You can do a lot in WordPress just by modifying PHP templates. In fact, even just an intermediate understanding of PHP and the WordPress template hierarchy allows one to make some relatively advanced customizations. Combine this with HTML and CSS and you can build a dynamic Website in WordPress. However, you will soon learn that knowing PHP isn't enough. You eventually come to the point in which you simply can no longer ignore Javascript. When you come to this junction, it is best practice to use jQuery in WordPress, which is essentially a shorthand of Javascript. Assuming that you have studied Javascript a little and understand its fundamentals, then jQuery can serve as a real asset to your site. You can do a lot in jQuery from fadein affects, a scrolling header, hiding text and so on. While developers have been integrating jQuery with WordPress for several years now, there is still a fair amount of confusion about how to probably add it to your WordPress site. Based on … Continue reading...