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.
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Creating WordPress Websites
- 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
- Instructor led or self paced online course
- 6-12 weeks to complete
- 24 course hours
- Confidently use WordPress to create a blog or a personal, business, or organizational website
- Open the door to more career opportunities as a WordPress designer for small businesses
- Create your own personal website to brand yourself and your business services online
COURSE CONTENT
GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS
This first lesson explores the magic of WordPress! You’ll discover how to use this WordPress to create an attractive, dynamic blog or website—without needing to learn any special code. You’ll find out what the two “flavors” of WordPress are and why users use the self-hosted WordPress.org version. Then you’ll go online, sign up for a free hosting account, and tour the WordPress Dashboard.
CREATING A BLOG
What can a blog do that a website can’t? Blogging’s become a popular way to establish an online presence. This lesson focuses on how adding a blog can make a traditional website more effective. Then you’ll build a blog with WordPress—by creating, refining, and categorizing posts. You’ll also find out how to encourage and control visitor feedback.
MAKING A WORDPRESS WEBSITE
Get the best of both worlds by combining a blog with a traditional website. In this lesson, you’ll use WordPress to create and organize web pages. And you will learn how to convert your blog to a traditional website—or vice versa—with the click of a button.
MAKING YOUR PAGES LOOK GREAT
This lesson is all about WordPress themes—the templates that give your website its look and feel. You’ll discover how to choose a theme, install it, and tweak it.