Udemy – WordPress for Beginners – Master WordPress Quickly

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1. The WordPress editor, called Gutenberg.  This is your tool for building web pages using dozens of building blocks.

2. We’ll consider WordPress themes, and you’ll have the option of using a newer block theme, which gives you total control over your site design in WordPress’s Full Site Editor. Of course, many people still use the older non-block themes, so we cover those as well.

3. The Media Library, to manage your images, videos, sound files and other media you want to share on your site.

4. WordPress Settings, and I’ll take you step by step to set those up just right.

5. We’ll look at the differences between WordPress posts and pages, and I’ll give you a simple way of knowing which one to use on any occasion.

6. We’ll look at post excerpts, categories and tags, and how to use them on a well-structured site to maximize visitor experience and search engine ranking benefits.

7. You’ll see the two main ways you can set your homepage up.

8. We’ll use a plugin to create a contact form so visitors can get in touch. And another plugin to create a Terms and Conditions page.

9. We’ll discuss the navigation system on your site, and how you can set up customized navigation in the header, footer, or widgetized areas (theme permitting) of your site.  We’ll also talk about internal site linking.

10. You’ll learn how to use the Full Site Editor to customize a block theme, and how to use the Customizer (and other tools) for non-block themes.

11. We’ll cover WordPress security, and set up a system that will keep the site safe from hackers.

12. We’ll check out some great free plugins.

13. At the end of the course I’ll provide some downloadable content that you can import into your own site, and use to follow along three special tutorials.  The first takes you through the steps of building a blog. The second tutorial will show you how to setup a business site.  And the third will create a highly customized site that has features of a blog and business site.  I call this model a “hybrid” site.

14. The final section of the course provides some tutorials I created over the last few years to answer student questions.  And if you have any questions yourself that need a tutorial to explain, I may add that too.

15. If you have questions or problems throughout the course, I am always available.  I answer Q&A questions from students daily, around 360 days of the year.  You rarely have to wait 24 hours to get a response.

By the end of this course, you will have a website that you are truly proud of.