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Design Web Design WordPress

WordPress for Beginners: Create a Website Step by Step

Create Websites and Blogs With Zero Experience Using WordPress and This Step By Step Guide
Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (4,504 ratings)
13,069 students
Created by Brad Schiff
Last updated 6/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Create websites and blogs with WordPress
  • Update and edit existing WordPress websites
  • Setup dynamic blog sections organized by category
  • Create a "Contact Us" page with interactive map and email form

Requirements

  • No prerequisite knowledge required; the only thing you need is a computer and an internet connection.

Description

Whether you want to create websites without coding, or you need to learn WordPress so you can update existing websites at your job, I've got you covered.

In this brisk but thorough course we build a website together step-by-step and along the way you organically absorb and master WordPress. I'm all about having you follow along with me and I always encourage experimentation over memorization. My ultimate goal is to give you the "vocabulary of WordPress" so you can continue learning independently long after this course completes.

There is no prerequisite knowledge required and you do not need an existing website or web hosting account. You'll be setup with a new free hosting account so you can begin learning WordPress immediately without needing to commit additional money for a dot com domain upfront (unfortunately students in India, Nigeria and Vietnam cannot sign up for the free 3 month starter hosting plan).

Here's a summary of what we cover:

  • Asking and answering "What is WordPress?"
  • Setting up a new WordPress site/project
  • Creating pages
  • Creating blog posts
  • Customizing the colors & theme of your website
  • Embedding YouTube videos into your website
  • Setting up custom navigation menus
  • Creating photo galleries
  • Inviting friends / family / coworkers into your WordPress (multiple authors)
  • Asking and answering "What is a plugin?" & "What is a widget?"
  • Letting visitors of your blog posts comment via their Facebook / Twitter accounts
  • Configuring an interactive "Contact Us" page
  • Guarding ourselves from comment and contact-form SPAM
  • Using a custom homepage instead of a generic "blog listing"
  • Moving our website (exporting and importing) from one location (domain or host) to another

This course may be brand new, but this isn’t my first time teaching. I’ve led training sessions for Fortune 500 companies and I’ve already helped over 17,000 people on Udemy and received the following feedback:

"Brad definitely has some of the best techniques to embed the lesson into your mind… hands down these are the best tutorials I have had the opportunity to view."

"Presentation is concise without being tedious… you honestly feel that you have a thorough understanding of the subject."

"…[Brad] explained the process. Not memorize this or that, he explained the process. If you're looking to take a course to understand the foundations of creating websites, look no further."

Become highly valuable and relevant to the companies that are hiring WordPress creators; in one convenient place alongside one instructor. If you're ready to begin creating and updating websites - I'll see you on the inside!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anyone who wants to get started creating websites and/or blogs.
  • No coding required.
  • No prior experience required.

Featured review

Nisim Einat
Nisim Einat
18 courses
12 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 510 months ago
This course really took me deep into using wordpress for building websites. I would really want to thank Brad for his great job!. Not running too fast in his explanations and demonstrations and still keep them clear, flowing and sharp. Absolutely different from other instructors... i guess... This course is warmly recommended to anyone who is interested in building websites using a CMS which is free open- source and easy to manage and use like Wordpress....

Course content

10 sections • 25 lectures • 5h 14m total length

  • Preview12:31
  • How to Get Your Own WordPress Website
    13:38
  • If You're Not Able To Create a Free Hosting Account
    08:22

  • Let's Begin Building Our Website!
    08:41
  • Pages & Navigation Menus
    12:02
  • Themes Introduction
    14:52
  • Quick Note: Classic Editor vs Default Editor
    10:54

  • Creating (and Formatting) Content in WordPress
    15:52
  • Subpages & Dropdown Menus
    12:21

  • Let's Create a Photo Gallery Page
    11:40
  • Plugins Introduction
    11:59

  • Blog Posts & Categories
    09:39
  • Custom Homepage (Instead of Blog Listing)
    12:31
  • Blog Post Thumbnails and "Read More" Excerpt Links
    13:36

  • Comments Introduction
    17:12
  • Preventing SPAM Comments
    08:02
  • Let Visitors Comment with FaceBook & Twitter Accounts
    11:02

  • Widgets Introduction
    19:48

  • Let's Create a Contact Page
    19:37
  • Saving Form Entries To The Database & Blocking SPAM
    15:28

  • User Accounts
    16:24
  • Settings (Permalinks & Pagination)
    09:02

  • Move Entire WordPress Site (Export / Import)
    15:16
  • Next Steps (Looking Forward)
    11:03
  • Bonus Lecture
    03:04

Instructor

Brad Schiff
Web Developer
Brad Schiff
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 43,060 Reviews
  • 141,916 Students
  • 6 Courses

Hi, I'm Brad and I’ve taught web development to countless coworkers and held training sessions for fortune 100 companies.

I also teach local night classes and run a somewhat popular YouTube channel named LearnWebCode.

I’m a front-end developer, designer, and educator. I’ve been building user interfaces for over a decade for the world's largest brands, international technology leaders, and national political campaigns.

I'm fortunate to enjoy the development work I do, but my true passion is helping people learn.

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