AAD 087 FA19 – Learning Journal

Tardy End Post

Yes, I am a fan of these learning journals, and yes, I contradict myself because I often find myself forgetting to do them… However, I’ll go over the last few weeks of class!

I’ve loved all these classes. I’ve done all 4, starting with Natalie and ending with Bill. It’s been fantastic, challenging, and fun. It’s been hard and really, you put some blood, sweat, and a few tears, into figuring everything out. Once you do though, it’s so rewarding.

The Day is Right Around the Corner

Its the time everyone rushes for. The day everyone excitedly waits for and dreads its arrival at the same time. Its that time of year that makes you look back and think about and reminisce with friends and family of all times. Some people even throw parties in celebration when the day come. The time of year everyone awaits for with rejoice and stress, Finals week.

Week 13

These past weeks, I’ve been working on designing my new portfolio site. I’ve researched others sites, but I’m thinking on redesigning again. I guess it’s great practice while I’m learning how to use XD. I’m using XD to create the proto for my portfolio site. I find the videos awesome and very easy to follow. I’m still fumbling around a bit, but I think it’s still super easy. I love learning these new programs 🙂 Yay! I can’t wait to see everyones site. Happy Turkey Day!

We are almost done!

I am excited that we are gonna be able to look back and see how much we have learned, but I am also kind of sad…

almost there

this week i have learned that sometimes no matter how hard you try to finish something perfect there comes a moment to just turn in what you got because you have wasted enough time.

Nearing the End

We have entered the realm of building our own custom themes using PHP, CSS, and HTML – Oh My! The prospect of building a custom theme feels overwhelming, but I am trying not to let it get the better of me.

Multiple loops, custom field types and design mockups

For these past two weeks, we’ve been learning a lot about multiple loops and custom content types …

Themes Themes Themes!

Ever wonder how WordPress creates all those fancy not-so-little themes? well you would you believe me if I told you , you, yourself could make them on your own? Crazy right? Now your probably telling yourself how do I even create theme let alone have my theme be on WordPress! Well the answer might shock you and its easy.

Week 9, 10 and 11

For weeks 9, 10 and the whole week 11, We learned a lot of things and it’s interesting to know everything how the website works and how it makes it worked.

Week 11

Yay!!!! We are learning so much! Thankfully, we have been repeating the process of copy and pasting info so hopefully I’ll finally get the loops down.

Wow Week 12 already

this week i learned how we can change a theme just by using php. How we can create a whole new theme from the same files just by using php and making some changes to css.

Omg, it’s already week 12!

We’ve learned and practiced a lot in the past few weeks. I actually think that the last time I was here we hadn’t even started to build WordPress themes yet. Now, we are pros! jk

Well, we are definitely getting there, though! Especially if we keep practicing as we have been…

Llamas, Llamas Everywhere

This week, we looked at transforming HTML website layouts into themes we could integrate into WordPress.

Pro Tip: Redundancy = Success

It seems like its been sometime since I last posted here, but perhaps that’s just life… Anywho, llama sites! It all started with the llama sites and now has transformed into something more intimidating, or so it appears.

It all started with the llama sites and having the header and footer all figured out and then we put “the loop” (creates blog posts or really any place where you wish to have customizable text) in the code.

For some reason, when you start with a llama site and then have the challenge of doing THE SAME thing but with a more complex looking header and footer, my mind goes blank. Literally last Tuesday, it was as if I had never seen code before. Not sure what happened. By Thursday, we transitioned last semester’s Concentric site into a theme WordPress would read.

Creating all those pages – essentially three different layouts – made the redundancy of the tasks stick into my brain. I was able to do the front page of the site on my own!

It really… honestly… shows that practice, practice, and practice, is not some cliche. There’s no epiphany here. I just need to get this more into my life. Not sure why I pass it off so easily, but it needs to become a fixture.

Oh, llamas!

Week 8 was a good start of building a basic llama theme and converting it to a WordPress Theme.

OMG! So much to learn

It has been wonderful these last few weeks repeating the llama site!

This week’s theme: CRUD

CRUD is the theme also theme is the theme this week.

From the last two weeks in class we learned about how to do CRUD and make themes. Now don’t let the name fool you or misread this as themes are CRUD. Because learning about themes and CRUD are the exact opposite of what it sounds like and I can tell you How.

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