Semester Course Code / Name of the Course L P C CA SEM
Web Development using Wordpress
1. COURSE OVERVIEW
The objectives of this course understand about website, cms and other web development tools
available in the market today. This course will enable about various components of WordPress
and support for creating new websites.
2. PREREQUISITES
It is better that before starting the course the basic understanding of website is required. At least
the various features of website are mandatory. There is no need for coding knowledge.
3. COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
CO Nos. CO Statement K – Levels
CO1 Understand the basic structure of website
CO2 Analysis about different CMS tools
CO3 Choosing the correct CMS that is WordPress for development K1 - K6
CO4 Creating new websites using Wordpress
CO5 Developing new features for the website and hosting
4. COURSE CONTENT
Unit – I: Introduction CMS and WordPress
Introduction - CMS - Advantages and Disadvantages of CMS - WordPress Installation - Setting
up WordPress in Local Server - Setting up WordPress in Remote Server - Upgrading WordPress
- User Administration - WordPress Admin - Creating Users - User Rights & Roles.
Unit – II: WordPress Themes
Free theme Vs Paid Theme - Theme Selection Process - Adding/installing Themes - Changing
Themes - Preview & Activating Themes - Working with Widgets - Installing widgets in sidebar -
Installing widgets in footer - Working with Menu for your Website - Creating menus - Adding
pages, posts, categories to menus - Creating Sub-menus - Deleting items from menu.
Unit – III: WordPress Plugins
Installing plugins - Activating Plugin & managing plugins - Upgrading plugins - Recommended
Plugins.
Unit – IV: Working with Content
Posts Vs Pages - Adding Hyperlinks - Playing with Media content - Previewing and Editing
Posts - Previewing and Editing Pages - Page Order - Creating a post - Adding Media files to
content –images and videos - Using Categories and Tags - Creating Pages - Page Hierarchy.
Unit – V: Case Study
Working with slider – Forms - Gallery – Maps – Contact Forms – Tables - Creating web site –
Hosting web sites.
Book Reference
Brad Williams, David Damstra, and Hal Stern, “Professional WordPress: Design and
Development". 2015
WEB REFERENCES
1) https://wordpress.com
2) https://wordpress.org
3) https://www.tutorialspoint.com/wordpress/index.htm
4) https://www.javatpoint.com/wordpress-tutorial
Evaluation Regulations for Skill Courses
Website Development using WordPress
Quizzes / Test 30 Marks
Quiz 1 10 Marks
Quiz 2 10 Marks
Test 1 10 Marks
Development 40 Marks
Selection of Topic 05 Marks
Installing WordPress - Local 05 Marks
Working with Themes 10 Marks
Working with Plugins 10 Marks
Working with Page and Post 10 Marks
Website Evaluation 30 Marks
Website Creation / presentation 20 Marks
Viva Voce 10 Marks
Total 100 Marks
Prepared by
Name of the Faculty Mr . T. Prabakaran / Mr. S. John Bosco
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