
Compare popular website platforms like WordPress, Thrive Architect, Webley, and Wick's, highlighting front-end builders, drag-and-drop workflows, themes and plugins, and back-end considerations for design choices.
Add an entire page to your site from the ad menu, choose a design based on your theme, customize with sections and elements, and preview the changes.
Publish your site to access advanced settings. Use the release manager to create versions and configure appointment booking, invoices, terms and conditions, and automated emails.
Explore store settings to automate order emails, enabled by default, and preview or toggle them on or off; configure shipping confirmations, digital product download emails, and pickup fulfillment notices.
Explore advanced Wix inbox settings to customize your business name, sender name, subject, and signature, and connect Gmail and Facebook to send from Wix and view page messages.
Configure OBS Studio for live streaming by selecting a custom streaming service, entering Wick's server URL and stream key, applying settings, and starting the stream to broadcast on Wick's website.
Configure your live stream by adjusting studio settings and ensuring the proper setup. Create and customize channels, upload a channel cover, enable subscriptions, and start adding videos to each channel.
Discover advanced features of Wick's dotcom Wex, a free cloud-based web builder with a website editor, logo maker, and SEO tools for creating mobile-friendly sites, blogs, and stores.
Add a member's area to your site with private accounts, login access, and restricted content; configure, publish, and let users access their profile and designated sections.
Add a single event app to your page to collect rsvp and sell tickets. Customize the rsvp button text and title, select details to display, publish, and check your site.
Install WordPress on your domain via your hosting control panel, using a one button or advanced configuration for a subdirectory. Create admin credentials and a notification email, then log in.
Discover how to find and install compatible WordPress themes for the Gutenberg editor, using add new, filters, preview, and activation to customize your site.
Explore WordPress post and page interfaces, block elements, and editor tools, including visual and code editors, toolbars, spotlight, full screen, reusable blocks, and content copy.
Explore the WordPress Gutenberg editor's layout, hide unused interface elements, and use blocks with navigation and content structure to track word counts.
Learn how to add and delete blocks in the Gutenberg editor, manage content inside blocks, and create new blocks to design a business website interface.
Learn to add video content to your website using a video block, upload from the media library, or embed YouTube videos with custom HTML, while considering server upload size limits.
Create a cover in Gutenberg by adding a cover block, dragging in an image or video, and writing on top with an overlay you can adjust for opacity and color.
Learn how to combine an image with descriptive text using the media and text block, adjust font size, drop cap, colors, and ensure mobile stacking for responsive layouts.
Add multi-column blocks in the Gudbjerg editor for WordPress to create column layouts. Convert a column to a list, quote, or verse, and adjust text and background colors.
Learn how to use Gutenberg's general embed element to add cloud-based content to a WordPress site, convert non-embeddable items to links, and embed YouTube videos.
Embed cloud-based presentations in WordPress using SlideShare and Speaker Deck via the Gutenberg ad block by copying the share URL and embedding it for viewer controls.
Learn to embed Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts into a WordPress site using the Gutenberg editor, by copying post links, inserting embed blocks, and previewing updates.
Learn to embed Spotify and SoundCloud audio into WordPress using Gutenberg blocks. The video walks through copying track links, embedding them, and updating posts.
Explore how html appears in WordPress, embed codes for YouTube and podcasts, PayPal buttons, autoresponders, affiliate networks, and basic file structure like html extension and index file.
Learn how to open HTML files with different editors, compare Adobe Dreamweaver pricing and plans, explore free and cloud-based HTML editors, and use split-screen what-you-see-is-what-you-get editing to preview changes.
Learn to structure a web page by editing the body content and by understanding the header and title above the body tag, plus the opening HTML tag.
Explore opening and closing HTML tags in Dreamweaver, learn how tags like paragraph and strong create bold text, and understand nesting and correct tag order to control page content.
Apply color to webpage text using the HTML font tag and font color attribute. Use Instant Eyedropper to pick a hex code and apply it to targeted text.
Learn to create lists in HTML, including unordered lists and ordered lists, with ul, li tags, and type options for lowercase, numbers, or roman numerals.
Use HTML comments to annotate your code with <!-- ... --> text that is visible to editors but not on the page, and remove stray tags to avoid extra space.
Discover practical html usage for embedding with embed codes across platforms like YouTube, podcasts, iTunes, affiliate networks, and payment buttons, and see how small html knowledge enhances WordPress projects.
Discover how to work with affiliate networks by embedding html links and banners on your site, copying link code, and tracing the image source and your affiliate and offer IDs.
Learn to embed PayPal payment buttons on your site using HTML code or email links, customize the button, and connect it to your account through image links.
Build an opt-in form to collect names and emails for an email marketing list. Choose between raw HTML or a JavaScript snippet, with changes reflected automatically wherever embedded.
Inspect the image tag on sales pages, swap the file name or replace the image, upload to the server, and make images clickable by adding a hyperlink through image properties.
