WordPress Web Design For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Updated, full-color guide to creating dynamic websites with WordPress 3.6In this updated new edition, bestselling For Dummies author and WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson makes it easy for anyone with a basic knowledge of the WordPress software to create a custom site using complementary technologies such as CSS, HTML, PHP, and MySQL. You"ll not only get up to speed on essential tools and technologies and further advance your own design skills, this book also gives you pages of great case studies, so you can see just how other companies and individuals are creating compelling, customized, and cost-effective websites with WordPress.Shows you how to incorporate WordPress templates, graphic design principles, HTML, CSS, and PHP to build one-of-a-kind websitesExplains how to create an effective navigation system, choose the right color palette and fonts, and select different layoutsReveals how you can tweak existing website designs with available themes, both free and premiumProvides numerous case studies to illustrate techniques and processes, and the effects you can achieveDiscusses how you can translate your design skills into paid workWant to create cost-effective and fantastic websites with WordPress? This do-it-yourself book will get you there.