WordPress – Create and Manage Blogs and Websites

1 Creating websites with WordPress

• Approaching this course
• Designing websites with CMS
• Understanding how WordPress works
• Utilizing a design methodology

2 Setting up the local development environment

• Knowing the prerequisites for running WordPress
• Installing the Local by Flywheel environment
• Installing WordPress on your machine
• Localizing WordPress
• Exercise: Creating a new site in Local

3 Administering a WordPress site

• Logging into the administration interface
• Exploring the administration dashboard
• Using the toolbar
• Mastering the menu bar
• Managing administration display options
• Understanding the different administrative roles
• Managing main site settings
• Ensuring WordPress updates
• Understanding different content types
• Exercise: Administering a WordPress site

4 Using posts in WordPress

• Understanding the use of posts
• Utilizing categories
• Using tags
• Managing categories and tags
• Writing a new post
• Editing and deleting a post
• Managing post publishing
• Using the post editor interface
• Managing posts in the administration area
• Displaying posts in the administration area
• Customizing post permalinks
• Exercises 1, 2, and 3

5 Structuring with pages and menus

• Understanding the use of pages
• Utilizing site pages
• Understanding theme customization
• Designing a menu with pages
• Managing menu items
• Designing a hierarchical menu
• Understanding other menu elements
• Mastering the site’s homepage
• Exercise: Creating pages, placing them in a menu, and managing the homepage as a blog

6 Formatting content

• Organizing content with blocks
• Utilizing content blocks
• Adding Heading blocks
• Using the Paragraph block
• Adding lists and quotes
• Inserting links into content
• Inserting a table
• Displaying text in columns
• Using Separator and Spacer blocks
• Inserting a "Read More" link in a post
• Utilizing reusable blocks
• Exercises 1, 2, and 3

7 Using media

• Importing images into the media library
• Inserting an image into content
• Displaying an image gallery
• Inserting a background image for a post
• Wrapping text around an image
• Utilizing featured images
• Inserting a shared video
• Exercises 1, 2, 3, and 4

8 Managing comments

• Configuring comment settings
• Posting a comment as a visitor
• Moderating comments
• Managing comments in the administration area
• Exercise: Managing and using site comments

9 Administering the site with members

• Understanding member roles and permissions
• Customizing your user profile
• Adding new members
• Using the administration area according to roles
• Managing a post based on user roles
• Exercise: Managing users and their accounts

10 Using plugins

• Understanding the use of plugins
• Installing a plugin
• Configuring plugins
• Displaying a view counter
• Sharing on social media
• Managing plugins in the administration area
• Exercise: Installing and using a plugin to read PDFs

11 Displaying the site with a theme

• Understanding the purpose of themes
• Customizing the default classic theme
• Activating the default optimized theme
• Understanding page templates for optimized themes
• Customizing optimized theme blocks
• Managing themes
• Exercises 1 and 2

12 Migrating and backing up the site to a host

• Understanding the move from local to a web host
• Utilizing a migration plugin
• Purchasing a domain name and associated services
• Knowing the settings for installing WordPress with a web host
• Downloading WordPress to your local computer
• Uploading WordPress to your web host
• Installing WordPress with your web host
• Migrating the local site to the web host
• Logging into the administration area on the web host
• Securing the published site on the web host
• Backing up your website on the web host

13 Exercise solutions

14 Supplementary book

This module provides access to digital course materials.

WordPress – A CMS for creating and managing blogs and websites