How to Make a WordPress Website 2022

In this lecture, we'll be getting our domain name and hosting plan for the website. These two elements are a must for any website. This step is as simple as filling out a standard billing form, and then clicking on "Check Out."

In this lecture we check our email that contains the link to the cPanel. We enter the cPanel and find the QuickInstall icon, which allows us to install WordPress. We then install WordPress. And we just wait for our website to come to life :)

In this lecture we take car of a couple house keeping items.

In this lecture we will install our theme, which is what will give our website the amazing look and feel that it has.

In this lecture we will be creating a child theme, which will ensure that our customizations will be safe from future WordPress updates.

In this lecture we will be creating (not building) the first two pages of our website.

In this lecture we will be adding our 3 image sliders with their corresponding text headlines and sub-headlines, we then customize the whole website theme. We customize the colors, the fonts, the footer, the blog, and a few other things.

In this lecture I show you how to make a custom logo and favicon.

In this lecture we upload our logo and favicon.

In this lecture we start building our Home Page, by adding the first section (Our Services).

In this lecture we continue building our Home Page, by adding the second section, which contains a message. It's titled "What We Do."

In this lecture, we create our third section of the home page, which contains "Two Call To Actions."

In this lecture we build the video section of the home page.

In this lecture we create the last section located just above the footer. This section contains a call to action.

In this lecture, we create the "About" page, which, itself, consists of 4 sections. We start with the first section that contains an office image, then add the second section, which consists of a few paragraphs, then we add the third section, which has 3 images, and we finally add a call to action to the page, right above the footer section.

In this lecture, we create the "Contact Us" page, which contains all of our contact information, including the address, the email, the phone numbers, as well as an embeded Google Maps box, which is helpful for mobile device navigation purposes. We then add a contact form, which can be filled out and sent to us.

In this lecture, we create our header menu. However, the submenus will be created in a later lecture.

In this lecture, we create our Gallery page, which features a beautiful gallery of 20 images. For this purpose, we also need to install a very cool plugin, which will help us set our gallery.

In this lecture we build our testimonials page, which contains 4 sections. The cool thing about this lecture is that you get to learn how to add clients, as well as post videos. The testimonials slider features 3 selected testimonials from our dummy clients. Of course, the number can be increased if you wish that you wanted to do that.

In this lecture I show you how to build 4 regular web pages. After this lecture, you will never have a problem adding any pages to your website.

In this lecture we add "Our Employees" page, which features 6 employees. Of course, this number can be changed.

Here's where we create our submenus all at once, and we add them as drop downs to our main header menu.

In this lecture, we add 5 social media buttons, corresponding the major social media platforms. We add our social media profiles to each one, so that people can click on them and be taken to the corresponding social media platform.

Email marketing is king, and it provides the highest return over investment, so adding an opt-in form is one of the greatest ways you can harness the power of email marketing. In this lecture, we add an opt-in form, we then set up email solution with Mailchimp, before we connect both services.

In the process of doing both, I show how you to create a professional email at your domain name.

In this lecture, we populate our blog with 6 blog posts, each containing a featured image. Our blog page contains nicely laid out posts, because when customizing the website we chose the masnory grid style.

In this lecture, we go back to finish our last section of the Home Page, the one we had to delay until we populate our blog with some posts.

In this lecture, we customize the sidebar, by adding two awesome plugins. One of them has a Facebook like box, which allows people to like our page by simply clicking the "Like" button from within the page. And the second plugin displays the recent 3 posts from our blog posts, so website visitors can access them easily. Of course, this number can be modified to be more or less than 3.

In this lecture, I show you how to modify the lowest part of the footer, which contains a copyright message with a clickable link that has our website link.

In this lecture, we add some optional customizations by installing a custom CSS code. You don't need to do this, because the website looks great without them, although I think it looks tad better when adding them.

In this lecture, we add our SEO plugin. This is what's going to help us optimize our website, so we can have search engine friendly pages and posts, before we even launch.

In this lecture, you'll be able to optimize each static page or dynamic post on your website, so search engines can start to rank your website higher. This is because one of the main goals of having a website is to be able to generate a lot of traffic to the site, and hopefully convert a good portion of the visitors into engaging customers (i.e. buyers or subscribers), or in the case of non-profits (donors, activists or cause enthusiasts).

This lecture is very important, so please make sure you follow through.