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WordPress Course for Beginners
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This course will show you how to install WordPress on your computer and navigate the dashboard. In addition, you will create pages and posts. You will learn about categories and tags as well as plugins and themes. By the end of the course, you will be able to create a responsive website and understand the main features of WordPress.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
Advanced WordPress Course
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This course will teach you how to build an e-commerce site. It includes creating events, booking and membership sites, building a unique theme, and choosing the right marketing tools for your needs.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Advanced
Become an Advanced WordPress Developer
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This course includes building advanced WordPress themes, exploring advanced plugin development, and building web applications with the WordPress REST API.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Advanced
Creating Advanced Web Design Layouts With WordPress
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The instructor in this video creates a homepage from scratch in WordPress. He works with advanced design/layout features without using Photoshop. Topics included: emphasizing sections, layout tricks and mobile design.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Advanced
Customizing the WordPress 2020 Theme
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This video concerns customizing the theme of your website. This is the most important concept in WordPress as it is what your audience sees. Topics include: updating/publishing themes, selecting a logo, and background colors and images.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
How to Make a WordPress Website
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This video starts off with getting a domain, getting a host and installing WordPress onto your website. Topics include: the WordPress toolbar, the dashboard, page builders, plugins, uploading files, animation, adding images and videos, and working with forms.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Intermediate WordPress
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This course teaches you how to optimize your site and make it more dynamic. You'll learn how to use CSS to work with your site's appearance. You'll also glimpse the important world of WordPress plugins and learn how to add/manage them.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
Professional WordPress Design and Development
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This book is full of examples of the latest tools and features. You will understand WordPress as an application framework along with the usage and functionality from a developer's point of view. You will also learn about migrating sites to WordPress and about best practices
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Teach Yourself WordPress Visually
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This very visual guide includes setup and creation processes, step by step, including tricks along the way. It will teach you to get the most out of WordPress, from basic setup to more advanced mobile features.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
WordPress Intermediate Skills course
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This course covers child themes, redirects, speeding up your website, templates, and design topics such as dynamic widgets, Google maps, users, roles, and autoresponders.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
WordPress Plugin Development
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This book describes how to write plugins for WordPress sites. It goes into the framework and coding standards that are involved in creating the plugin. Included are dashboards, settings, menus and other programming interfaces. Security, performance, and validation are also included.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
WordPress Quick Start Guide
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This site will show you how to register with WordPress and set up a profile. It describes how to choose and customize a theme, create a menu, and publish a post or a page. Finally, it gives advice on connecting people to your website and finding posts like your own.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
WordPress Search Engine Optimization
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In this book, you will find out how search engines rank sites and how to optimize your site. Also included are tips to gain more visitors to your site, including the search phrases that are often used, and common search engine optimization mistakes to avoid.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Advanced
WordPress Tutorial
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This 40-minute video covers concepts such as obtaining a domain/web host, choosing themes, creating/editing posts, creating/editing pages, creating menus, adding widgets, customizing appearance, importing WordPress themes, changing layouts, managing WordPress security, and adding plugins.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
WordPress Web Design
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This book reviews web hosting and domains. Then, topics include: installing a theme, plugins, adding pages, adding images, adding a footer, and adjusting home page icons. There is also a section with resources for web designing.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
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