Building Websites With WordPress
Udemy
Course Summary
Learn how to create, manage, and update your own website using Wordpress.
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Course Description
Every day, more and more people and businesses are turning to WordPress to quickly create websites, blogs, and online stores. In this series, Craig Campbell teaches you how to build and theme an entire website using the popular content management system. This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no experience with WordPress or web design and development is required. You will start by learning how to download and install WordPress, then jump into learning the basic WordPress settings. From there, Craig shows you how to manage content in WordPress, including inserting and editing images, inserting videos, and building a custom home page, posts page, and image gallery. This video tutorial also covers WordPress themes, plugins, and how to customize your theme. You will also learn how to manage users, including creating new users, editing and deleting users, and editing your own profile. Finally, Craig will show you how to go live, including finding a host, backing up your site, and updating the database. Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will be fully capable of creating and designing your own WordPress website.
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Course Syllabus
- Getting Started With WordPress
- Important - Download These First - Working Files
- What You Will Learn
- What Is WordPress?
- Popular WordPress Sites
- WordPress.org Versus WordPress.com
- Hosting Your WordPress Site
- How To Access Your Working Files
- Installing WordPress
- The Advantages Of Local Installation
- Downloading WordPress
- Downloading MAMP For Your Mac
- Creating The MySQL Database For Mac
- Installing WordPress On The Mac
- Downloading XAMPP For PC
- Setting Up XAMPP And Creating A Database For PC
- Installing WordPress On The PC
- Basic WordPress Settings
- Viewing The Default Website
- An Overview Of The Admin Interface
- Changing The Title And Tagline
- Writing Settings
- Reading Settings
- Discussion Settings
- Media Settings
- Permalink Settings
- Content Management In WordPress
- Posts And Pages
- Using The WYSIWYG Editor
- Using The Quick Draft And Quick Edit Features
- Inserting And Editing Images
- Featured Images
- Inserting Videos
- Post Formats
- Categories And Tags
- Building Menus
- Managing Comments
- Handling Comment Spam
- Introduction To Widgets
- Building A Custom Home Page
- Building A Posts Page
- Building An Image Gallery
- WordPress Themes
- Looking At The Default Themes
- Searching For New Themes
- Installing Themes The Easy Way
- Installing Themes Manually
- Understanding The Folder Structure
- Theme-Based Settings
- Theme-Based Plugins
- Theme-Based Widgets
- Page And Post Templates
- What Is A Plugin?
- How To Find Plugins
- How To Find Plugins
- Installing Plugins The Easy Way
- Installing Plugins Manually
- Recommended SEO Plugins
- Spam Prevention Plugins
- Contact Form Plugins
- Captain Favicon
- Caching Plugins
- Social Media Plugins
- Security Plugins
- Keeping Up With Updates
- When Things Break
- Managing Users
- Creating New Users
- Editing And Deleting Users
- Editing Your Own Profile
- Customizing Your Theme
- A Closer Look At Theme Options
- A Closer Look At The Theme Editor
- The Problem With Editing Your Theme
- Creating A Child Theme
- CSS Primer
- Basic Customization With PHP And CSS
- Going Live
- Finding A Host
- Easy Online WordPress Installation
- Backing Up Your Site
- Restoring The Backup
- Updating The Database
- Conclusion
- Wrapping Up
