Create Public Web Advanced

COSC 109 - Computers and Creativity

How to implement advanced web page features for web projects

Requirements for web term projects:

At least 3 pages total

Proper Site Organization

The project should be under it's own menu item. Since it will consist of more than one page, it should have a main menu item/page reflecting a title of the project, and all additional pages should be drop-down menus (sub-menus) to this main menu. It should also be in proper order somewhere after the Home Page. There a several ways to accomplish this, some may be a bit more elegant than others, but any workable solution to create a drop-down (sub-menu) for the project is fine. Below are some starting points on how to accomplish this:

From the Dashboard, select Appearance / Menus. Notice the tile to the right named Menu structure. Here you can click and drag your pages to where you would like them to appear in your menu. Select Save Menu when you are finished. Note: In addition to drag menus to different positions, we can also create menus to be sub-menus of other menus by dragging them slightly to the right of another menu item. We don't need this now, but this may be helpful later if we are working on larger projects with many pages.
You can also use the Page properties Order and Parent. Use Dashboard / Pages, Page Attribute tile with Order and Parent fields to accomplish sub-menus (Hint: create a main page for the project and make this page the parent to all other project pages).
Check out the following site for an introduction to WordPress drop-down menus https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-dropdown-menu-in-wordpress-beginners-guide/
If you don't want your Project main link to actually link to anything check the following https://themeskills.com/add-menu-item-wordpress-without-linking-page/

Additional Advanced Features (at least four)

Experiment with customizing the provided themes. In the Dashboard, check out the following sections and select at least four features to modify the page or add to the page.

Appearance section (note that not all themes support all features)

Customize includes site logo, social media integration, colors, background images, and more
Widgets provide additional functionality in certain areas of the page and include a calendar, an image gallery, email subscription, video display, and more. Current widgets which are part of the theme can be removed and/or new ones can be added (email signup widgets do NOT count)

Menus allow us to create additional menus (see below)

Background lets us change the background

Footer provides an option for an additional footer

Additional menus created by using widgets (such as links to other sites).

If you are interested in learning about link widgets, check out the following

how to use the navigation menu widget or how to use the link widget with categories
Instructions: Select Appearance from the Dashboard and click on Menus. Under Edit Menus, select Create a New Menu. Give you menu a name such as Social Media then click on Create Menu, then Save Menu. Go back to your site’s home page by selecting Visit Site.

Select Customize on the Dashboard, the select Widgets. Select Add a Widget and then choose Navigation Menu. Under Title, enter Social Media. Then choose the name of the menu you just created under Select Menu. Click on Edit Menu. Choose Add Items and then select Custom Links. Add the URL for each social media site you would like to include on your page (make sure to include http:// or the link won’t work) and under Link Text, put the name of the social media site (such as Instagram). Then select Add to Menu. When you are done adding social media links you can click on Publish. Your page should now have a new navigation menu.

Plugins section

If you feel adventurous, explore the section of Plugins
Plugins are additional programs which have their own functionality, such google maps, special forms, or many others.