About this course
In this course, I will give you the skills and tools you need to build professional quality web sites.
No prior experience required!
I will show you the techniques that I use in my own web design business. You will learn my tips, tricks and best practices for building WordPress websites. Near the end, I will be going over the resources, tools, software and services that I use when I design websites.
Course Structure and Format
Part 1: In this course, we will start by learning the basics of WordPress and launching websites. This will give you a better understanding of the overall process and how everything works. However, if you are already familiar with those topics feel free to skip down to the meat of the course. These lessons are lecture style with slides.
Part 2: After that, we are going to be diving into the nuts and bolts of WordPress. In this section, you will be watching over my shoulder as I demonstrate the features of WordPress and show you exactly how to build out your own WordPress site. This part of the course is primarily screen capture style video.
Part 3: Next we will start learning how to do specific things. Things like, how to add Google Analytics to your site, how to integrate social media with your site, how to block spam comments, How to create beautiful photo galleries, how to create a document repository, how to manage users and more!
Part 4: By this part of the course you will have learned how to build a WordPress website and will be comfortable with designing your own website(s). But I will take it a step further and give some design tips and tricks that will truly make your website beautiful, functional and engaging.
Part 5: BONUS section.
In this section, I will be going over things like:
1. How to make money with your site
2. How to optimize your site for SEO
3. How to find Copyright free photos (for free)
4. Where to find good graphics (free and paid)
5. And More!
If you want to learn how to build professional quality web sites, learn more about WordPress, and have a greater understanding of how to be successful online, this is the course for YOU!
What are the requirements?
- No coding experience required!
- No web design experience required!
- You will need a computer and an internet connection.
- If you want to buy a domain and setup hosting for use with this class, you will need approx. $15-$25
- Some optional plugins, services, etc. will be shown that have an additional cost (not required)
- This course primarily uses two training formats. The first part of this class is educationally focused with slides and lectures while the rest of the class is focused around hands-on "show me how to do it" training using screen capture video demonstration.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 39 lectures and 4 hours of content!
- You will have a clear understanding of what WordPress is and how it works
- You will learn how to Select, Buy and Point a domain to your new website.
- You will be able to set up hosting for your WordPress website
- You will learn how to use Wordpress including: pages, posts, widgets, plugins and more!
- You will learn how to add specific functionality to your site (intermediate and advanced)
- You will have access to all of my recommended plugins
- Be sure to check out the bottom of the course curriculum to see my course BONUSES including where to find Copyright Free images and how to make money with your WordPress site!
What is the target audience?
- If you want to learn how to build professional quality websites with WordPress, this course is for you!
- If you are already an experienced WordPress user, the first part of this class may be redundant for you. However, the rest of the course is geared toward teaching you exactly what I use to build professional websites. If you are interested in learning what my tips, tricks and best practices are, you will enjoy the lessons further along in this course.
