How to Build a Website with WordPress (for Beginners)

Name: How to Build a Website with WordPress (for Beginners)
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A Beginners Guide to Building a Simple WordPress Website!

Created byMartie D

Last updated 5/2022

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What you'll learn

How to build a simple WordPress website in less than 60 minutes.

Course content

5 sections • 14 lectures • 41m total length

Introduction & Website Tour2:18
A quick introduction to the course, and a tour of the website we will be building together.
Tutorial Checklist (Overview)2:01
A quick run-through of what we will be covering in the course.

Register Domain Name & Hosting for Website5:49
Register a domain name and set up hosting with HostGator, choosing hatchling plan for one site. Pay annually to save, and use the letsbuildWP coupon to keep costs under $40.
Install WordPress on Domain Name & Hosting4:05
Install WordPress on your hosting via HostGator, access the cPanel, use WordPress Manager, set your site title and tagline, create login credentials, and launch your live WordPress site.
Delete Demo Content2:40

Install WordPress Theme (Primer Theme)1:57
Theme Options - Site Identity2:59
Explore theme options to customize site identity by editing site title, tagline, and logo; toggle display settings, adjust copyright and GoDaddy theme author credits, and publish with a live preview.
Theme Options - Create Main Menu (Add Pages)2:47
Create a WordPress main menu, assign it to the primary location, add pages like home, about us, contact us, and types of coffee, reorder items, and publish.
Theme Options - Update Sidebar (Widgets)5:09
Theme Options - Assign Home Page1:07

Add Content to Different Pages3:10
Update Website Colours2:18
Open the theme options, choose color schemes, and adjust header and hero background colors with real-time previews, then publish to apply changes before adding a contact form.
Add Contact Form to Website3:51
Install and activate the free WordPress plugin WPForms, create a simple contact form, embed it on the contact page using a shortcode, and test by submitting to receive an email.

Requirements

This course is completely beginner friendly.
You will NOT need any previous experience to build a WordPress website.
If you can send an email, you can build a website with WordPress!

Description

Learn How to Build a WordPress Website for Beginners (2021)
A Step by Step WordPress Tutorial for Beginners!

Why Take This Course?

Learn how to build a simple WordPress website in less than 60 minutes
This website will be full "responsive" (Mobile Friendly)
Using the most up to date version of WordPress
All Lectures Are Downloadable
I have 8+ years of experience working with WordPress
I own 2 different websites which combined have taught thousands of people how to build websites with WordPress
This course is 100% FREE to enroll and always will be!

THE 5 MAIN STEPS

There are only really 5 main steps we will need to follow in order to build a WordPress website.

Register Domain Name & Setup Web Hosting
Install WordPress
Install & Customise WordPress Theme
Add Main Pages
Add Contact Form

Now, we will cover a few other bits and pieces as we go along, but these really are the 5 main steps to building a website with WordPress.

Don't worry if all you have used your computer for so far is sending and receiving emails... by following this course I can almost guarantee that you will be able to build a website using WordPress... and another thing... It will be awesome!

So go ahead and enrol today (for free), and let's build a WordPress website together!

@MartieDread

Who this course is for:

You should take this course if you want to learn the basics of setting up a website using WordPress (.org)

How to Build a Website with WordPress (for Beginners)

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Course content

Course Introduction2 lectures • 4min

Installing WordPress3 lectures • 13min

Installing & Customising Our WordPress Theme5 lectures • 14min

Adding Website Content3 lectures • 9min

Course Outro1 lecture • 1min

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