WordPress is a powerful CMS but it can also be used to build fully functional prototypes. Headway theme’s drag and drop visual editor allows you to create and experiment with different layouts including fixed width and responsive designs. Use the prototypes to collect feedback, test for usability and improve your design on the fly; or clone it to test multiple variations of the same design. Being on a web server, you only need a web browser to edit, share and collaborate on your prototypes. You don’t need to know any PHP. Knowledge of HTML and CSS is helpful but not required. Here’s the best part: once you are finished, your prototype doesn’t go to waste. If you choose WordPress as CMS, you can simply modify your prototype to build the final website. If not, you can still use CSS generated by the theme. Join us to learn a simple and quick prototyping tool using a recent project as an example. Using a real project as an example, learn how to: - Use visual editor to build a grid based layout from scratch - Apply custom CSS styles - Reusing layouts, blocks and styles for different sections of the website - Export layouts to create multiple prototypes for the same project

1. Prototyping With WordPress
No Coding Required
Gaurav Gupta
edUi Conference
September 29, 2014
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2. #edui_protoWP
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3. about me
IT Analyst
Office of the Vice Provost for
Learning Innovation and Student Success
Virginia Commonwealth University
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4. the old way of doing things

8. adding prototyping to workflow

9. Balsamiq
Axure
Omingraffle
Visio
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Paper
Keynote
PowerPoint
HTML
Bootstrap
Foundation
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prototyping tools

16. my search for
WordPress frameworks

17. enter Headway Themes
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19. could this be used
for prototyping?

20. Transfer Center
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25. why WordPress?
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26. easy to learn
no coding required*
* (though knowing HTML, CSS and JavaScript is helpful)
why WordPress?

27. online
works across OS/browsers
easy collaboration
easy sharing with clients
why WordPress?

28. responsive layouts
why WordPress?

29. reuse
to create variants
to build final product
why WordPress?

31. There’s a plugin for that™
why WordPress?

35. what you need to get started
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36. WordPress installation (multisite)
Headway Theme

37. Plugins
• Easy Bootstrap Shortcode
• WP Responsive Menu
• NS Cloner
Optional Plugins
• Types + WP Views
• Slider e.g. Master Slider, Layer Slider
• Forms e.g. Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms

38. demo
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39. Wrapper

40. Wrapper + Blocks

41. Block Types

42. Title
Content

43. Title
Content
Default behavior

44. Custom Query

45. Blog Index Front Page
Pages Posts
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Post 1
Post 2
Post 3
Shared
Layout
Layout inheritance

46. making it responsive
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47. Assignment Box
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48. raffle
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49. Questions?
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