WordPress Website Design for Beginner : Creating Your Brand

Start buying host & domain package now, know how to log into customer portal and host control panel (Cpanel).

Bought or have an add-on domain name? You can add the add-on domain name into your existing web host!

Install WordPress into your website and know how to log into the WordPress dashboard.

If you just wanted to have a taste on how to use WordPress to build website, you can opt for this method that use 3rd party Free Host and Domain, and build up WordPress dashboard.

Warning, I only recommend this only if you're doing this for educational purposes or just practice!

Getting familiar with the host control panel interface, irrespective of which host you used, the interface are more or less the same. Know what basic features to use, and know how to use file manager.

Create domain name email and connect to your Gmail account, this allows you to receive and send emails (from/to domain name email) by accessing to Gmail account.

Know how to create auto-instant reply or auto-response email by accessing the host control panel, using the auto-responder feature.

Know how to create sub-domain under same root domain and re-direct to other URL address or social network link.

Show you the overall run-through the WordPress dashboard, know how to add Admin, and do some housekeeping on the WordPress plugins.

This is an extra video on showing you to install the Zerif Lite Theme into WordPress Manually.

Please click on the "Downloadable Materials" link to download the theme zip file directly or,
click on the website address at "External Resources" to download the theme zip file.

This is where the real deal begins. Start installing WordPress theme (Zerif Lite) onto the dashboard. Have a quick run-through the theme's functions, features and home page settings.

This is to enhance the [Zerif Lite] theme into a powerful page. Start installing add-on plugin called "Orbit Fox", which is an add-on theme plugin for Zerif Lite. This is to enhance the WordPress theme's presentation, features, and provide extra widgets.

Know where to get free licence images and icons, upload into the dashboard media library. This is to allow you to change site icon (favicon) and website theme background images.

Able to put in main title, know how to implement anchor navigation with anchor links, this is to create a nice and smooth navigation flow for visitors. Lastly is to create amazing parrallex effect on your home page.

Start furnishing "About Us" section with titles, paragraphs, featured expertise or skill sets, and able to input client logos.

Start furnishing "Our Focus" section with titles and description. Moreover, you can Download free license icons [here] and upload them into the media library and use them (icons) to furnish "Our Focus" section.

Start furnishing "Our Team" section with member or partner details, know how to upload portrait photos into the section and integrate with social network links.

Start putting your product, service, channel or client feedback or reviews into the "Testimonial" section.

Know how to integrate Image Carousel Slider (Plugin) into the home page, and also know how to use [Shortcode] to insert image slider into post or web page.

Install Contact Form (Pirate Form) plugin and know how to use the basic options, create autoreply messages. And most importantly, to integrate Google reCAPTCHA into the contact form. Lastly, is to configure your Host SMTP settings onto the plugin for outgoing emails.

This is to help you Understand the visitor's navigation flow onto or along website home page, and able to input Call-To-Action at the provided "Ribbon Buttons", and also to integrate social icons at the footer.

This is to teach you how to Create a well structured and internet searchable (SEO) blog post. Know how to structure contents into different headings such as H1, H2, H3 and p (paragraph). Lastly, is to know how to upload image into the post and integrate the post into the website home page.

Install a plugin called "Short Code Ultimate" that allows you to improve post presentation, interaction and appearance. Some of the good features are "Quotes" and "Entrance Animation" , they are amazing!

Still, we are going to use the "Short Code Ultimate" plugin to integrate Image, Button and Video (YouTube) into the blog post, and lastly to input Amazing Entrance Animations on them.

Install "Coming Soon Mode" plugin is to have a coming soon page while in the process of composing your web page. This plugin allows you to create nice and beautiful Coming Soon Page.

Start integrating all social network icons onto your website blog post or web page, with an amazing plugin called "Super Socializer". The integration features will make your website more social-able.

This lecture is important. Because we are going to Change the Font Style of the Headings and Paragraphs with "Google Font" plugin. Change to whatever word structure patterns, or styles that suit your preference, this could make your website more unique. 

Install "Yoast" plugin that will help you to increase blog post's Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Start creating your Blog Home Page, know how to categorize your posts and to put them onto the Sidebar by using Widget.

Know how to Arrange your web pages, posts in the Menu, and display it onto the home page. And know how how to Create new menu for different presentation or display.

Revealing on why I focus more on designing my Home page footer area (bottom section of website). And how to use this section to put in Call-To-Action.

Install a Free version email marketing plugin called "MailPoet", and a quick run though on the interface. Incoming lectures will be using this plugin "MailPoet" for teaching and guidance purposes.

Set up basic settings and setup SMTP server for the email marketing plugin.

A quick lecture on How an Email Marketing Campaign Work. You have to understand this as a newbie, this will help you to perform in the next several lectures.

Start getting physical. Lets create email list and sign up form using the plugin "MailPoet"

Create first every auto-reply email (Welcome Email) and Automated Newsletter, and know how to compose it with every functions and features from the plugin "Mail Poet". Next lecture is the sequel.

Create first every auto-reply email (Welcome Email) and Automated Newsletter, and know how to compose it with every functions and features from the plugin "Mail Poet".

Once you have your sign up form ready, let's start insert the form into footer or sidebar. I will show you a niche skill to make the sign up form integration perfect.

After getting everything (Sign up Form, Welcome Email, Automated Newsletter and etc). Let's have a Test on the email marketing campaign and see how it works, then know how to fine tune the campaign into perfection. Lastly this is how you use the campaign to Start converting targeted audience into subscribers!

Install new plugin and integrate Facebook Fan Page messenger platform onto website with display options.

Learn how to use your Facebook Fan Page messenger Response Assistant and settings