WordPress: Website and Blog Creation
WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) that enables you to create a website or blog from scratch, or to improve an existing website. WordPress is free and open source software released under the GPL v2. WordPress is used by millions of people around the world, including many large websites, such as The Guardian, Forbes, and The New York Times.
About this Course
Anyone Can "Build" a Website or Blog with WordPress
WordPress enables you to create and maintain a website or blog, even if you have no web design background or knowledge of the code that makes websites work. Whether you want to create a new website/blog or manage an existing WordPress website, this class is for you. This course is geared for anyone, so you do not need prior experience with computer graphics or coding.
40% of all websites globally are made with WordPress because it provides loads of functionality and the ability to create themes (templates) to control the look and feel and functionality of a website. In this class you’ll learn how to create pages, edit content, and see how you (or the people you make websites for) will interact with WordPress when creating and editing content.
Outline
Getting Started with WordPress
- Creating a WordPress Site (Installing WordPress)
- Logging Into the WordPress Admin & General Site Settings
- Writing Posts & Formatting Text
- Publishing a Post (Making it Live)
- Adding a Read More Link to a Post
- Creating Links (Hyperlinks)
- Adding Images & Managing the Media Library
- Adding an Image Gallery
- Adding Video
Diving Deeper into WordPress
- Categories, Tags, & Reading Settings
- Widgets
- Making Pages
- Menus
- Installing Themes
- Customizing Theme Appearance
- Changing the Template Layout for a Page/Post
- WordPress Plugins: About, Installing, & Updating
- WordPress Plugins You May Want to Install
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Customizing WordPress
- Page Builders: Customizable Page Layouts
- Theme Builders: Control the Website’s Look
- Child Themes
- Custom Post Types
- Advanced Custom Fields
WordPress Best Practices
- Automated Backups
- WordPress Security
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