FREELessons: 13Length: 1.6 hours
Learn how to create a custom theme for a WooCommerce store, making use of the WooCommerce API to ensure that the screens on your store fit with your overall theme and your store’s brand.
In this course we'll plan a design for a WooCommerce store and then see how to kick-start theme development with some sample product data. Later we'll move on to customizing the product pages, search results and other aspects of the theme.
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Build on your knowledge of WooCommerce theme development in our course: Go Further With WooCommerce Themes.
1.Introduction1 lesson, 02:48
1 lesson, 02:48
1.1Introduction02:48
1.1
Introduction
02:48
2.Planning Your Store Theme4 lessons, 35:19
4 lessons, 35:19
2.1Learning From Effective Stores12:00
2.1
Learning From Effective Stores
12:00
2.2How WooCommerce Works06:14
2.2
How WooCommerce Works
06:14
2.3Matching Your Plan to the WooCommerce Structure06:32
2.3
Matching Your Plan to the WooCommerce Structure
06:32
2.4The Theme for Our Store10:33
2.4
The Theme for Our Store
10:33
3.Populating Your Store With Products1 lesson, 03:10
1 lesson, 03:10
3.1Adding Products to Your Store03:10
3.1
Adding Products to Your Store
03:10
4.The Front Page2 lessons, 20:42
2 lessons, 20:42
4.1Adding Image Links to Departments09:10
4.1
Adding Image Links to Departments
09:10
4.2Adding Featured Products to the Sidebar11:32
4.2
Adding Featured Products to the Sidebar
11:32
5.Pages Inside Your Store4 lessons, 31:43
4 lessons, 31:43
5.1Editing the Product Category Pages08:13
5.1
Editing the Product Category Pages
08:13
5.2Editing the Product Page Template11:13
5.2
Editing the Product Page Template
11:13
5.3Improving Search Results08:54
5.3
Improving Search Results
08:54
5.4Adding Content to the Checkout Page03:23
5.4
Adding Content to the Checkout Page
03:23
6.Conclusion1 lesson, 02:54
1 lesson, 02:54
6.1Conclusion02:54
6.1
Conclusion
02:54
Rachel McCollin is a WordPress developer who writes books, articles and tutorials about web design and development, with a focus on WordPress and on responsive and mobile development. She runs a web design agency in Birmingham, UK and has published three books on WordPress, including WordPress: Pushing the Limits, an advanced resource for WordPress developers. She's currently writing her fourth book.