
Explore WordPress and Elementor basics, install and leverage an Elementor template kit to rapidly build a site, customize global fonts, colors, and theme settings using the theme builder.
Learn the Elementor requirements for WordPress, including a modern browser (Chrome or Firefox) due to Edge drag-and-drop issues, an active WordPress installation, and hosting with webspace and a domain.
Presenting the test site setup and installing of Elementor free and PRO.
Affiliate Link to Elementor PRO: https://elementor.com/pricing/?ref=1569
Thank you very much for your support!
Some important first steps in Elementor after the installation.
Article about DOM optimized output:
https://docs.elementor.com/article/673-what-is-the-optimized-dom
How to create a Coming Soon site in Elementor?
How to exit Elementor Editor and return to Dashboard?
How to change the Page Layout Template to Elementor Canvas?
Missing schema markup in Hello Theme: https://github.com/elementor/elementor/issues/3990
Difference between WordPress Templates and WordPress Theme? (04:30)
Compare Elementor theme builder with the WordPress editor and theme to keep markup clean and fast. Use the WordPress editor for standard pages and Elementor for key pages.
Learn to use an Elementor template kit to build a multi-page WordPress site, with home, about, course and lessons templates plus header, footer, and pop-up menu.
Create static pages for your WordPress site with the Elementor template kit, including home, about, contact, course landing, and 404 pages, then import, publish, and configure the theme builder.
Learn to build a header with a menu and popups using the Elementor header template, create and assign a menu, and replace the Astra header with a custom Elementor header.
Create a single post template for the lessons page by inserting a template from the Elementor template kit, apply it to posts, and preview the sample post.
Discover how version 3.0's design system creates a single source of truth for fonts, colors, and layouts, with global settings guiding elemental designs and theme style distinctions.
Helpful links:
https://coolors.co/
Set up global fonts in the design system using the Monserrat family, configuring primary, secondary, and body typography with defined sizes and weights for consistent styling.
Support Article on Elementor Site:
https://elementor.com/help/how-elementors-theme-style-and-design-system-options-work-together/
How to open browser developer tools in Elementor Editor?
Using the Navigator (12:12)
Extend WordPress with custom fields to create templates, including a second single post template, and understand page, single post, and single page templates; set content width to 1280 pixels.
Tool for removing background of your images: https://photoscissors.com/
Learn how to use an elemental section as an image overlay for a YouTube video, creating a screenshot overlay with border radius.
Explore adding custom fields to a WordPress lesson post using built-in features and dynamic fields for duration and lesson number, without plugins, enhancing the lesson page with video content.
Explore essential WordPress plugins, including Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Post Type UI, and Jet Engine, to create custom post types, fields, and relations for a structured online course site.
Explore dynamic vs static course pages in Elementor, using a single post template with dynamic fields and custom post types to create a more scalable online course site.
Turn a WordPress page into a dynamic course page with Elementor. Use custom fields, dynamic titles, and post widgets; compare single post templates with simple pages and apply category conditions.
Support Article on wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/
Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDePOXVPoWA (German)
In this course, you will learn how to build in a fast way all pages of your WordPress website thanks to Elementor Templates. I will show you how you can set up a Design System in Elementor to manage all of your global settings (global colors and global fonts) in one single place. You will also see how you can turn your static pages into dynamic content using custom fields and the new Theme Builder functionality.
Why you should take this course
UP TO DATE content - we are using Elementor 3.0 with the NEW Theme Builder and Global Settings
Don't just create a simple website - make it dynamic and save time while adding new content to your site!
Udemy Bestseller instructor with over 10 years of WordPress experience
Great "value/spent time - ratio" (no unnecessary waiting time)
Many helpful tips!
What you will learn
How to create website pages fast using Elementor Templates and the new Theme Builder
The difference between WordPress, Theme, and Elementor settings
How to create your own Theme Builder Templates
How to make your site dynamic
How to set up your website to easily maintain the website content
This is what other people say about me and my courses:
(Translated from German)
"One of the best courses I have taken at Udemy so far. The "WordPress course from WPC with the No. 1 Page Builder ELEMENTOR!" is perfectly structured, informative, and explained understandably (even for an absolute beginner like me). Furthermore, Danijel answers open questions very quickly."
"I haven't finished the course yet, but I already rate it as excellent, as it gives a lot of small tips on the 'side', especially about the things you are looking for in vain in Elementor."
"The best of courses and similar tutorials I have ever experienced. WordPress and Elementor presented in an appealing and competent way. This course in German is unique. Absolute recommendation. I hope more courses will follow."
"I already knew a lot about Elementor. Nevertheless, I learned some new things that were unknown to me so far. Also very pleasant in the presentation. Very good!"