team no nameCustom Wordpress theme

Thomas Smith, Chris Gorrod, Sam Paisley & Kathleen Jackson

IntroductionWe are going to talk about:

What our project is and why we chose itAllocated roles and group rulesPlanning of the projectWork we have carried out so farWhat’s next in terms of the project

Outline for projectThe final product will be a tutorial on how to create a customisable theme for the popular blogging platform, Wordpress

Team StructureThomas

Group Leader, CoderChris

Designer, DocumentationSam

Coder, ResearcherKathleen

Coder, Documentation

All members will have a part of each other’s tasks

Ground Rules If any team member is unable to attend a session they

must inform other team members as soon as possible but work must be uploaded if completed on time

All team members must keep an accurate diary of tasks undertaken

If work is not completed, a record will be keptTeam must meet up for a minimum of 2 sessions per

weekAll team members must stay for the whole session unless

providing a valid excuse

Deadlines (Charts)3 feb - Informal presentation 24 feb - Design documentation4th april - Production3 may - Individual Report

What is our project?Tutorial on how to create a customisable Wordpress

themeA way to develop PHP programming skillsA way to help others to learn PHP and the principals of

Wordpress

What are themes?Pre-designed layouts for websites or blogsCan be edited in code or control panel to produce

desired layout/colour scheme

What have we done so far?Discussed the final product – what it will beResearched the best way to go about creating the

themeAllocated team rolesDiscussed team rulesCompleted ‘Terms of Reference’ documentCreated gantt chartsProposed several designs for the layout of the themeCreated the file structureCreated a blog to update progress

Proposed Designs

Coding themes for WordpressPHPBasic file structure:

index.php comments.php screenshot.png Style.css

Online BlogWe have created an online blog to track progress on

the projectEach member will upload evidence of tasks completed

each weekBlog will ultimately become the tutorial itself

What’s next?Implement the chosen designImplement PHP code for functionalityOnce the design is up online, research into how to

make it customisableUser testing on different browsers for cross

compatibility with CSS

EvaluationTest tutorial by walking through the step by step

instructionsPeer testing – ask a selected number of students to

test the tutorial and see how efficient it is

ConclusionCreate a customisable Wordpress themeCreate tutorials on what we have done and basic PHPCoded with PHPWe will compare our product to those already available

and review our performance in the report.

Any Questions?