The Ultimate Guide to WordPress for Beginners

Name: The Ultimate Guide to WordPress for Beginners
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By the end of this course, you will be experienced and confident in your abilities to use WordPress.

Created byAl Davis

Last updated 6/2013

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What you'll learn

By the end of the course , you will be able to install, configure and manage WordPress to power your personal or business website

10 sections • 34 lectures • 3h 29m total length

Introduction2:06
Explore WordPress for beginners by mastering hosting, domains, the WordPress dashboard, posts, pages, categories, tags, menus, themes, plugins, and widgets to control your own website.
What is WordPress?4:42
In this lesson, we will find out what WordPress is and why you want to use it to power your website.
Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org?8:45
In this video we discus the different options available to you for using WordPress
Domains and Shared Hosting14:42
This lesson will give you a good understanding on domain names and shared hosting, both of which you'll need if you want a self hosted WordPress site
Section 1 Quiz

Setting up a WordPress.com site3:25
A quick run through on setting up a Wordpress.com site
Setting up a WordPress.org site4:11
getting you prepared to upload and install WordPress onto your own shared hosting webspace.
FTP WordPress to your hosting space5:48
Learn to transfer WordPress from your hard drive to your hosting space using ftp, connect with Cyberduck or FileZilla, and upload the WordPress files while managing existing server files.
The famous 5 minute install6:21
Finish off the install and log into WordPress for the first time.
Section 2 Quiz

The WordPress Dashboard6:56
A quick overview of the WordPress dashboard
Settings-General6:49
An in-depth look at the General Settings section of the WordPress dashboard
Settings- Writing5:48
The Writing Setting of the Dashboard
Settings- Reading4:11
Continue on with the Setting section of the dashboard, this video focuses on the Reading section
Settings-Discussion10:16
The Discussion Settings of the dashboard
Settings- Media3:30
The media settings of the WordPress dashboard
Settings-Permalinks3:16
How to set your permalinks for your WordPress site
Tools2:48
Explore the WordPress tools section, including the categories and tags converter, plus import and export for migrating content and saving an XML export file.
Section 3 Quiz

Posts, Pages, Categories and Tags12:48
Introduction to creating content in WordPress
Creating Content- Getting started with the Post Screen7:34
Learn how to create and publish Posts
Creating Posts- The Visual Editing area8:51
the visual editor, where you will create your content
Creating Categories and Tags4:50
Creating categories and tags for your content and how they differ
Creating Pages3:19
Creating static pages in WordPress
Quick Edit mode2:05
quick and easy content management using the quick edit feature
Section 5 Quiz

What is a plugin and where do I find them?10:51
Widgets4:05
Install a Twitter widget in WordPress by dragging it into the sidebar, adjust its settings, and save to display the follower count on the front page.
Premium Plugins3:59
Explore premium WordPress plugins, such as Gravity Forms, offering advanced forms, add-ons, and integrations with email services and PayPal, plus reliable backups with back up buddy.

This course is designed to help the new user get used to all the functionality offered in WordPress.

This course is filled with detailed screencasts that show you step by step how to install, configure, and use WordPress.

Who is this course for?

Anyone who is looking to learn WordPress from an experienced WordPress educator
Anyone who is looking to learn how to build, manage and maintain a website using the WordPress platform
Business owners with a limited budget who need to get a website online
If you have a WordPress website already and are looking to learn how to use WordPress

Materials Included:

Over 30 screencast videos showing you in detail how to :

Use all the aspects of the WordPress dashboard
Create content
Create custom menus
Basics on domains and hosting from a 15 yr veteran of that space.
Quizzes are included in the course to reinforce what you have learned
How to manage your images
How to update your WordPress website
Beginning in August 2013, weekly Live sessions where you can get your WordPress questions answered!