
Welcome to Wordpress For Beginners-Create your website with Wordpress
Please intoduce yourself on our discussion platform
We will learn about all the benefits of wordpress
taking a closer look at what a Domain name is
In this lecture we will be purchasing our domain name at namecheap.com
Taking a closer look at what web hosting is
Sign up for a hosting plan, choose a single-domain hosting, select a billing cycle, enter payment details, apply promo code under-25 for 25% off, and complete checkout.
Pointing nameservers teaches you how to connect a domain to WordPress by copying name server values in control panel and setting custom name servers, with propagation up to two hours.
Navigate to domains, add on a domain name, and verify the domain address; then review its stats to confirm whether it’s been added.
In this section we are going to install wordpress on our website
Installing our Wordpress Sydney Theme
Learn to install and activate the plugins suggested by the theme, manage required versus unrequested plugins, and use them to build your WordPress website.
All the list of plugins needed for customizing our homepage
Above this lecture is the list of plugins to download for the course. Lets download our required plugins
Theme Settings should be downloaded from the resource section of this lecture.Please go ahead and download theme settings and watch over my shoulders as we import our theme settings into Wordpress
Downloading our images from www.unsplash.com
Create our logo at www.logomakr.com
Upload images to the WordPress media library by selecting or dragging files, then prepare them for the main menu. The next lecture covers creating pages.
We will learn how to create our homepage and blog page
Change the slider images and text via the customize dashboard, update up to five slides with the media library, set the click-to-begin button, and save and publish.
Modify WordPress theme option settings by adjusting font size, colors, and background, then customize the site title and description, and update blog options before saving and publishing.
Customize the home page by creating an about section describing your audience and the best things you do, add services with icons and copy, and publish the category page.
Create a blog post section on the homepage, add a titled post with text, publish it, and view posts on the page, while customizing the background color.
Create a call to action by editing the page, adding a call to action widget, linking it to a testimonials page, and setting a background image for impact.
Create a social media section on the Wordpress homepage by activating plugins, adding site origin widgets, and placing Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram buttons with a centered layout and links.
Create an about page in WordPress by adding a new page, pasting text, adding images and a YouTube video, and customizing with widgets and colors.
Learn to build a WordPress contact us page using a page builder, add a visual editor, configure a contact form and map, and publish the page.
Create a testimonial page by adding client testimonials, assigning a category, and publishing to display them. Upload images, set a featured image, and add a testimonial widget to the page.
Create and publish a blog post in wordpress with text and a feature image, then view it on the home page under latest news; each new post updates the count.
Upgrade to a new Facebook like box plugin since Graph API 2.0 is deprecated, configure it with your fan page, and display the like box on your WordPress site.
Generate widget code for a twitter feed on your wordpress site. Place code in dashboard widgets, drag to a sidebar, and save to view the feed on your blog page.
Create a blog post and add a search widget to your Wordpress sidebar, and customize multiple widgets like Facebook like boxes and Twitter feeds to enhance your site.
Create a custom header menu in Wordpress by removing default menus, selecting pages to display (home, contact us, testimonials), arranging the order, and previewing the header on your site.
With Wordpress 4,Build a beautiful responsive Wordpress site that looks great on all Device
About the Course
After taking you through all of the main options in Wordpress and explaining what each one does and how you set it up, I'll let you watch over my shoulder as I build a Wordpress website.
Who is this Wordpress course for?
Have you ever wanted to build a professional looking website, but didn't know where to start? Now you can with Wordpress
Wordpress for Beginners is a complete course for anyone, no matter what your technical ability. This course assumes no prior knowledge!
Here is a list of some of the things you will learn in this course:
By the end of this course, you will have a website that you are truly proud of.