
Learn how to start WordPress for beginners by downloading WordPress, selecting editors like Sublime Text, testing in Chrome, and running a local server with XAMPP.
Understand why WordPress needs a server to run, how it communicates with the DiMaria DB database, and how WordPress differs from HTML in being dynamic via the admin panel.
Install WordPress on your computer, practice hands-on site building, and deploy to an online server. Learn how WordPress works, why it uses PHP, and how to post questions.
Install Xampp on Windows to turn your computer into a local Apache and MySQL server, then run WordPress locally via localhost and configure the dashboard.
Learn how to change the apache port in xampp by editing the httpd.config, switching listen from 80 to 8080 (or 8081), saving, and restarting services to run WordPress on localhost.
Install WordPress on localhost by configuring a database, creating a user with privileges, and completing the setup with a site title and admin credentials, then log in to customize themes.
install xampp on macOS, start apache and mysql services, enable localhost:8080, and set up WordPress in the htdocs root by downloading, extracting, and placing files for local development.
Learn to install WordPress locally with XAMPP, set file permissions for wp-content, create a database and user in phpMyAdmin, and access the admin panel while addressing Mac-specific theme install issues.
Guides WordPress for beginners through Mac OS bug fixes when installing themes and plugins, including editing WP config, enabling debug, and adjusting file permissions.
Explore the WordPress basics by learning how to access the admin dashboard, create pages, customize themes, and use plugins to build and enhance your first site.
Create three WordPress pages: home, about, and contact, using the dashboard, publish them, view your site, and set a static front page under settings and reading.
Create and customize WordPress menus by adding home, about, and contact pages, then set a desired location, and switch permalinks to post name for clean URLs.
Learn how WordPress plugins add features to your site, from contact forms and slideshows to payments, by installing, activating, and configuring third-party extensions.
Change a WordPress site theme by activating a theme from dashboard, appearance, and themes to transform it, then install Neve and Ocean WB and use the customizer to adjust colors.
Explore how the WordPress theme customizer works by adjusting colors, menus, header and footer with Ocean WP, compare limitations, and preview future use with page builders.
Learn to design a WordPress header and footer with OceanWP, customizing the toolbar and the logo, building a four-column footer with widgets and a page builder-driven layout.
Explore and compare WordPress page builders, install and activate tools, and learn to create full-width sections with video backgrounds, overlays, and drag-and-drop widgets.
Master the WordPress page builder: create sections and columns, drag in text, headings, buttons, and images, and apply background images, overlays, and basic styles to build layouts.
Design a WordPress hero section with a parallax background, overlay, and two-column layout, including heading, divider, pricing, and a call-to-action.
Create a multi-column WordPress counter section, add a counter element, style typography, apply a cream background, adjust padding, and use a zigzag shape divider for a polished header and counter.
Design an about section in WordPress by building a three-column layout with headings, text, images, and dividers, then style with padding, typography, and hover animations to enhance user experience.
WordPress for beginners guides you to design a call-to-action section with a centered 1200px column, heading, text, and a schedule a meeting button, plus hover effects and a zigzag divider.
Design a three column team section in WordPress for beginners, featuring a background image, a heading 'our agents', agent cards with images and contact details, and styling details.
Learn to design a WordPress about page and a contact page using the elementary page builder templates, customize colors, apply styles, and preview mobile layouts.
Learn to mobile optimize a WordPress site using the page builder's responsive mode, adjusting padding, spacing, and column order for mobile and tablet views.
Learn how to add a blog page, publish posts in descending chronological order, and configure the WordPress reading settings to designate the blog page while distinguishing posts from pages.
Create your first WordPress post using the dashboard and add a title and content. Add a featured image and publish to your blog page.
Learn how to create and manage categories and tags in WordPress, assign posts to categories, use slugs, and build menus to organize your blog.
Learn how WordPress sidebars engage readers with latest posts, archives, and widgets, and how to customize or remove the sidebar for a cleaner blog layout.
Transfer your WordPress site from localhost to an online server and understand how web hosting, domain names, and control panels power accessible sites worldwide.
Discover how to set up WordPress hosting in this beginner course by selecting a plan, registering a domain, enabling domain privacy protection, and logging into the hosting portal.
Explore the portal and cpanel to manage hosting, activate SSL, access domain and hosting settings, and use the file manager to create index files for WordPress.
Compress the website files from the root docs folder, upload the zip to the hosting, extract it, delete the archive, and prepare to create a database to connect WordPress.
Create a MySQL database for WordPress and connect it via wp-config.php. Import existing data from localhost to the online server and update the site URL and permalink settings.
Learn to create a branded email address, set mailbox quotas, and access webmail via Roundcube to compose and send messages.
Register a domain name, point it to your hosting with custom name servers, and add the addon domain to manage it from your control panel, enabling a WordPress site.
Learn how to perform a one-click WordPress installation from the control panel, configure the domain, enable SSL, create admin credentials, and complete the setup.
Fix missing background images on WordPress pages by editing sections, reselecting images, and updating media. Adjust mobile top-bar links by setting the link color to white and publishing.
Learn to add a background video to a WordPress site using free footage from video.net, copying the video link, and configuring start/end times plus a fallback image for loading delays.
Learn to build diverse WordPress websites from blogs to ecommerce and property listings using a complete WordPress course, with features like product pages, carts, maps, and online payments.
You're here because you want to master WordPress, right?
This WordPress Course was created for you!
Take this course if either of these applies to you:
You own a business and need more clients OR
Your Idea involves making a website OR
You want to learn WordPress
75 million users use WordPress making it Number One website content management system (CMS) worldwide. This course explains the most basic features of WordPress. By the end of this WordPress online training, you will have enough knowledge to create a Professional WordPress website of your own, and not only that but you can create websites for your clients.
WordPress is the perfect tool for creating a fully customized website for any purpose. Whether you want to create a blog, a personal portfolio, a corporate business site, a forum, a classified website, an eCommerce site, or a business website to sell your products and services, you can do it with WordPress.
Why am I Worth Your Time?
Through this course, I'll teach you everything I've learned and mastered through 10 years of building, managing, migrating, and hosting WordPress websites.
I'll walk you through every step in how to use WordPress through a series of videos. I've also included useful resource documents for you to reference.
~I know where you're at.
~I know where you're coming from.