COURSE DESCRIPTION
Install and Configure a WordPress Website with this Free WordPress Tutorial
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Over 37 lectures and 55.5 hours of content
- Suitable for complete beginners
- Learn about the WordPress Content Management System
- Install WordPress onto a hosting account
- Learn how to configure file access and site security certificates
- Configure caching to speed up your website
- Configure email accounts for you and your team
- Change your website design
- Add plugins to enhance your website
Important note – there are many hosting companies out there, but after many years of trial and error and expensive mistakes, we finally settled on SiteGround. This course shows you how to install WordPress onto a SiteGround account, so if you choose another hosting company, the initial steps will differ.
Course Features
- Lectures 39
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 3 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 165
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 39 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Section 1 - WordpressLearn about WordPress and how to install it onto your web hosting account.1
- Section 2 - SiteGround ToolsWe learn how to use the SiteGround tools such as backups, security and email.25
- 2.1File Manager and FTP6 Minutes
- 2.2How to Backup a WordPress Site3 Minutes
- 2.3Install SSL Certificates4 Minutes
- 2.4Protect URLs3 Minutes
- 2.5Block IP Address2 Minutes
- 2.6Site Scanner3 Minutes
- 2.7Caching7 Minutes
- 2.8Configure CDN1 Minute
- 2.9WordPress Staging Copy8 Minutes
- 2.10Website Migration4 Minutes
- 2.11Autoupdates2 Minutes
- 2.13Search and Replace4 Minutes
- 2.14Parked Domains3 Minutes
- 2.15Subdomains5 Minutes
- 2.16Redirects2 Minutes
- 2.17DNS Zone Editor2 Minutes
- 2.18Email Accounts3 Minutes
- 2.19Autoresponders3 Minutes
- 2.20Email Filters2 Minutes
- 2.21Email Authentication3 Minutes
- 2.22Spam Protection4 Minutes
- 2.23Statistics3 Minutes
- 2.24DEVS4 Minutes
- 2.25Collaboration3 Minutes
- 2.26Getting Help – Support2 Minutes
- Section 3 - Using WordPressHow to set up pages, blog posts and your website design and menus.10
- Section 4 - Recommended PluginsDelectet meminerimus graecorum voluntates proficiscitur si commotus depingere summum vellet3
Requirements
- You need access to a PC or laptop
- You will need to use a WordPress hosting company for your website
- The course is free but your hosting company will charge you for your server
Features
- Walk through videos explaining all topics
- Learn how to install WordPress on your hosting account
- Configure common plugins
- Create a blog and pages
- Back up and restore your website when you need
- Add your own design for your website
Target audiences
- Beginners who want to learn about WordPress
- Small business owners who want a website
- People who want to manage their own website
- Anybody who wants to start a blog
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