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Development Web Development WordPress

WordPress Fundamentals 2020

Everything you need to know to get your personal, business or hobby website up and running.
Rating: 3.8 out of 53.8 (104 ratings)
9,931 students
Created by Duncan McKean
Last updated 3/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • We shall explore the main features of WordPress.
  • You will learn how to install WordPress.
  • You will be walked through the Admin dashboard and understand what it can do.
  • You will learn how to write your first post using blocks.
  • You will learn how to add categories and tags to your posts and understand why they are important for search engines.
  • You will learn how to write your first page and understand why these are different from posts.
  • We shall explore WordPress plugins and how they can enhance your website to suit your needs.
  • We shall explore WordPress themes and how to make your site look and feel different.
  • You will understand why it is important to make sure your site can be seen on desktop, laptop, tablet or phone.
  • We shall explore Menus & Widgets. Personalising your website to help your audience find the content they need.
  • You will how to learn how to configure your WordPress website for speed, security and privacy.
  • Bonus: You will learn how to maintain your website going forward.

Course content

7 sections • 50 lectures • 3h 11m total length

  • Preview00:22

  • Preview04:35

  • Preview00:22
  • Preview00:51
  • Preview05:49
  • Media
    05:30
  • Pages
    02:03
  • Comments
    01:53
  • Appearance
    18:29
  • Plugins
    08:54
  • Users
    05:02
  • Tools
    03:35
  • Settings
    11:58
  • Section Summary
    00:19

  • Section Content
    00:22
  • Writing A Post
    16:34
  • Comments
    03:09
  • Pages vs Posts
    01:32
  • Creating An About Page
    12:14
  • Homepage vs Posts
    01:40
  • Creating A Homepage
    09:48
  • Creating A Portfolio Page
    09:18
  • Menus
    07:31
  • Widgets
    01:38
  • Privacy
    01:25
  • Section Summary
    00:29

  • Step Four -- Plugins
    00:16
  • Section Contents
    00:33
  • What is a plugin?
    01:29
  • Plugin Management
    01:28
  • Making a Contact Page with Contact Form 7
    05:17
  • Jetpack
    06:48
  • Askimet
    01:47
  • WordFence
    05:04
  • The SEO Framework
    05:19
  • Privacy
    02:56
  • Section Summary
    00:47

  • Step Five -- Themes
    00:06
  • Section Contents
    00:22
  • Themes Overview
    03:25
  • Free Themes
    04:49
  • Premium Themes
    04:47
  • Page Builders and Theme Frameworks
    02:41
  • Section Summary
    00:44

  • Section Contents
    00:28
  • Update your Website
    01:36
  • Backup your Website
    02:02
  • Grow your Website
    02:01
  • Section Summary
    00:29
  • Bonus: Farewell
    00:39

Requirements

  • You will need a working computer and an up-to-date web browser connected to the internet.
  • No prior knowledge of WordPress is necessary. You will be taught everything you need to know.
  • No coding experience necessary. You will not be coding!

Description

A calm, relaxed, and simple to understand course for those of you who know nothing about WordPress, but want to learn how to use it to set up a blog, a portfolio, a personal website, a project website, some sort of side-hustle hobby business, etc.

We'll run through what everything means and then work on:

  • Making a post

  • Creating an About page

  • Making a Homepage

  • Creating a Contact page

Simple and straightforward lessons to help get you up and running as quickly a possible.



Who this course is for:

  • People who want a simple to use website for their hobby or business.

Instructor

Duncan McKean
Developer, Designer & Educator
Duncan McKean
  • 3.8 Instructor Rating
  • 104 Reviews
  • 9,931 Students
  • 1 Course

Credentials:

- Currently career coach in the tech industry specialising in software development.

- Ran my own design & development agency in Amsterdam for almost a decade.

- Taught UWE Bristol university students Graphic Design & Visual Communication.

- Ran individual training courses on open source software like Blender, Krita, and Inkscape.

In my spare time I like making woodcut prints and creating experimental music.

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