Add at least 2 additional styles to the child theme | 15 points |
| Add a web font and apply it to a CSS selector | 20 points |
| Activate your child theme | 10 points |
| Total | 80 points |
Objective 2:
- Update your WordPress site for SEO
- Configure automatic backups for your site
- Create users for your site
Requirements:
- Download and install the Free version of Yoast SEO. You can download it from: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/
- Using the information from the Yoast WordPress SEO tutorial, update your site for SEO as follows:
- configure the permalinks for your site to use the postname or category and postname
- configure the titles for your posts with the Yoast SEO plugin
- add meta descriptions to your pages and posts
- add meaningful alternate text to all of your images
- generate an XML sitemap for your site
- configure the sitewide meta settings for your site to noindex subpages of archives
- Install and configure BackWPUP plugin for automatically scheduled backups.
- Create 4 users with different roles for your site (editor, author, contributer, subscriber)
Grading Rubric:
| Criteria | Points |
| Create a gravatar for WordPress | 10 points |
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Install and configure the Yoast SEO Pack plug-in:
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15 points |
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Update your content for SEO:
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25 points |
| Install and configureBackWPUp for automatically scheduled backups | 15 points |
| Create 4 users for your site, one for each role (editor, author, contributer, subscriber) | 15 points |
| Total | 80 points |
Objective 3:
- Create a custom theme using the Underscores starter theme
Requirements:
- Download the Underscores starter theme
- Create a custom theme based on the _s thee
- Customize the theme according the course instructions
Grading Rubric:
| Criteria | Points |
| Download the _s starter them | 10 points |
| Create a new theme based on the _s theme in your WordPress Site | 10 points |
| Customize the styles for the page header | 20 points |
| Customize the styles for the page footer | 20 points |
| Customize the main page layout | 20 points |
| Customize the blog entry layout | 20 points |
| Total | 100 points |
Objective 4:
- Create custom page layouts using the Elementor plugin.
Requirements:
- Install and activate the Elementor plugin
- Create 2 unique page layouts for your site using Elementor.
- Use an Elementor template for at least 1 page on your site
- Indicate which pages use the layouts you created
Grading Rubric:
| Criteria | Points |
| Install and activate the Elementor plugin | 10 points |
| Create 2 unique page layouts using Elementor | 20 points |
| Use an Elementor template on one page | 10 points |
| Identify the pages where your layouts can be viewed. | 10 points |
| Total | 50 points |
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