Customizr - Learn WordPress with the ultimate creative theme

Create a beautiful, fully functional and mobile ready website from scratch by following step-by-step instructions

Created byDaniel Boudreau

Last updated 5/2019

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What you'll learn

Apply the knowledge in this course to create a fully functional blog, portfolio or commerce site
Learn how to integrate social media, video, pictures, social links, email signups, sliders, featured pages, contact forms and more into your site.
Learn the many ways to customize the layout of your site with this flexible theme
Get an email service provider (free) like MailChimp to handle your signup forms and to grow your list.
Get a basic graphic design tutorial so that you can modify your site's images yourself without the need of any paid software.

Course content

11 sections • 70 lectures • 4h 47m total length

Tools You Need For This Course0:49
Introduction4:43
When you're ready, secure your domain and hosting to get started designing your new website. There are a few factors that are super important when buying a domain and choosing hosting. Here's some essential elements that your domain name broker and hosting provider should absolutely have:
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Important! Download the course materials (.zip file)1:00
All the images and text you need to build the

Home Fitness site

·      Download the wp customizr media.zip file to your computer.

·      Locate the file in your download folder. If you don’t know where it went after download, check your browser’s (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) preferences and find the download location.

·      Click on the wp customizr media.zip icon and your computer should automatically unpack the file.

Inside this folder you will find all the images you need to make the Home Fitness mock website exactly like you see in the course. You will find an extra folder within the main folder called modified images. These are images that were modified with an online graphics editor at pixlr.com. If you’re new to graphic design and image modification, I suggest that you don’t upload these files and practice modifying the images in the main folder. That way when it comes to creating your own personal or business site, you’ll have enough graphics editing skills to modify images yourself.

If you know how to use Photoshop or similar program and you would like to save time in this course, you can upload the modified images to your WordPress media library. If you do this, and you are confident that you know all the basic graphics editing techniques that are covered in this course, you can skip over the videos showing you how to modify images.

All right, now go and download the wp customizr media.zip file!
Website Hosting1:59

Install the Customizr theme1:51
Donate to Customizr developers2:53
Pick your site's colours and write your tagline3:25
Learn to customize your WordPress site with the Customizr theme by updating the site title and tagline, adjusting the color skin, and configuring featured pages with 270 by 250 images.
Insert text and an image into your page6:39
Features of WordPress "word processor"2:20
Upload images to your media library4:00
Create a "static page" - this is wordpress jargon for a simple webpage3:54
Link to any page of your site2:05
Add more static pages4:58
Add and publish several static pages—nutrition, mindset, home, blog, and contact—by pasting content and inserting media with captions. Then create a header menu in WordPress to navigate these pages.
Create a navigation menu5:48
Create and customize a WordPress navigation menu by naming the menu, adding pages, rearranging items, and assigning it to the horizontal header menu in the theme.
Create a submenu3:45
Assign a submenu to a page1:26
Set your front page4:48

The Slider: an introduction3:36
Create and customize the slider by selecting the demo or auto-generated option, adjust timing and height, and supply properly sized images (500x1170) to avoid cropping.
Resize images for your slider3:14
Resize images for your slider in Pixlr, output size 1170 by 500, and crop as needed. Upload them to the media library and add them to your slider.
Upload your slider images from computer to Wordpress media library0:53
Configure your slider8:27

Add social media icons to your site2:11
Customize your fonts2:51
Learn how to set two different fonts for headings and body text using Google fonts, choose paired or web safe options, adjust the default font size, and save and publish.
Install Google fonts plugin for unlimited font customization!4:53
Create a contact form8:32
Install and activate the contact form 7 plugin, create a home fitness form, and configure a site email address to receive messages via a shortcode on the contact page.
Recaptcha: validate that the person writing to you is human and not a robot6:44
Learn how to add Google's reCAPTCHA to your WordPress contact form, configure site and secret keys, and verify visitors to prevent spam.
Delete the About sample page1:46
Delete the about sample page in WordPress via the dashboard by moving it to trash, with bulk actions for multiple pages and an option to permanently delete for safekeeping.
How to leave your front page blank1:31
Assign a posts page to display your blog posts in a thumbnail gallery3:04
Publish your first blog post4:34
Delete the sample post, publish your first blog post with a copied home fitness text and embedded YouTube video, and set a 270 by 250 featured image.
Create an image gallery7:04
Edit your image gallery2:01
Social media sharing - Let your visitors share your content on Facebook, Twitter9:46
Social media sharing: the "more" button1:22
Discussion settings5:39
Learn how to manage WordPress comments with discussion settings, enable or disable comments by post, require previous approval to reduce spam, and override global settings on individual posts.
Categorize your blog posts4:11
Add your blog posts to one or more categories2:09

Choose your sidebar layout3:54
Configure left or right sidebars and footer widgets in the customizer to control page and post layouts, saving and publishing changes for a consistent WordPress site appearance.
Add sidebar widgets3:58
Customize your WordPress sidebar by adding widgets such as navigation menus, blog categories, and a search box, using drag-and-drop in the widgets panel and saving changes.
Front page layout2:08
Add and customize the front page layout by toggling sidebars in the WordPress customizer, choosing no sidebar, right or left sidebar, or both, and saving changes.
Customize the layout of your post and pages2:12
Breadcrumbs - wordpress leaves trail so you can find your way back1:39
Learn to customize breadcrumbs in the customized theme by enabling display, viewing the path from home to mindset, and choosing to show breadcrumbs on pages or single posts.
Footer widgets3:21
Footer area 28:01
Footer area 34:00

Introduction to email signup forms3:17
Create a "thank you" page6:00
Setup your Mailchimp account3:48
Set up your Mailchimp account and create a new subscriber list named home fitness, using your domain email as the default from address and ensuring domain consistency.
Download these plugins1:29
Connect Mailchimp to Wordpress1:30
Finalize your Email signup form10:02
Create and customize a WordPress email signup form using easy forms, add fields, set opt-in options, use a shortcode, redirect to a thank you page, and embed via widgets.

Requirements

Basic computer skills
How to copy and paste
How to locate files on your computer
How to drag and drop

Description

If you've been stuck with trying to decide which theme to use on your wordpress site without having to spend money for a premium theme, look no further. The Customizr theme is the answer. It's the most beautiful and functional free theme out there . Best of all, it gives you complete control - it really lives up to it's name!

The theme is fully responsive, and looks beautiful across a multitude of devices, whether it be on a desktop, tablet or smartphone.

This course features a step-by-step approach that takes your from purchasing a domain and web hosting plan to creating a full fledged website with social media sharing, video embedding, email signup forms, layout customization and much more. If you can copy and paste and use a web browser like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari, you can create a website for your business or passion with the Customizr theme on WordPress.

There are so many features that make the Customizr theme amazing. That's why it receives a 5-star rating on wordpress and has been downloaded over 2 million times!

Who this course is for:

Any one that is undecided about which theme to install on on their WordPress site. The Customizr theme's flexibility will amaze you.
Anyone who wants to learn wordpress by using a fun any highly customizable theme.

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Course content

Welcome to the course4 lectures • 9min

Set yourself up with a domain name and hosting for your site3 lectures • 11min

Manage your site with Cpanel and the WordPress administrator panel6 lectures • 24min

Start creating the mock site for this course. The site is called "Home Fitness"13 lectures • 48min

Create a features images section2 lectures • 17min

Create an image slider for your site4 lectures • 16min

Create content on your site16 lectures • 1hr 8min

Learn how to customize the layout of your sidebars and footer8 lectures • 29min

Create a custom logo2 lectures • 15min

Create an email signup form and a lead magnet6 lectures • 26min

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