
Learn to build a WordPress-based social media and community site with forums, blogs, and gamification, using themes, plugins, and essential setup like domains and SSL.
Learn to install WordPress on a local server using a zamp apache distribution, create a dedicated MySQL database, and configure a local community site before live hosting.
Install the Olympus WordPress team and unlock drag-and-drop design with no coding, then install essential plugins like WPBakery, bbPress, events calendar, and gamification tools to add badges and points.
Design the homepage with a two-column row for sections 2 and 3, add a full-size image from the media library centered, and copy the template to update headings.
Design a three-column homepage collection section with left and middle images and a call-to-action button, featuring right-to-left animation, alignment, and margins for a WordPress social site.
Build the homepage newsletter section in WordPress by adding a newsletter form beside a right-aligned image, using a 7/12 and 5/12 layout.
Create a WordPress FAQ page using the WP Bakery accordion, building up to 10 sections with a flat white style, titles as questions, and right-side icons.
Design the WordPress footer as a balanced three- or four-column layout, add a logo and text block, and adjust alignment. Then configure widgets and navigation menus to finalize the footer.
In this course, you will learn how to create a WordPress based Social Media Community website from scratch with the help of some free as well as paid premium plugins and themes which I will provide for free with each course enrollment which would otherwise cost you approximately $50 per theme and plugin separately. You will also learn how to host your WordPress Website on a live host and also provide it security using SSL Certificates. You will be able to create your own community-based websites for yourself as well as for your clients and earn revenue.
The website you create will give you total freedom on whom you want to add in your friend circle, which groups and forums to join, which event to attend. The website will let you add your profile photos, videos, quotes, poems, etc to your wall feed. This website can be used not only as a social networking portal but also as a file sharing and discussion forum where like-minded people can interact with each other. This website will also allow you to create blogs which you can use to attract traffic to your website and ultimately earn revenue.
I will also share some useful tips and tricks throughout the course which will not only help you complete this website project successfully but also help you in the long run too as a website developer.
In this course you will learn:
Web Hosting
Creating Subdomains
Installing SSL
Creating Databases
Installing WordPress
Installing WooCommerce
Installing Olympus Theme
Switching to HTTPS
Create Registration Fields
Create Events Calendar
Installing WP Bakery Page Builder
Footer and Header Design
Creating Forums and Discussion Box
Setting up the menus
Setting up the payment gateway
Setting up the Sidebars
Creating Blogs
Creating Full Width Google Maps in Contact Pages
Creating About Us Section
Creating Accordion Style FAQ Section
Create Gamification Based Credit Points
Set up member areas
Full design of the website
Set up public or private groups
Users can comment on each other's posts
Custom registration page
Users can check activity
Monitor activity
Users can add friends
and lots more