Computer Science: WordPress
with: Brenton Strine

Brenton Strine teaches Educator's WordPress course utilizing his expertise building websites and blogs for a wide variety of clientele since the 1990's. This course is perfect for both beginner web developers with no prior programming knowledge, as well as seasoned veterans. Brenton begins with installing and setting up Wordpress to choosing custom themes and plugins. He then moves into creating posts, adding media, and getting help from the vibrant WordPress community. More advanced topics include modifying themes and search engine optimization (SEO) of websites. After the course, the user will be able to create beautiful, functional, and fully customizable websites in minutes.

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I. Wordpress
	Creating a WordPress Blog			12:20
		Intro		0:00
		Introduction to WordPress		0:39
			Example Blog 1	0:55
			Example Blog 2	2:22
			Using Your Own Domain: WordPress.Org	4:14
		Example: Setting Up Your Blog		6:49
			Creating a WordPress Account	7:00
			Dashboard & Home Page	8:24
			Add New Post	10:06
			Change Themes & General Settings	10:50
	Installing WordPress on Your Own Domain			11:54
		Intro		0:00
		Installing WordPress on Your Own Domain		0:53
			Example Websites with Own Domains	1:06
			Downloading & Installing WordPress	3:38
			cPanel	5:33
			FileZilla	7:03
			Installed WordPress Login	9:00
			WordPress on Your Own Domains	9:41
	Using WordPress			16:04
		Intro		0:00
		Using WordPress		0:26
			Dashboard	0:27
			Posts	1:49
			Pages: Add New Page & Edit Page	2:58
			Media	3:52
			Links	4:24
			Comments	6:18
			Appearances: Theme	6:40
			Appearances: Widgets	7:40
			Appearances: Edit CSS	9:33
			Users: Invites, My Profile, Personal Setting	11:21
			Tools: Import, Export, Delete Site	12:15
			General Settings	13:20
			Writing Settings	14:04
			Reading Settings	14:23
			Discussion, Media, Privacy, Open ID, Text Messaging, Sharing, and Domain	14:42
			Upgrades	15:04
	WordPress Themes			13:51
		Intro		0:00
		WordPress Themes		0:05
			Free Themes Directory	0:40
			Download, Preview, and Install Themes	1:56
			Searching for Themes on Google	4:26
			Manage & Install Themes	5:28
			Edit Themes	9:50
	Posts and Pages			23:06
		Intro		0:00
		Posts and Pages		0:42
			Posts and Pages Overview	0:43
			Blog vs. Regular Website	1:38
		Posts		3:53
			Introduction to Posts	3:54
			Edit Post	5:12
		Pages		8:50
			Introduction to Page	8:51
			Creating a New Page	9:48
			Permakink Settings	10:23
			Trackbacks and Pingbacks	15:07
		Posts Cont.		17:33
			Categories	17:34
			Post Tags	18:48
			Theme Specific Characteristics	19:40
			Featured Image	21:16
			Revisions	21:49
			Upload and Insert Media to Posts and Pages	22:17
	WordPress Plugins			16:43
		Intro		0:00
		WordPress Plugins		0:17
			Introduction to Plugins	0:18
		Statistic Plugins		0:48
			Searching for and Adding Plugins	0:49
			Google Analytics	1:26
			Sticky Statistic	2:14
		Comments Plugins		3:52
			Facebook Comments for WordPress	4:31
			Sociable for WordPress 3.0	5:36
		Image Gallery Plugins		7:03
			NextGen Gallery	7:35
		Importing and Exporting Blogs Plugins		10:56
			Importing and Exporting Blogs	10:57
	Adding Media to WordPress			14:50
		Intro		0:00
		Adding Media to WordPress		0:10
			Introduction to Adding Media	0:11
			Adding Images From URL	1:05
			Adding Images From Computer	4:17
			Adding Images From Media Library	6:53
			Adding Videos	7:35
			Adding PDF	12:13
	Getting Help from the WordPress Community			16:45
		Intro		0:00
		WordPress.Org		0:42
			Showcase	1:25
			Docs: Getting Started and Working with WordPress	2:39
			Docs: Search	7:03
			Forums: Search for Related Questions	8:15
			Forums: Asking Question in the How-To and Troubleshooting	10:50
			Troubleshooting Error Message on Google	13:58
	Creating and Customizing Themes			17:06
		Intro		0:00
		Creating and Customizing Themes		0:22
			Introduction to Editing Themes	0:23
			Example: Edit Header	2:17
			Example: Edit Stylesheet	9:15
			Creating & Editing New Themes	10:12
			Interworking of WordPress	13:58
			WordPress Programming	15:30
	Search Engine Optimization (SEO)			19:18
		Intro		0:00
		Valuable Website		1:23
			Introduction to SEO	1:24
			External Links: Trackback and Pingbacks	4:19
			Internal Links	5:49
			Generating Keywords	7:40
			Generating Keywords in General Settings	11:43
			Proper Semantic Use of Tags and HTML	13:26
			SEO Optimization Plugins	16:56