Learn to embed a YouTube sales video into an HTML sales page using a WYSIWYG editor, customizing the embed to autoplay and hide controls, titles, and suggested videos.
Learn to integrate an existing add to cart button into your sales page using HTML, copy the code, insert it, and center-align for proper display.
Learn to view a site's html and source code in Chrome, Firefox, or Edge using developer tools, identify WordPress sites and plugins like Akismet, and recognize Google Analytics.
Apply practical HTML techniques to email pages, affiliate networks, PayPal buttons, autoresponders, create a page from Microsoft Word, and inspect WordPress file structures and source code in a browser.
Learn to access and navigate cPanel, log in securely, and manage domains, files, databases, email, metrics, and security settings to build your business website.
Explore the files section to manage your server assets: create image thumbnails, resize and convert formats, set directory privacy with usernames and passwords, view disk usage, and navigate subdirectories.
Explore subdomains by creating a subdomain that points to a subdirectory, such as videos on your domain, making it appear as a separate site with files stored in that subdirectory.
Enable Apache spam assassin in your inbox, set the filter threshold from the default five, enable auto delete, configure blacklist and whitelist, set the required score to nine, then save.
Enable hotlink protection to prevent direct linking and protect bandwidth, work with your host to configure extensions and allowed pages, then submit to enable protection.
Enable update notifications for WordPress via the site software tool, including creating a subdomain, an admin user, and blog details. Manage the installation with a database and uninstall options.
Explore the advanced section of cpanel to configure cron jobs, DNS lookups, trace routes, and customize error pages, as well as configure apache handlers and mime types.
Discover how MediaWiki enables collaborative content creation, installation via Fantastico, and setup with username, password, email, and site name, with access to community documentation and support.
Install and configure Citrus CRM (Citris DB) inside Fantastico, then set up directory, username, password, and admin access to manage client relationships, billing, and subscriptions.
Conclude by building a website using no-code tools, WordPress, and Wickstead HTML C panel. Complete landing page, share it for feedback, and iterate with traffic, conversions, and A/B testing.
Requirements
Desire to create a business website, with little to no technical skills or coding experience.
You will need a working computer and a modern browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
You don't need any experience with programming languages like HTML or CSS.
Description
Building a successful website is essential for your business. Your website will be the guide that will help people understand your business, what you sell, how to contact you and how to purchase your product.
A beautiful, well designed website is the sign of a successful business, and is the first thing customers see when they research your business online.
This course is a complete introduction on website development and website design for solopreneurs, business owners, entrepreneurs or side hustlers. This course will give you all the information and tools you need to build a website from scratch with zero coding or technical experience as we walk you through (step-by-step) how to build a website from scratch with zero code required.
We’ll start with a description of what you should include on your website (content), we’ll review the most popular website builders and then we’ll actually build a website in WordPress and Wix (two of the most popular website building platforms).
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WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH BY THE END OF THE COURSE
This course is for anyone brand new to creating websites. If you have never built a website before or you have no technical background we’ll walk you through how to build a website for your business. This course is meant for people who want to use platforms to build websites like WordPress or Wix. Although we do discuss HTML in this course, this is not a course meant for teaching you how to code. There’s much easier ways to create a course.
In this course you’ll understand best practices, teaching you how to structure landing pages, and what content you should include as well as how to build a website with plugins, themes and drag and drop templates in WordPress and Wix.
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WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
You want to build a website for your business, pastime, or personal life.
You want a website that can be fully customized, without any coding.
You want to understand what you should and shouldn’t include on your website.
You want someone to walk you through the entire process of creating a website from the very beginning to publishing.
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HOW THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED
The course first gives you a solid understanding of the basic requirements and best practices for creating a business website from scratch. After that, the course discusses various website hosting platforms such as WordPress and Wix, and then some more advanced topics, such as HTML and CPanel.
Learn the in's-and-out's of Website Design & Development.
