Custom Wordpress theme Thomas Smith, Chris Gorrod, Sam Paisley & Kathleen Jackson

Introduction We are going to talk about: What our project is What Wordpress is and why people use it PHP within Wordpress Allocated roles of team members Conclusion

What is our project? Create a customisable Wordpress theme Built from scratch Coded using PHP Adding customise options Create tutorials on how to create a customisable theme

What is Wordpress? Online blogging platform Customisable themes

Why use Wordpress? Easy, modifiable file structure CMS (Content Management System) Add or edit widgets without modifying PHP or HTML Custom themes Custom plugins Used by over 30 million websites so far. Over 13% of the ‘biggest’ websites and 8.5% of ALL websites currently online - are run by Wordpress!

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

Wordpress Plugins Some of the most downloaded Wordpress Plugins are: All In One SEO Pack Google XML Sitemaps Contact Form 7 Nextgen Gallery WordPress.com Stats WPTouch IPhone Theme Google Analyticator

Proposed Designs

Project Planning Talk about time-scale, plans, Gantt charts etc. Deadlines?

Plans What we will do: Research into the best optimised layout for the theme Wire frames for designs Research into PHP

Final Tutorials Talk about HOW the final tutorial will be made. What it will be about? Where? On a Wordpress blog

Group Communication How the group communicates. How we manage work How we manage absence

Team Roles Thomas – Project Manager, Code Chris - Mark-up, Design Sam - Code Kathleen – Code, Documentation Belbin Roles?

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.