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Install a free starter templates plugin to speed up site building, then access the dashboard, go to plugins, add new, search for starter templates, install by Brainstorm Force, and activate.
Activate plugins, open the library, and build your site with the block editor using a mountain template. Upload your logo, set colors and fonts, then view your site.
Customize the theme, open the header builder, and disable the retina logo option for site title and logo. Then publish to display the logo at the top.
Learn to edit three image cards with text overlays on a WordPress homepage section, including changing text, text color, background images, overlay color, and text position.
Learn how to customize a WordPress homepage section by editing the left heading and right text with overlay images, changing colors, configuring or removing the right-side button.
Modify the homepage call to action by editing heading text, typography, and button links; customize colors, background image with parallax, and overlay, then preview changes.
Remove a section by opening the list view with the three lines icon, hover to reveal the blue outline, then remove group and undo if needed, using the back arrow.
Add a new section to your WordPress page by selecting a premium template, importing it, updating text and images, and adjusting the section order with on-page preview before publishing.
Publish your edits by clicking update, then view the page to see changes live on your site. Finish the homepage and move on to the about page.
Delete the services page by visiting the dashboard, opening pages, hovering over the page to click trash, and confirm its removal from the menu.
Customize the theme to edit the primary menu, remove the old page, add the new page, and reorder items with arrows, then publish to apply and verify the menu update.
Update a Google Maps embed by copying the HTML, pasting it into your page, and changing the width from 600 to 100%, then preview or undo.
Publish your changes by clicking update, view the page to see updates, test the contact form by submitting, and verify that the email confirms delivery and the map location updates.
Conclude your WordPress website project by reviewing pages, forms, maps, menus, and action buttons, and ensure a mobile-friendly, responsive design for any device.
How To Build A Website with WordPress
A Step by Step, WordPress Tutorial for Beginners.
In this course, we’re going to be covering how to build a professional website, step by step, using WordPress.
I’ve personally been using WordPress for about 10 years now, and I decided to make this WordPress tutorial for beginners, to show you everything you’ll need to know, to build a website you can be proud of.
• You don’t need to have any previous web design skills.
• We won’t be using any complicated coding.
• It’s only going to take us about 60 minutes to complete.
So, if you need a website for your business?
Or, maybe you just want to build a website for fun.
This is the course for you.
I’m going to walk you through the entire process, step by step, and in a way that anyone should understand.
Even if you’ve only ever used your computer for sending emails and watching random cat videos, you should still have no problems building this website.
Plus, we're going to be building it using WordPress, which is the same platform trusted by big names like The New York Times, eBay, and Forbes, just to name a few.
There are 23 Lectures in this course (excluding intro & outro) and will take just over 60 mins to complete.
Why take this course?
Learn how to build a fully functional WordPress website in around 60 minutes.
The website will be mobile friendly (look good no any device).
Using the most up to date version of WordPress (late 2022).
This course is 100% FREE (and always will be).
All lectures are downloadable (watch from another device).
I've got nearly 10 years experience of working with WordPress.
Between Udemy, YouTube and my website, I've taught hundreds of thousands of people how to use WordPress (over 295k students on Udemy alone).
So, go ahead an enrol in this free course and we can start building your website, together.
See you in there,
Martie.
Previous Course Reviews
Below are some reviews from a previous course of mine, just so you know what to expect.
All of them rated 5 out of 5 stars.
Susan M Tharp
I loved this course! It is very practical. You can put it to use right away. Learning to navigate through the WordPress interface was great!!
Shammim Shaik
Course is great for a beginner it helped me a lot. Thank you
Nicola Williams
Great intro course for learning the basics of WordPress!
Diane Dunwoodie
Great WordPress introductory course, easy to follow, to the point - awesome! Thank you Martie Dread!
Ashok singh
This is really helpful and good for beginner, thank you.
Juan Ferrera
Great and easy to understand.
Eraldo Guri
Very helpful, thank you.
Dharma Prakash
Awesome.
Pieter Marx
Simply yet effective course I love it, Thanks.
Yehuda Siboni
Thank you.
Abdelkabir Houmari
I have learnt many technical elements which will help me surely to go ahead and build a new business website, thanks.
Sandeep Kumar
Best crash course for complete beginners... Thanks Martie!
Olga Kwiatko
Great tutorial!
These are only a few of the 5 star reviews I've received from ONE of my courses.
I literally have THOUSANDS of reviews like this on my different courses.
Note: I slightly fixed up some spelling mistakes and punctuation in the reviews.