WordPress School - Online Classroom
Lesson Index - Use this to keep track of your progress.
The Basics and Using The Page Builder
Understand the basic principles then start to build your website.
| Module 1 | Pre-Course Set Up |
This course is for people who have had the benefit of the WP Quicklaunch Setup service. Before starting the course register your own domain name and Siteground hosting account. All of the important WordPress Settings, Theme and Plugins will be done for you so you can get on with building your website.
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| Unit 1 | The Basics - Domain - Hosting - WordPress Installation |
| Module 2 | Using Page Templates and Editing Content |
| This lesson demonstrates how you can quickly edit an existing Page Template, use a page template to set up a new page and how to edit content using Content Modules within a Page Template. | |
| Unit 1 | Starting The Page Builder to Edit Your Website |
| Unit 2 | Editing Page Content |
| Module 3 | The Theme Customiser |
| The Theme Customiser and Page Builder are two separate items, any settings you make in the Theme Customiser will apply throughout your website to set important aspects of branding and layout such as logo, font styles and font colours. | |
| Unit 1 | Using the Theme Customiser |
| Unit 2 | Footer Widget Area Settings |
| Module 4 | Create Professional Looking Pages Using Page Builder Modules |
| Page Builder Modules allow you to easily add and edit various content types by simply dragging, dropping and clicking! | |
| Unit 1 | Using the Text Editor Module |
| Unit 2 | Text Headings |
| Unit 3 | Add Buttons to Content |
| Unit 4 | Add Images to Your Pages Using The Photo Module |
| Unit 5 | Working With Rows and Columns |
| Unit 6 | Creating Hyperlinks in the Text Editor |
| Unit 7 | Create a Page Builder Blog Page |
| Unit 8 | Create a new Post in WordPress and add to the Page Builder Posts Module |
| Unit 9 | Add Social Buttons |
| Unit 10 | Using the Maps Module |
| Unit 11 | Adding a Contact Form |
| Unit 12 | Using the Call to Action Module |
| Unit 13 | Using Page Builder Callout Module |
| Module 5 | WordPress Basics |
| In this section we introduce how to make the most of basic WordPress features. | |
| Unit 1 | Create a New Navigation Menu |
| Unit 2 | Post Categories |
| Unit 3 | Adding Media to Pages and Posts |
| Module 6 | Navigation Menus |
| These lessons will show you how you can easily use the drag and drop WordPress Navigation Menu options to create and manage menu items. | |
| Unit 1 | Add a Page to a Navigation Menu |
| Unit 2 | Moving and Renaming Menu Items |
| Unit 3 | Add Custom Menu Links |
| Module 7 | Do More With Your Website Using WordPress Plugins |
| You can add amazing functionality to your website using WordPress Plugins. Learn more in these lessons. | |
| Unit 1 | Adding an Under Construction page to Your WordPress Website |
| Unit 2 | Setting up Google Analytics on Your WordPress Website |
| Module 8 | The Power of Search Engine Optimisation |
| Using the tools available you can achieve fantastic results by applying the basic principles of SEO. | |
| Unit 1 | Attract Website Visitors Using Yoast SEO |
| Unit 2 | More About Successful SEO |
| Unit 3 | Custom Social Media Settings for SEO |
| Unit 4 | Social Profile Settings for SEO |
| Module 9 | WordPress Security |
| Make sure you're fully aware of the security threats to your website and how to guard against them. | |
| Unit 1 | Wordfence Security |
| Module 10 | Google Analytics |
| Every website owner should use and understand the basic power of Google Analytics. Here we show you how to set up and use visitor statistics on your website. | |
| Unit 1 | Adding Google Analytics to Your WordPress Website |