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WordPress Essentials

Learn WordPress basics, tips and tricks to run a successful website!
Rating: 3.6 out of 53.6 (9 ratings)
84 students
Created by Stone River eLearning
Last updated 8/2020
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • In this course, users will develop a solid understanding of WordPress

Requirements

  • Basic computer skills

Description

Learn the ins and outs of the world’s most popular blogging platform, WordPress! In this 8+ hour course, award-winning expert software trainer Geoff Blake teaches you how to install and set up a blog (both on a local machine and on a live site), create pages and posts, add in images and media, and how to integrate some of your favorite applications, like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator. From there, delve into blog customization and learn about widgets, blogrolls, custom sidebars, plugins, and a whole lot more. Jump into the world of blogging with WordPress!

Who this course is for:

  • Those looking to build a strong foundation in WordPress

Course content

19 sections • 106 lectures • 9h 38m total length

  • Preview01:30
  • Ten Ton Word Press Project Files
    5.9 MB

  • About Blogging And WordPress
    06:31
  • The Main Areas Of A WordPress Blog
    04:46
  • A Blog’s Front End And Back End
    04:46

  • Setting Up A Free Blog On WordPress.com
    09:20
  • Setting Up A Self-Hosted WordPress Blog
    09:06
  • Installing Locally On A Mac Part One: Installing MAMP
    08:17
  • Installing Locally On A Mac Part Two: Installing WordPress
    14:03
  • Installing Locally On A PC Part One: Installing XAMPP
    05:53
  • Installing Locally On A PC Part Two: Installing WordPress
    11:39
  • TASK #1: Applications You May Use With WordPress
    04:38

  • Viewing And Customizing The Dashboard
    09:58
  • Touring The Rest Of The Admin Interface
    07:29
  • The WordPress Codex And Online Forums
    04:13

  • Gettin' To Settin' Up Your Profile
    07:31
  • Setting The Blog's General Options
    05:49
  • Now On To Themes: Changing Your Blog's Design
    05:27
  • Discovering Even More Themes
    07:10
  • Viewing Your Blog's Theme Files
    06:35
  • Using The WordPress Theme Directory
    04:50
  • Manually Installing Themes
    03:37
  • Auto Installing Themes From The Theme Directory
    03:00
  • TASK #2: Ten Awesome WordPress Themes To Explore
    03:48

  • Touring The Edit Post Screen And Writing Posts With The Visual Editor
    07:52
  • A Quick Mention: Setting Your Post's Discussion Options
    01:14
  • Editing Your Posts And A Look At The Quick Edit Feature
    03:04
  • Formatting And Previewing Your Posts
    06:10
  • Inserting And Editing Links To Sites And Email Addresses
    07:46
  • Super-Sweet: It's WordPress's Kitchen Sink Toolbar
    05:01
  • Setting Publishing Options For Your Posts
    05:45
  • Understanding Excerpts, Trackbacks, And Pingbacks
    07:06

  • Get Editing Your Published Posts
    03:38
  • Making Your Blog Easier To Read: Adding "More" Links
    05:16
  • Creating And Editing Posts With The HTML Editor
    07:29
  • Preview08:33
  • Adjusting Your Blog's Writing Settings
    04:25
  • Password Protecting A Post
    04:44

  • First Up, Setting Your Blog's Media Options
    06:01
  • Droppin' Graphics Into Posts
    06:40
  • Adding An Image From A URL
    04:08
  • Loading Images Into The Media Library
    04:25
  • Preview02:12
  • Editing Your Inserted Images
    06:21
  • Editing Images In The HTML Editor
    05:04
  • Dig This: Using WordPress's Image Editor
    06:34
  • Understanding Graphics In Web Design
    09:57
  • TECHNIQUE #1: Preparing Images In Photoshop For Use On Your Blog
    17:15
  • TECHNIQUE #2: WordPress Workflow: From Illustrator To Photoshop To Your Blog
    12:35
  • And Now On To Video
    00:50

  • Adding In Some Video To Your A Posts
    05:51
  • Using Auto-Embed To Add In Video
    04:03
  • Droppin' In Some Audio
    04:16
  • Linking To PDFs And Other Types Of Media
    04:05
  • Managing Your Inserted Media
    03:56

  • Preview03:31
  • Creating New Blog Categories
    04:10
  • Gettin' Organized; Applying Categories To Posts
    04:39
  • Setting Your Blog's Default Category (And A Fast Way For Creating Categories)
    04:54
  • Get Applying Tags To Posts
    05:08

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