Web Designer's Guide to WordPress: Plan, Theme, Build, Launch

Legions of web designers and developers are choosing WordPress for building sites. That's because it's powerful, reliable, flexible, scalable-and more. This book is your complete guide to mastering WordPress theme development, covering everything from installation to leveraging the community and resources to improve your WordPress skills for years to come. You'll learn how to:

Install WordPress and work on a development serverCreate site plans and content architectureDevelop basic through advanced WordPress themesMaintain responsive design integrityImplement the right pluginsConvert an already-built website to a WordPress-powered themeGet involved with the WordPress communityWith detailed explanations, real-life examples, and step-by-step tutorials, you'll find everything you need to build and deploy WordPress-powered websites with no prior server-side or WordPress development experience.