WordPress
Course Description
<p>42% of the web runs on WordPress. Build your blog, business, or ecommerce website with the fastest managed WordPress hosting on the planet.</p> <p>Build a site. Sell your stuff. Start a blog. And so much more.</p> <p>Create any kind of website. No code,no manuals, no limits.</p> <p>No matter your site or your style, there’s a beautiful, pro layout waiting for you.</p> <p>Photo carousels, tiled image galleries, maps, forms — add them to your site with a click and know they’ll look great.</p> <p>Insert text, photos, forms, Yelp reviews, testimonials, maps, and more. Move them. Delete them. Play until it’s perfect. You already know how to do it!</p>
Curriculum
- Installing WordPress with a Web Host’s “1-Click Install”
- Manually Installing WordPress
- Logging Into the WordPress Admin
- General WordPress Settings
- Editing Your Profile
- Setting Your Profile Picture (Gravatar)
- Posts versus Pages
- Creating a New Blog Post
- Using the Visual Editor
- Pasting Without Formatting & Clearing Formatting
- Formatting Headings
- Formatting Bulleted & Numbered Lists
- Formatting Quotes
- Publishing a Post
- Deleting a Post
- Restoring a Post from the Trash (or Deleting it Delete Permanently)
- Publishing a Post (Making it Live)
- Status
- Visibility
- Publish Date & Time
- Adding the Read More Tag
- Changing the Text in the More Tag
- Linking to Another Website
- Opening a Link in a New Tab
- Linking to a Page Within Your Site
- Editing & Removing Links
- Adding an Image to a Post or Page
- Editing Images (Manually Resizing, Cropping, & Rotating)
- Media Settings (Customizing the Size of Thumbnail, Medium, & Large)
- Adding a Featured Image
- Uploading Images & Files Directly Into the Media Library
- Editing & Deleting Images in the Media Library
- Deleting Unused Images (Cleaning Out the Media Library)
- Adding an Image Gallery
- Editing an Existing Image Gallery
- Embedding YouTube Videos
- Uploading a Video File
- Categories & Tags Explained
- Creating & Editing Categories
- Changing the “Uncategorized” Default Category Name
- Setting the Default Category
- Creating & Editing Tags
- Changing Categories/Tags for Multiple Posts
- Reading Settings
- Editing & Adding Widgets
- Pages versus Posts
- Creating a New Page
- Publishing a Page (Making it Live)
- Deleting a Page
- Changing the Page Order
- About Menus & Locations
- Adding & Removing Links in Menus
- Creating Sub-menus
- Opening Menu Links in a New Tab
- What Are WordPress Themes?
- Where Do I Get WordPress Themes?
- Installing & Activating a Theme
- Manually Uploading & Activating a Theme
- Deleting a Theme
- Customizing Appearance
- Customizing the Site Identity (Logo, Title, & Tagline)
- Adding a Site Icon (Favicon)
- Customizing the Header
- Customizing Colors
- Changing a Template Layout
- About WordPress Plugins
- Installing a WordPress Plugin
- Updating Plugins
- Recommended WordPress Plugins
- Creating SEO-Friendly Permalinks (URLs) for the Site
- Customizing the URL of an Individual Page/Post
- Setting Titles & Meta Descriptions with an SEO Plugin
- Page Builders: Customizable Page Layouts
- Theme Builders: Control the Website’s Look
- Child Themes
- Custom Post Types
- Advanced Custom Fields
- Automated Backups
- WordPress Security
- E-commerce website using Elementor
- Tours & Trekking website using Elementor, Dynamic content for Elementor and Advanced custom field (ACF)
- News Portal
- Personal and Blogs
- Converting a fully static html template into a fully dynamic WordPress theme
- Development and use of plugin in WordPress.
