Inhabitent Site

A WordPress custom theme based on underscores theme.

Technologies used

1. WordPress
2. PHP
3. Sass
4. HTML5
5. Underscores Theme
6. Javascript
7. Jquery
8. Gulp

What is this project about?

In this project I built a theme using Wordpress and PHP. The website has lots of pages and uses various plugins. One of my favorite plugins is the block plugin. You can attach a image on it and give it a title and it will show up as a full screen background image with the title in the middle. Another pretty handy plugin I'm using is the business hours plugin. This creates a block in the widgets area and it can be used to display business hours with less than two clicks. There are some other plugins but these two are my favorite.

Personal learnings

1. Learning Wordpress

At first, I had a hard time to wrap my head around Wordpress and how it functions. After a while, I got more familiar with it and while I was building this project, I learned a lot about it. It is a very powerful CMS and I can see why a lot of people use it. The best part about it is that even people who know nothing about coding can build a website. So, after you're done building a custom theme for your client, it makes it really easy for them to change the content of the website without additional help.

2. PHP

I used a lot of PHP while working with Wordpress. PHP is an old programming language but it is a very practical one as well. I don't think it's going to die anytime soon. The better I get at PHP, the more I learn to appreciate how practical it is. I am definitely going to continue learning PHP and I think it is a really good programming language overall.

Project Snapshots

My notes about the project

This project was very challenging at the beginning. Once I started to connect the dots and understand the structure of the project, it became easier to build it. I used a lot of Wordpress, PHP and Sass and I learned a lot while using them. Another thing with this project was that it actually felt like a real world project. It had a lot of stuff to be done and it can definitely be used as a production website. I am pretty happy with the outcome of this project. Lastly, the stretch goals were really good. I really enjoyed making them and learning even more while completing them.