Scott Paterson

Scott Paterson

Stirling, Scotland

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  • What is the MailChimp API
  • How to Install WordPress on Your Computer
  • An Overview of WordPress Frameworks
  • Starting Your Genesis Theme
  • Setup and Structure
  •  Child Themes
  • Using Relationship Tables
  • Filtering Input for Queries
  • Querying the Database
  • Connecting to MySQL
  • Managing Orders in WooCommerce
  • Running an Ecommerce Site Long Term
  • Extending WooCommerce
  • Managing Products in WooCommerce
  • Setting Up WooCommerce
  • Introduction to Ecommerce with WordPress
  • Getting Started with WooCommerce Theme Development
  • Hooking Into WordPress Plugins
  • Filter Functions in WordPress
  • Action Functions in WordPress
  • How WordPress Plugins Work
  • SEO Plugins for WordPress
  • Overview of the WordPress Customizer
  • Laravel Getting Started
  • The Production Server
  • Custom Menu Fields in WordPress
  • An Overview of Menus in WordPress
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • An Overview of Hooks in WordPress
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Finishing Your WordPress Theme
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme
  • Getting Started with Jekyll
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Art Direction with the Picture Element
  • Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes
  • More Advanced PHP for WordPress
  • PHP Basics for WordPress
  • Introduction to PHP for WordPress
  • Merging
  • WWW
  • Branches
  • Responsive Theory
  • Debugging, Best Practices, and Production
  • Refactoring with Sass
  • The Staging Server
  • The Local Development Environment
  • Installing Sass and Setting up the Project
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Soft Skills - Psychology
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Basic Selectors
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Introduction to Typography
  • Finalizing the Project
  • Case Studies and Examples
  • The Brand Identity Design Process
  • Building Out WordPress Navigation
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • The WordPress Loop
  • WordPress Header and Footer Templates
  • Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes
  • Starting a WordPress Theme
  • A Template Hierarchy Review
  • Media Templates in WordPress
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Archive Templates in WordPress
  • Page and Post Templates in WordPress
  • Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress.org
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Getting Started With Git
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP Datatypes
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • Variables and Constants
  • Treehouse Club - JavaScript
  • Treehouse Club - CSS
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Core WordPress Theme Files
  • How WordPress Templates Work
  • Welcome to the Treehouse Club
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • PHP Getting Started
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • Blogging with WordPress Overview
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Create Bootstrap Styled Theme Templates
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • WordPress User Roles
  • Add Bootstrap Components to WordPress Theme
  • Build a Website With Foundation
  • Prototyping With Foundation
  • Build a Website With Bootstrap
  • What's New in Foundation 5
  • Prototyping With Bootstrap
  • Improving Usability
  • Writing Online
  • Presentation Skills
  • Productivity
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Setup a Bootstrap Theme
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • WordPress Themes
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • The WordPress Codex
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • Grid Layout
  • Float Layout
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Display Modes
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • WordPress.com Social Features
  • Important Skills For Professional Success
  • Building a WordPress.com Site
  • Getting Started with WordPress.com
  • HTML First
  • Sharing a Website
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Owning a WordPress Site Long Term
  • WordPress Community Management
  • Local WordPress Development
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Working with Media in WordPress
  • Adding and Editing Content
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
  • Mobile Usability
  • Website Usability
  • What is Usability?
  • The Logo Sprint
  • Logo Design 101
  • SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions
  • Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database
  • Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL
  • Manipulating Schema with SQL
  • Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL
  • Reading Data from Databases with SQL
  • Creating Home Page Assets
  • Applying Effects
  • How to Draw in Illustrator
  • Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project
  • Working with PHP Functions
  • Integrating With Paypal
  • Listing Inventory Items
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • DNS Basics
  • Making Money
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Marketing Basics
  • Forming Your Company
  •  Adding Color and Type
  • JavaScript Objects
  • Corporate Structure
  • Video Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Usability Testing
  • Usability Basics
  • Customizing Google Maps
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Google Maps Integration
  • jQuery Plugins
  • Form Validation and Manipulation
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Strings
  • Media Queries
  • CSS Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Introduction Variables
  • Launching a WordPress Site
  • WordPress and Forms
  • Extending WordPress Template Functionality
  • Social Media
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Converting Static HTML into WordPress Templates
  • Getting Work Done
  • A Lifestyle Choice
  • Growing Your Business
  • Client Services
  • Sales and Pitching
  • Marketing and Promotion
  • Preparing to Code WordPress Templates
  • WordPress Theme Functions
  • Creating an Icon
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Gradients
  • Web Typography
  • WordPress Theme Templates
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • Content Strategy with WordPress
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • Intro to User Experience
  • Animation
  • Transforms
  • Transitions
  • Backgrounds
  • Gradients
  • Slices & Save for Web
  • Vector Shapes
  • Workflow Basics
  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Media Queries
  • Control Structures
  • Functions
  • Type Tools
  • Masks Basics
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Customizing WordPress
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Basics
  • Multi-Column Layouts
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Managing Comments
  • Adding and Editing Content in WordPress
  • Color Theory
  • Configuring WordPress
  • Why Start a Business?
  • Introduction
  • Borders
  • Web Fonts
  • Responsive Design
  • Typography
  • Selectors
  • Framework Foundations
  • Printing
  • Page Layout
  • Box Model
  • Text
  • Data Types
  • Selectors
  • Graphic Basics
  • Layer Basics
  • Workspace Basics
  • Website Basics
  • Introduction
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Text
  • Principles
  • Elements
  • Adaptive Design
  • Fluid Foundation
  • Introduction to Responsive Web Design
  • Introduction
  • Launching the Website
  • Styling Content
  • Creating a Website Structure
  • Text Editors and HTML
  • Website Basics
  • Newbie