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Carrie Dils

Carrie Dils

WordPress Developer, Consultant, and Instructor

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WordPress Development Courses

I'm passionate about teaching others so they can be successful in their business, whether that's building websites for clients or using WordPress to power their own sites. I teach courses on front-end development, WordPress, and the Genesis Framework on LinkedIN Learning (formerly Lynda.com).

WordPress: Using a Content Delivery Network

WordPress: Using a Content Delivery Network

Level: Intermediate

If you have a WordPress site, you may have heard that you can benefit from using a content delivery network (CDN), but you might not understand the technology or how to use it. This course teaches what you need to know to confidently use a CDN with a WordPress site.

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Building a Small Business Website with WordPress

Building a Small Business Website with WordPress

Level: Beginner

Build a professional website for your small business with WordPress. Anyone can build a business’s presence online with the themes, plugins, and built-in functionality offered by WordPress. In this course, Carrie Dils shows how to create a website complete with a contact form, social sharing buttons, a blog, and a custom homepage. She teaches you […]

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Advanced WordPress: Action and Filter Hooks

Advanced WordPress: Action and Filter Hooks

Level: Intermediate

Hooks are key components of WordPress plugin development. There are two types: filters modify data and actions perform tasks. Gain a fundamental understanding of how these features work, and learn how to use the built-in action and filter hooks in WordPress to build your own plugins. In the first half of the course, instructor Carrie […]

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Learning Troubleshooting for Web Developers

Learning Troubleshooting for Web Developers

Level: Intermediate

Troubleshooting problems is a foundational skill in web development. Unresolved issues can bring development to a halt. Learn the best places to perform research and to get answers—both online and in person—in this course for new and beginner web developers. Instructor Carrie Dils, an experienced developer, covers the basics: checking for system updates, restarting, and […]

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Introduction to CSS

Introduction to CSS

Level: Beginner

Once you have learned the basics of HTML, it’s time to start exploring Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the language that makes HTML look great in the browser. This course gives you a tour of the possibilities, showing what CSS is capable of doing and the basics you need to make it work for you. Join […]

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Responsive CSS Workflow with Sass, Bourbon, and Susy

Responsive CSS Workflow with Sass, Bourbon, and Susy

Level: Intermediate

Learn how to build a responsive webpage from scratch using CSS and Sass. Instructor Carrie Dils begins by explaining how Sass works, and then shows how to analyze your workflow options and work with package managers. She also explains how to use Grunt—a JavaScript task runner—to set up a development workflow, as well as how […]

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WordPress.com Essential Training

WordPress.com Essential Training

Level: Beginner

Learn how to create your own website or blog with WordPress.com—the free, easy-to-use service that is democratizing publishing on the web.

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CSS: Frameworks & Grids

CSS: Frameworks & Grids

Level: Intermediate

Have you wondered if using a CSS framework will speed up your website development?

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WordPress & Internationalization

WordPress & Internationalization

Level: Intermediate

Want to take your WordPress site worldwide? WordPress's internationalization features allow developers to configure their code so they can be easily translated and localized.

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WordPress: Customizing Themes with Genesis

WordPress: Customizing Themes with Genesis

Level: Beginner

In this course, Carrie Dils takes apart the framework so you can understand the structure and start customizing your own child themes with Genesis.

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Learning Genesis for WordPress

Learning Genesis for WordPress

Level: Beginner

Whether you're a novice or an advanced developer, Genesis provides the foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go.

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