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Website Design In WordPress For Beginners: Learn To Build a Website In 1 Hour (Skillshare)

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Website Design In WordPress For Beginners: Learn To Build a Website In 1 Hour (Skillshare)

Welcome to my Website Design In WordPress For Beginners: Learn To Build a Website In 1 Hour class!
This class will teach you how to create a Wordpress website from scratch and will cover everything you need to know from the very beginning of buying a website domain name, all the way to installing plugins to protect your website and then finally publishing and launching your website!

If you've ever wanted to create your own website, Wordpress is the way to do it if you want professional results without diving into complex coding, or needing to know any code at all! In this course, we'll walk you through, step-by-step, on how to set everything up in Wordpress, to get your website live, including e-mail!
In this class, you will learn:

  • What a domain is & how to buy one
  • What hosting is & how to purchase it
  • How to install Wordpress and a Wordpress template theme
  • How to install an SSL certificate on your website to make it more secure & to help it rank higher on - - Google & other search engines
  • How to customize various elements in the theme like banners, titles, different sections, social media links, contact forms, blog pages, posts
  • What the best Wordpress plugins are to install and use
  • How to navigate through the various pages and sections of Wordpress

Welcome to the class project for our Website Design in Wordpress For Beginners course!

Here are the steps to complete your class project:
Step 1. Watch the full Wordpress course and download the pdf attachment to get an understanding of what the key terms are, and how to navigate through the various Wordpress pages.
Step 2. Create a website outline of things you would like for your website including the following:

  • What domain name would you like?
  • What will the theme of your website be? (Professional? Creative?)
  • Provide a short description for the front page that explains to visitors what the site is about.
  • What will the various menu pages be for your site, or will it be a 1 page? (Home, About, Contact, etc)
  • Do you have an colors in mind for the layout? If so, what are they?
  • Any other relevant information you can add to better plan your course out before you build it
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