Wordpress Training For Beginners

Do you want to build a professional looking website, but don’t know where to start? WordPress training for beginners will give you a step-by-step guide to this popular open source publishing software. So whether you’re a technophobe, or a newbie looking to expand on some existing knowledge: this course has it covered.

Our course will kick off with the choosing a domain name, and getting it set up with a web host.

SEO and WordPress expert Andrew Williams, will give you comprehensive tutorials and walkthroughs of key features. Through a series of video and printed guides, he will help you to navigate the dashboard, make the most of the media library, and show you essential tips to keep your website user friendly, and simple to update.

• Anyone who wants to create a website
• People who want to learn and master WordPress
• Anyone with an interest in affiliate marketing

Part 1 – Introduction

Before You Start

Introduction To The Course

A Quick Note

Part 2 – The Perfect Domain Name

The Perfect Domain Name

Part 3 – A First Look Around WordPress

The WordPress Dashboard

Clearing out pre-installed WordPress content

The WYSIWYG Editor

The Media Library

Part 4 – WordPress Settings

Setting Up A Gravatar

Author Profile

Update Services

Reading Settings

Discussion Settings

Permalinks

Plugins

Installing Premium Plugins

Adding A Sitemap

WordPress Widgets

WordPress Themes

Allowing Comments And Comment Moderation

Part 5 –Website Content With Posts And Pages

Creating A Post Or A Page

WordPress Posts Vs WordPress Pages

When You Use A Post And When You USe A Page

Post Categories

WordPress Tags: The Importance Of Post Excerpts

Part 6– The Homepage

The Importance Of The Homepage

Static Homepage Vs Blog Post

Part 7– Creating The Legal Pages

Creating A Contact Page

Update: Contact Form 7 Captcha

Creating An About Page

Terms, Privacy And Disclaimers

Part 8 – Website Navigation

Custom Menus

Custom Menus Minor Update

Top Menu Navigation

Sidebar Navigation

Footer Navigation

Related Post Navigation

Internal Site Linking

Social Sharing

Part 9 – WordPress Security

Introduction To WordPress Security

WordFence

Stop Spammers

How To Change Your WordPress Username: advanced

Part 10 – A Few More Free WordPress Plugins

Responsive Lightbox

WP-DB Manager

Pretty Links Lite

Part 11 – Steps To Follow To Build A Site

The 20 Step Plan To Build A WordPress Website

Part 12 – Reference

Setting Up FTP Software To Access Your Web Hosting Space

WordPress Adds The Twenty Fifteen Theme

Responsive Website Design

Part 13 – Healthy Gut Buddies

Important – Site Move

A Little Preliminary Research

A Note About The Google Keyword Planner

Creating The Homepage

A Quick Run Through The Settings

Getting Ready For Posts

First Posts And Deciding On The Them

Initial Tweaks To The Template

Integrating Google Analytics

Adding Site To Webmaster Tools

A Change To The Category Page

Securing The Site

Adding An Affiliate Product Page

Linking To The Affiliate Product Page

Re-Order Posts, Stock Images & A Tweak

Site Speed – Making It Faster

Creating A Child Themes

Coming Soon

Bonus Course Companion Document

WordPress Security Update

Bonus – Need Help Installing WordPress

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