The Secret Weapon For Your Company's WordPress Website

Section 1: Course Introduction Lecture 1 01:41

Just a quick overview of the course - pretty self explanatory. Thanks for purchasing this course! I hope you learn some valuable skills and fun while you are doing it!

Section 2: Creating/Editing Posts and Pages Lecture 2 01:25

Obviously, logging in to your website is the first step in editing your WordPress website.

Lecture 3 13:56

A quick introduction to the Content Editor.

Lecture 4 08:02

Creating Posts will populate your blog section and keep content on your WordPress website fresh.

Lecture 5 02:08

There are a number of different Post formats that you can use, but it's best to stick with the "Standard."

Lecture 6 05:13

You can password protect a Post or set it to Private if you have sensitive information or would like to just share with specific individuals.

Lecture 7 03:54

If you create several blog posts in one sitting, scheduling them to go out at different times can make you more productive.

Lecture 8 03:19

Pasting text from Microsoft Word or a Text Editor sometimes creates issues.

Lecture 9 06:39

Excerpts are featured "snippets" of your blog postings, while Featured Images are the prominent images used in the blog posting.

Lecture 10 05:04

Categories assist your viewers in filtering content on your WordPress website by only displaying specific categories.

Lecture 11 04:27

Tags further assist your viewers in filtering content on your WordPress website by showing only relevant content. Tags are more specific than Categories and act much like "keywords."

Lecture 12 02:28

I'll show you how to add text links and how to create email links.

Lecture 13 01:35

Creating Pages in WordPress is much like creating Posts.

Section 3: Working With Media Lecture 14 04:05

We upload images and do some basic image editing.

Lecture 15 06:39

Creating galleries is a matter of uploading a few images and setting some parameters.

Lecture 16 03:39

We cover embedding YouTube code and manipulating that code in order to make your video "responsive."

Lecture 17

Uploading and Linking to PDFs and DOCs

05:26Section 4: Basic Site Maintenance Lecture 18 05:07 Lecture 19 06:36 Lecture 20 05:04 Lecture 21

Contact Forms - Contact Form 7

15:18Section 5: Assigning/Managing User Roles Lecture 22 04:39

When you have a number of contributors to your WordPress website, assigning roles makes things much easier.

Lecture 23 01:50

The Administrator Role is the highest-level role in managing your site. Be careful with this one!

Lecture 24 01:30

The Editor Role allows you to publish and edit posts and pages. You can also manage users.

Lecture 25 02:00

If you are an Editor or Administrator of your WordPress website you will want this plug-in.

Lecture 26 01:25

The Author Role can publish and edit only their own posts.

Lecture 27 01:24

The Contributor can only submit posts for review by an Editor or Administrator.

Lecture 28 02:10

The Subscriber Role is the most limited of roles. They can only edit their profile and comment on posts.

Lecture 29 01:40

It's important to create a strong password and I share with you some fun ideas in creating one.

Section 6: Recommended Plug-Ins Lecture 30 04:56

You don't want to lose all of your hard work, so it's important to back up your site.

Lecture 31 03:40

It's important that your site loads quickly. This plug-in will assist with that.

Lecture 32 04:31

Akismet is a great plug-in for filtering/stopping SPAM comments on your website.

Lecture 33 02:44

If you want a plug-in that disables comments on your WordPress website, this plug-in accomplishes just that.

Lecture 34 05:05

This is probably the most widely-used plug-in in my toolbox.

Lecture 35 04:30

This plug-in is used most often as a work-around for a top-level navigation point that might not have any content.

Lecture 36 05:36

Related Posts are a great way to increase user-engagement and add interest to your site.

Lecture 37 03:32

FooBox is a free plug-in (premium version also available) that makes your images "pop-up" in a "lightbox"

Lecture 38 03:52

FooGallery is a fun plug-in that creates some awesome galleries.

Section 7: Basic SEO Practices Lecture 39 08:59

This plug-in almost guarantees that your site will be found for your particular keywords and can really help when creating page content.

Lecture 40 03:32 Lecture 41 05:06

Site Titles and Page Titles are important aspects of SEO. Just make sure your content reflects that.

Section 8: Getting More Out of Your Site Lecture 42 04:01 Lecture 44 05:28 Lecture 46 07:24

Here's how to accept payments on your website with PayPal.

Section 9: Common Issues/Questions Lecture 48 11:20

I walk you through my process of page structuring, creating a page.

Lecture 49 02:30

Your site may appear a little differently because it might use a "Page Builder" feature.

Lecture 50 02:50

I often get asked why some images aren't displayed on a clients' blogpost. Have you checked your Featured Image setting?

Lecture 51 02:45

WordPress has a pretty good "Roll Back" feature if you find yourself in a bind.

Section 10: Conclusion Lecture 52 00:56

Please feel free to leave concerns, questions or issues in the discussion or head over to the Private Facebook Group.

Lecture 53 03:56

It's OK to update Plug-Ins, but check with your web designer before updating your version of WordPress.

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