Create a social community WordPress website from scratch

Install and configure BuddyPress and Jetpack on WordPress, enabling extended profiles, private messaging, activity streams, and user groups for a functional social community.

Set up automated emails and notifications for a social community WordPress site by editing group join requests, customizing templates, header options, and colors using codex and tags.

Create and publish your home, blog, and contact pages in WordPress, then set home page to a static page and assign the blog as the posts page under settings.

Learn how to set up the WordPress register page with custom fields, including gender options, visibility controls, and minimal required data to streamline sign-ups.

Explore WordPress homepage design using Eliminator to build full-width layouts, add headings, images, and videos, customize sections, columns, backgrounds, and responsive previews.

Create a bold homepage main visual with a full-width background and concise text that communicates the social community for media students, plus login and register buttons.

Design the rest of the homepage by adding sections, icons, headings, and content, adjust margins and colors, and preview links and typography for a social WordPress site.

Set up private email accounts and test a WordPress contact form by installing a contact form plugin, configuring fields, and embedding the shortcode on the contact page.

Set up and manage a WordPress blog from scratch by creating posts, organizing with categories and tags, adding media, and configuring publish options and comments to boost visibility and signups.

Create and configure WordPress menus: set a top main navigation, add home, blog, contact, login, and register pages. Establish a top and footer menu for logged-in user options.

Learn to configure and customize sidebars for a WordPress community site, including the default sidebar, a left blog sidebar, widgets, search, recent posts, and social icons.

Create four footer sections by configuring widgets, navigation menus, social icons, and text, then save and preview the site to view the footer on the page.

Demonstrate end-to-end testing of a social community WordPress site, including profile updates, photo cropping, activation, member discovery, and messaging workflows.

Create and test groups in the WordPress social site, selecting public, private, or hidden settings and inviting members. Configure the group front page, monitor activity, and manage admins.

Build a mobile friendly design for your social community WordPress site by using responsive mode to adjust typography, spacing, and alignment for mobile and tablet.

Explore how to customize a social community WordPress site using the OceanWP theme, including logo upload, color schemes, header setup, and typography for blog and widgets.

Learn to customize a WordPress login page for a social community site using a plugin, adjusting templates, logo, colors, background, and login and register forms.

Hide the admin bar for subscribers to prevent changes and limit access to admin areas, using a plugin; decide whether to keep the notifications sidebar as an optional feature.

Set up google analytics in wordpress using monster insights to monitor visitors, new users, bounce rate, session duration, and audience demographics, guiding targeted traffic promotion.

Experiment with the social community template by reverting to settings and body press options, then switch to legacy to compare profile layouts, notifications, and friend buttons.

Explore resizing pages in WordPress by using customize and general settings to stretch content, adjust width, and tweak the sidebar while balancing blog and profile layouts.

Finish the course and gain skills to develop your own social community website with WordPress. Thank you for taking the course, and good luck creating your website.