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Create a Website: Hosting, WordPress Setup, and Blog Design

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Overview

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Are you ready to create a website? Learning how to start a website from scratch can be both a very exciting and very overwhelming process. The website design part can be really fun but learning how to use WordPress — not so much. But it doesn’t have to suck!

Important class links:

  • Use this guide to start your website!
  • Additional resources + recommendations mentioned in the course.

I will show you how to create a website or start a blog — even if you have no technical experience whatsoever. I had absolutely no technical or coding experience when I first started… still don’t, if I’m being honest, and I’ve started 6 or 7 WordPress websites now and multiple successful online businesses.

I’m going to walk you through how to do this in this class step-by-step so you can beat most of that learning curve and only bother yourself with what’s most important.

In this class, you’re going to learn how to : 

  • Decide what kind of website you want and what platform might be best for you
  • Get a domain name and hosting plan to take your website online
  • Navigate WordPress and install a theme on your website
  • Design your homepage and the most important other pages on your website
  • Add the right plugins for additional tools and customizations
  • Create a blog page and write your first blog post
  • And so much more!

Syllabus

  • Create a Website: Welcome!
  • What Kind of Website Do You Want?
  • Ideas and Choosing a Niche
  • Domain Name and Hosting Plan
  • Your Hosting Dashboard
  • Install a Website Theme
  • Your WordPress Dashboard
  • Customize Theme Settings
  • Logo and Brand Colors
  • Recommended Plugins
  • Adding and Optimizing Images
  • Design Your Homepage
  • Design Your Footer
  • Create Your About Page
  • Create Your Contact Page
  • Create Your Legal Pages
  • Create Your Resources Page
  • Menu Setup
  • Add an Email Opt-In Form
  • Blog or Articles Page
  • Write Your First Post
  • Launch and Get Visitors
  • Key Takeaways

Taught by

Lauren Lbik

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