CONTENT OUTLINE
This is a summary of the content you will learn in the level 1 course for beginners plus so much more…
“All my one-to-one training is also backed-up by unique training videos which we have created to assist your learning process after classes.”
– Calvin Dorman
Course 1: Basics Using WordPress
Lesson 1: Getting Started with WordPress
- How to install & log in to your WordPress website from your laptop using Xampp – or directly online, should it be hosted already
- Explore the WordPress Dashboard: Delete pages & change settings
- How to install your free Astra Theme for customised global settings as a base to start building your website
- How to install and activate a free Starter Template plugin, e.g Outdoor Adventure
- Choosing the Elementore Website Builder from your Starter template options and viewing your template from the front-end (your browser)
Lesson 2: Using the Elementor Website Builder
- Navigating Elementor and exploring all its features to enable you to use its various tools & main site builder functions
- Deleting a current free template & replacing it with a different one
- How to create a new web page from scratch (e.g, Demo Page)
- How to create your own customised WordPress Banners using stock images (e.g, Pexels) and size them using Adobe Photoshop
- How to customise your global style by editing the settings to take effect throughout your entire website
- Editing Global settings: Changing your fonts, colours & buttons
Lesson 3: Adding Elements: Submenu, Form & Footer
- How to add two or more menu items as a Submenu dropdown and then to edit its style, e.g background and link colours
- How to create a form and a Google map on the contact page
- How to add a Footer plugin to use throughout your website, and then you can add content & edit settings to your Footer page
- Practical Project 1: Creating a Home Page for a Coffee Shop website from scratch without using a Starter Template, but matching the design provided (images, files provided in the Resources Folder
- Practical Project 2: Creating a Home Page for a website of your choice
Lesson 4: Creating a full basic WordPress website
- How to create a customised Navigation Menu from scratch & add a new page, Gallery, as well as a WhatsApp Button
- Creating a home page Slider, Carousel and a pop-up Gallery to display a series of images.
- How would you create responsive elements for images by adding appropriate interactive/motion effects.
- Practical Project 3: Creating a full Coffee Shop website from scratch
- Adding a search engine optimisation (SEO) plugin and understanding & applying its basic functions
One-to-One expert training
“One-to-one is still the best training method to understanding how all the functions/tools of WordPress actually works”
– Calvin Dorman
