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

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