
Learn to set up your WordPress site from hosting to installation, themes, headers, email accounts, blog, a contact form, and images in this beginner's guide to a content management system.
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Install WordPress quickly with the Softaculous one-click auto installer in your hosting control panel, and explore manual setup options.
Learn how WordPress permalinks affect search visibility by using post name in URLs, keeping titles keyword-rich, and avoiding confusing query strings.
Explore setting up a WordPress page for a sales letter, including plain text pasting, heading formatting, bullets, and a single-column homepage. Learn to craft a compelling call to action.
Set up an email account in your hosting panel, configure mailbox quotas, and access webmail options such as Roundcube, Squirrel Mail, or Horde to manage site communications.
Set up a WordPress blog and organize posts with categories, tags, and excerpts for a clean home page. Discover how blog content supports products and drives site traffic.
Have you always wanted your own website but didn't know where to start?
If this sounds like you then you are in the right place. You will look over my shoulder as i walk you, step-by-step, through exactly how to setup and start using a WordPress powered website in a matter of minutes.
We will cover the following in this WordPress Introduction:
By the time you have completed this course you will be comfortable with WordPress and managing your own site.
We have a lot to cover, so I'll see you inside!