Build Your Own Pro-Quality WordPress Website

Build Your Own Pro-Quality WordPress Website, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 3.75, with 31 lectures, 6 quizzes, based on 32 reviews, and has 3369 subscribers.

You will learn about Know how to register a domain, where to register it and how to point the domain towards your website host Understand the difference between different website hosting options and which option is right for them Know how to set up WordPress on both HostGator and Traffic Planet Hosting Know how to edit the core WordPress settings to ensure that the site setup is optimized Know how to install and optimize Genesis, the leading WordPress Theme Framework and understand why using Genesis is important Understand how to find, select, install, optimize and personalise Genesis Child Themes so that the overall site design is modern and appealing Find out what WordPress Widgets are, how to use them and how they add additional site functionality Understand what WordPress Plugins do, why they are important and how they impact different aspects of a site Leave this course will an ability to publish a great-looking, modern WordPress-powered website This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs and marketing managers who want to build their own great-looking, modern, WordPress-powered website. It is unlikely to suit experienced WordPress developers. It is particularly useful for This course is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs and marketing managers who want to build their own great-looking, modern, WordPress-powered website. It is unlikely to suit experienced WordPress developers.

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Summary

Title: Build Your Own Pro-Quality WordPress Website

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 3.75

Number of Lectures: 31

Number of Quizzes: 6

Number of Published Lectures: 31

Number of Published Quizzes: 6

Number of Curriculum Items: 37

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 37

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Know how to register a domain, where to register it and how to point the domain towards your website host
Understand the difference between different website hosting options and which option is right for them
Know how to set up WordPress on both HostGator and Traffic Planet Hosting
Know how to edit the core WordPress settings to ensure that the site setup is optimized
Know how to install and optimize Genesis, the leading WordPress Theme Framework and understand why using Genesis is important
Understand how to find, select, install, optimize and personalise Genesis Child Themes so that the overall site design is modern and appealing
Find out what WordPress Widgets are, how to use them and how they add additional site functionality
Understand what WordPress Plugins do, why they are important and how they impact different aspects of a site
Leave this course will an ability to publish a great-looking, modern WordPress-powered website

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs and marketing managers who want to build their own great-looking, modern, WordPress-powered website. It is unlikely to suit experienced WordPress developers.

Target Audiences

This course is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs and marketing managers who want to build their own great-looking, modern, WordPress-powered website. It is unlikely to suit experienced WordPress developers.

Whether you’re a business owner, an entrepreneur, a marketing manager or a website designer with not much experience in WordPress, this course will teach you how to build a great-looking, high-performing WordPress-powered website, without spending more money than you have to.

When you complete the course, you’ll be a lot more comfortable at publishing and editing your own WordPress website – and being aware of the pitfalls to avoid.

You’ll be shown how to set up your domain, what host to use, how to install WordPress and what settings are essential to get right at the beginning.

You’ll also be shown how and why you should use the Genesis Theme Framework and how to manage your own site design within a Genesis Child Theme.

You’ll learn…

How to register a domain, where to register it and how to point the domain towards your website host
What the difference between different website hosting options are and which option is right for them
How to set up WordPress on both HostGator and Traffic Planet Hosting
How to edit the core WordPress settings to ensure that the site set-up is optimized
How to install and optimize Genesis, the leading WordPress Theme Framework and understand why using Genesis is important
How to find, select, install, optimize and personalise Genesis Child Themes so that the overall site design is modern and appealing
What WordPress Widgets are, how to use them and how they add additional site functionality
What WordPress Plugins do, why they are important and how they impact different aspects of a site

No prior knowledge is required. However, you should have an intention to or a desire to build a great-looking, modern, WordPress-powered website

If you’re a frustrated website manager, a designer that needs to understand how to really use WordPress or a freelance entrepreneur that wants to build your own site, then this course is ideal for you.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: What we will cover in the course

Lecture 1: Introduction – what we will cover in the course

Chapter 2: Registering a domain, selecting a host & installing WordPress

Lecture 1: Registering a domain name

Lecture 2: Managing your domain & selecting a host

Lecture 3: Signing up with HostGator

Lecture 4: Setting up WordPress using HostGator

Lecture 5: Pointing your domain's nameservers at HostGator

Lecture 6: Checking your HostGator-powered site is live

Lecture 7: Using Traffic Planet Hosting as your WordPress host

Lecture 8: Setting up WordPress inside Traffic Planet Hosting

Lecture 9: Comparing loading speeds – HostGator vs. Traffic Planet Hosting

Chapter 3: Editing settings inside WordPress

Lecture 1: Editing 'General', 'Writing' and 'Reading' settings

Lecture 2: Editing 'Discussion', 'Media' & 'Permalinks' settings

Lecture 3: Editing 'Users', 'Media' & 'Comments'

Chapter 4: Selecting, installing & activating 'Themes'

Lecture 1: Selecting Themes & installing the Genesis Framework

Lecture 2: Selecting & installing Genesis 'Child Themes'

Lecture 3: Testing your new 'Child Theme'

Chapter 5: Genesis Settings

Lecture 1: Theme Settings in Genesis

Lecture 2: SEO & Import/Export Settings in Genesis

Chapter 6: Genesis Child Theme Settings & Design

Lecture 1: Appendipity – Site-wide style

Lecture 2: Appendipity settings – Message bar

Lecture 3: Navigation & menus

Lecture 4: Editing the homepage header section

Lecture 5: Editing the featured guest section

Lecture 6: Further editing the feature guest section

Lecture 7: Editing the site player, email opt-in section & widgets

Lecture 8: Remaining Appendipity settings

Chapter 7: WordPress Plugins

Lecture 1: The Genesis Simple Edits Plugin

Lecture 2: The Yoast SEO Plugin

Lecture 3: The Fast Secure Contact Form Plugin

Chapter 8: Summary & closing thoughts

Lecture 1: Summary of what was covered in the course

Lecture 2: Closing thoughts & thanks

Instructors

David Bain
Founder & Host, Digital Marketing Radio

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4 stars: 9 votes
5 stars: 11 votes

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