Learn how to create attractive, sophisticated blogs and websites—without any coding! WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system, powering more than 34 percent of all sites on the Internet. WordPress is an easy-to-use solution that will help you put your site on the web in far less time than by coding, and at a much lower cost than hiring a professional.
In these lessons, you’ll get hands-on experience with this powerful tool as you create your own WordPress.org site and blog. You’ll find out how to use WordPress to create pages and posts, add images and videos, change a site’s look and feel, and include user-friendly features. You’ll discover the ease of using WordPress design themes to express your creativity, and you’ll see how much fun it is to be part of the vibrant WordPress online community.
In addition to mastering the technical elements of WordPress, you’ll learn how to organize a blog or website, create appealing content, keep your site secure, and achieve better positions on search engine results pages. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to confidently use WordPress to create a blog or a personal, business, or organizational website.
The WordPress.org version covered in this class is the platform the pros use. While it normally requires a paid hosting account, this course includes a totally free, no obligation SiteGround hosting account for three months, along with a private place on the web for practice.
Duration: 3 Months
- Details
- Learn to use WordPress to create pages and posts, add images and videos, change a site’s look and feel, and include user-friendly features
- Learn how to organize a blog or website and create appealing content
- Discover how to keep your site secure and achieve better positions on search engine results pages
- Course Outline
Getting Started With WordPress
Creating a Blog
Making a WordPress Website
Making Your Pages Look Great
Working With Images and Multimedia
Plugins: The Modular Solution for Functional Websites
Making a User-Friendly Website
Polishing Your WordPress Website
Getting Search Engines to Love Your Website
Making the Most of Statistics and Social Networking
WordPress Security and Monetization
Mastering Your Domains - Requirements
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- WordPress.org requires a paid hosting account, which normally costs around $8/month. Included in the course is a free 90-day hosting account (US only) and temporary domain with SiteGround, one of the world’s most respected hosts. In Lesson 1 you’ll receive instructions on how to sign up for your free account.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Course Fee: USD 120Now available at Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakstan and Sri Lanka