Introduction / Build and Design a Business WEBSITE (Beginner to Advanced)
Introduction
Basics of Web Development & Design for Business
Best Practices to Keep in Mind When Creating Business Websites
High Level Overview of Various Website Platforms and Tools
Building a Website From Scratch with No Code
Introduction to Advanced Web Development & Design for Business
Introduction
Wix
Overview
Plans and Pricing
Wix Partner and Affiliate Programs
Sign Up and Basic Design
Adding a Section
Adding a Page
General Settings
Adding a Contributor
Advanced Settings - Part 1
Advanced Settings - Store Settings - Automated Order Emails
Advanced Settings - Paid Videos
Advanced Settings - Wix Email Inbox
Advanced Settings - Quotes and Invoices
Video Settings Upload
Video Settings - Part 2
Live Streaming Video - Part 1
Live Streaming Video - Part 2
Live Streaming Codecs and Video Channels
Blog Post Creation
Conclusion
Overview
Adding the Chat App
Adding the Blog App
Adding the Instagram Feed
Adding the Video App
Adding the Events App
Adding the Members Area
Adding a Bookings App
Adding a Music App
Adding a Music App
Switching To the Wix Editor
The Wix Editor - Part 2
The Wix Editor - Part 3 - Backgrounds
The Wix Editor - Part 4 - Add Button
The Wix Editor - Part 5 - Media
The Wix Editor - Part 6 - Blog Management
The Wix Editor Tools
Wix App Market - Part 1
Wix App Market - Part 2
Conclusion
WordPress
Overview
Installing WordPress
Basics of WordPress
Backing Up Your WordPress Site
Upgrading to WordPress 5.0
Finding Compatible Themes
Using the Default Theme
The Editor LayoutPart1
The Editor LayoutPart2
Adding Blocks
Customizing Blocks
Manipulating Blocks
Manipulating Blocks - Part 2
Adding and Customizing Text
Adding Images
Adding Lists
Adding Videos
Adding Audio
Image Overlay
Conclusion
Overview
Quotes and Pull Quotes
Media and Text Blocks
Uploading Files
Tables
Poetry Verse Block
Adding Buttons
Adding Columns
Separators and Spacers
Widgets
General Embed Element
Video Embeds - YouTube and Vimeo
Video Embeds - Screencast
Image Based Embeds - Imgur and Flickr
Slideshare - Speaker Desk and Presentation Based Embeds
Scribd Embeds
Social Embeds - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter
Spotify and Soundcloud Embeds
Specialty Embeds - Meetup, Ted and Kickstarter
Conclusion - Switching To the Classic Editor
HTML
Overview
Wysiwyg and Why Use HTML
Uses for HTML
HTML Editing Programs
Editing From FTP
Page Extension Names
Folder Management
Above the Page Body
Opening and Closing Tags
Headers and Titles
Text Manipulation
Color Manipulation
Hyperlinks
Images
Lists
Breaks and Paragraphs
Alignment
Comments
IFraming
Conclusion
Overview
Dimensions
Divider Tags
HTML and YouTube
Affiliate Networks
HTML In ITunes
HTML in Paypal
HTML in Warrior Plus
HTML in JVZoo
HTML In Autoresponders
HTML in Sales Pages - Headers
HTML in Sales Pages - Images
HTML in Sales Pages - Sales Videos
HTML in Sales Pages - Font
HTML in Sales Pages - Alignment
HTML in Sales Pages - Buttons
HTML in Microsoft Word
HTML In WordPress
HTML in Web Browser and Source Code
Conclusion
Cpanel
Overview
Files Section
File Section File Manager
Backup
FTP Accounts
Domain Section
Site Publisher - Domain Section
Sub Domains
Email Section
Email Accounts
Email Section Forwarders
Spam Monitoring
Metrics Section
Security Section - Hotlink Protection
Ip Blocker - Security Section
Site Software - Software Section
Advanced Section
Preferences Section
Introduction To Fantastico
Conclusion
Overview
Create A WordPress Website
Ad Management Applications
Analytics Apps
Calendar Applications
Live Chat Websites
OS Ticket
Ecom and Shopping Carts
Project Management
Learning Management System
Create an Online Forum
Image Galleries Photoblog
Wiki - Media Wiki
Audio App Podcast Generator
Video Apps Clipbucket
Gaming Apps - Cloud Realms
Guestbook Apps - Advanced Guestbook
RSS Apps - Feed on Feeds
CRM - Citrus CRM
Conclusion
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CLASS RESOURCES
Hosting
Dreamhost
HostGator
WP Engine
Siteground
Bluehost
Content management system (CMS)
WordPress
Drupal
Joomla!
Squarespace
Sitejet
Medium (blog)
Shopping carts and eCommerce
WooCommerce
Shopify
Magento
PrestaShop
BigCommerce
Themes
Theme Forest
Template Monster
RocketTheme
Elegant Themes
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CLASS PROJECT
For this project, once you’ve finished watching the videos, please create 1 new landing page with either Wix, WordPress or HTML.
Create a header, text & image with a top menu.
This can be your first start towards your first business page.
After you have created the basic requirements, add some styling, change the font, look & feel.
When you’re happy with your page (feel free to add more to it, if you like), share a screenshot and a link so everyone else who takes this class can view it!
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YOUR TEACHER - SCOTT D. CLARY
As a career sales and marketing executive & leader, I've worked with a wide variety of organizations and peers, training thousands of individuals on both the hard and soft skills required to excel in their career.
On a professional level, I've worked within all size companies, and I've sold and marketed (as well as lead teams that have sold and marketed) to some of the most iconic F500 / F100 brands throughout my career.
I'm fortunate to have over 100+ of my thoughts and insights on sales, marketing, technology, business and entrepreneurship published in outlets such as Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Hackernoon, The Startup and others.
I'm the host of the Success Story Podcast (1m+ downloads), author of the ROI Overload Newsletter (with 30k subs and counting), founder of ROI Overload, a Sales & Marketing Community. (250k Followers) Newsletter, Publication & Startup Resource and a career Sales & Marketing exec.
I talk about sales, marketing, growth and startups on Twitter or LinkedIn @scottdclary