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