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Basic Web Design: How to Use WordPress to Build Your Business Website

Learn how to build your small business website using WordPress.

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Basic Web Design: How to Use WordPress to Build Your Business Website

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  1. BASIC WEB DESIGN Create Your Own Website in Under 2 Hours

  2. Introduction: I’m Dana Williams. I will be teaching you how to build your own website using WordPress. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  3. Objectives: • Basic web design terminology • Web design best practices • Create a basic web site Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  4. What is WordPress: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach According to Wikipedia: WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and content management system (CMS).

  5. Why WordPress: More than 72 million websites have been created using WordPress. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  6. Web Design Prep: STEP ONE: Determine the purpose of your website. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  7. Create an Outline: STEP TWO: Create an outline for your site. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  8. Pages to Create: STEP THREE: Create content for each page. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach Home About Us Store/Sales Page Blog Contact Us

  9. Claim Your Free WordPress Site: STEP FOUR: Clam your free WordPress site. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  10. Select Your Web Address: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  11. Update Website Settings: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  12. Update Your Profile: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  13. Update Site’s Appearance: USE THE “SPECTRUM” THEME FOR THIS PROJECT Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  14. Customize Theme: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  15. Header vs No Header: Page with Header Page without Header Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  16. More Theme Options: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  17. Removing Content: Remove all WordPress content before adding your own. Remove the following: • Pages • Posts • Comments • Links • Widgets Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  18. Adding Your Pages: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  19. Adding Page Content: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  20. Adding Blog Content: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  21. Update Reading Settings: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  22. Test Your Site: View your website. Proofread and make any necessary changes. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  23. CONGRATULATIONS! You have just built your first website using WordPress. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  24. FINAL THOUGHTS Best Practices • Upgrade! Get your own domain name for more control of your site. • Blog regularly. • Add social plugins and widgets. Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

  25. Questions: Basic Web Design | Covenant Church IT Ministry Tech Training Outreach

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