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Wordpress for Beginners
Welcome
Introduction to the Instructor (3:59)
Introduction to the course (7:09)
Introduction to the course dashboard (6:39)
Definitions - related terminology (8:19)
Introduction to WordPress
What is WordPress and why choose WordPress? (5:14)
Comparison of WordPress.org versus WordPress.com (8:54)
WordPress Hosting
How to choose a hosting account/company (13:57)
How to install WordPress when you don't know anything (5:17)
Resources for Hosting Companies
WordPress Basics
What is the Theme (14:45)
Logging in / Logging out (3:58)
Customize the Dashboard (6:13)
Layout - differentiate between a landing page and a blog page layout (5:16)
Graphics of website/blog layouts
Resource handout of WordPress Theme
WordPress Settings
Settings Menu Overview (16:08)
Author Profile (4:59)
Overview of the Dashboard & Navigation (3:48)
Place content on your site
Differentiate between Posts, Pages and Sidebar/Footer (6:31)
Overview of Choices
Define Gutenberg, Classic, Elementor Builder & Beaver Builder (4:21)
Posts
Gutenberg - Navigating the post & post edit screens (3:09)
Gutenberg - Create a Post with Text (3:44)
Gutenberg - Formatting Text (6:29)
Gutenberg - Adding hyperlinks to posts (4:33)
Gutenberg - Adding images to posts (5:47)
Gutenberg - adding images from other sources (2:14)
Gutenberg - How to change the dimensions of an image/picture (4:52)
Gutenberg - How to hyperlink or hotlink a picture (3:24)
Gutenberg - How to add alt text to a picture (4:21)
Gutenberg - How to edit a picture (4:33)
Gutenberg - Walk through different types of blocks part 1 (7:40)
Gutenberg - Walk through of different types of blocks part 2 (9:01)
Gutenberg - Preview/Save Draft (3:44)
Gutenberg - What is a re-useable block and how to create one? (6:32)
Gutenberg - Overview of Document features and Block features (2:52)
Gutenberg - What are categories and what are tags? (3:20)
Gutenberg - What is a permalink? (1:29)
Gutenberg - What is a featured image? (2:35)
Gutenberg - What is an excerpt? (1:52)
Gutenberg - What is discussion? (1:59)
Gutenberg - How to preview, schedule & publish a post (3:49)
Gutenberg - How to use the password functionality (5:10)
Classic - Navigating the post and post edit screens (2:24)
Classic - Create a post with text (6:55)
Classic - Add a hyperlink to a post (3:17)
Classic Add an image to a post (5:25)
Classic - Add a hyperlink to a picture (2:02)
Classic -How to see text vs HTML (2:15)
Classic - Categories and Tags (3:17)
Classic - What is a Featured Image (1:59)
Classic - How to Schedule, Preview and Publish a post (4:04)
Elementor/Beaver Builder - Overview of Elementor (3:45)
Elementor/Beaver Builder - Brief run through of Elementor (11:28)
Elementor/Beaver Builder - Overview of Beaver Builder (2:46)
Elementor/Beaver Builder - Brief run through of Beaver Builder (9:34)
Complete Post - What does an ideal blog look like? (7:10)
Handout of Ideal Blog Post Layout
Comments
What is the purpose of AKISMET? (6:31)
Moderating comments and deleting spam (7:12)
Pages
Create and format content on pages (5:13)
Types of pages (7:03)
Media Library
What is the media library (5:51)
How to manipulate pictures in the media library (5:29)
Users
What is a user? (2:14)
How to create a new user/Gravatar (4:41)
How to change a user password (2:27)
Plugins
Introduction to Plugins - What are they? (4:38)
How to choose plugins & how to install them (8:08)
How and why to update plugins (3:13)
Free versus paid plugins (4:45)
AKISMET (4:38)
Image Widget (3:38)
SEO by Yoast (3:14)
Jetpack (3:31)
Social Media Follow and Share (8:27)
Wordfence (5:02)
Updraft (6:16)
Conclusion of Plugins (2:13)
Handout - List of Plugins
Widgets
What is a Widget? (5:21)
How to organize widgets in terms of importance (4:42)
Add an image widget and size (7:20)
Add text and code in a widget (6:23)
Add a Facebook and Twitter stream (5:53)
Add a blog subscription widget (2:25)
Add a newsletter signup widget (10:00)
Navigation/Menus
Create a custom menu (9:43)
Sidebar Menu (4:25)
Themes
How to search for and find themes (11:07)
How to put a theme in place (4:11)
Customize theme choices (13:24)
Stats and advanced subjects
How to set up and use Jetpack (13:00)
How to use Google Analytics (6:58)
How to set up SEO by Yoast (12:34)
Housekeeping
Backing up a site (4:23)
Updating themes and plugins (0:10)
Advanced
Costs for a website (8:43)
Alt text, hyperlinks, linking in and linking out (10:51)
Amazon Affiliate Links (10:58)
Handout - Resources
Conclusion
Conclusion (6:15)
How to set up and use Jetpack
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