WordPress Get Started

wordpress-get-started-steps.txt

# Download and install XAMPP
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

# Create a database, you may need to cd to mysql bin folder first to execute mysql command
cd /path/to/mysql/bin
mysql -u root -p
enter
create database db_name_you_want;
exit

*default mysql username: root, password is empty.

# Download and install WordPress
https://wordpress.org/latest.zip

# Create child theme in a folder and save this folder to /wp-content/themes/
1. style.css
/*
 Theme Name:   My theme
 Template:     twentyseventeen
*/

2. functions.php
<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
 
}

# Create custom post type like products, a way to make it is install and use plugin:
WCK - Custom Fields and Custom Post Types Creator

# A way to enable custom layout for page or post, install following plugins:
Page Builder by SiteOrigin
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle

# To create fully custom layout page, you need to create a template file:
1. Create a page in backend and get the page slug, for example, if your page title is My Page, the slug usually will be my-page;
2. Use a html file which contain the layout you like, save it as name page-my-page.php to /wp-content/themes/your-actived-theme/

# To show your page title/content in your custom template:
<?php the_title(); ?>

<?php
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); 
  the_content();
endwhile;

wp_reset_query();
?>