WordPress Basics for Authors Writers

WordPress Basics for Authors & Writers, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.67, with 59 lectures, based on 6 reviews, and has 31 subscribers.

You will learn about WordPress basics Website Design Website Maintenance Choosing Plugins & Best Practices Using Page Builders to Make the Design Process Easier Methods to Attract Your Ideal Readers to Your Site This course is ideal for individuals who are Authors or Fiction Authors or Writers or Bloggers It is particularly useful for Authors or Fiction Authors or Writers or Bloggers.

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Summary

Title: WordPress Basics for Authors & Writers

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.67

Number of Lectures: 59

Number of Published Lectures: 59

Number of Curriculum Items: 59

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 59

Original Price: $29.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

WordPress basics

Website Design

Website Maintenance

Choosing Plugins & Best Practices

Using Page Builders to Make the Design Process Easier

Methods to Attract Your Ideal Readers to Your Site

Who Should Attend

Authors

Fiction Authors

Writers

Bloggers

Target Audiences

Authors

Fiction Authors

Writers

Bloggers

Your author website is the primary place where your ideal readers can find out more information about your books, plus they can learn more about you. It’s your home on the Internetand a great place for you to connect and engage with followers. This course, WordPress Basics for Authors & Writers, walks you through how to set up your author website on WordPress. Not only do you learn WordPress basics, but you’ll also gain an understanding of what makes your website work for you. I’ve also included the essential things that you must have on your site.

If you’re ready to start your author career or you’ve already started and you just need a hub for people to find out more about your books, then join me in class.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course Introduction

Chapter 2: Planning Your Author Website

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: How to Plan Out Your Dream Website

Lecture 3: Market Research

Lecture 4: Author Website Best Practices

Lecture 5: Your Home Page

Lecture 6: Your Books Page

Lecture 7: Your About Page

Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Self-Hosted WordPress Website

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: Choosing & Purchasing Your Domain Name

Lecture 3: Choosing Your Hosting Company

Lecture 4: Adding WordPress

Lecture 5: Optional: Add a Coming Soon Page

Chapter 4: Start Creating Your Site

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: First Steps to Setting Up Your WordPress Site

Lecture 3: Adding New Users

Lecture 4: Theme Recommendations

Lecture 5: Basic Theme Customizations

Lecture 6: How to Add Your Pages

Lecture 7: Add Your Pages to the Menu

Lecture 8: Basics of Designing Your Pages

Lecture 9: Adding Photos & Videos to Pages

Lecture 10: Optimizing Your Images

Lecture 11: Adding Links to Your Pages & Posts

Lecture 12: Embedding Audio on Your WordPress Website

Lecture 13: Recommended Plugins for Your Site

Lecture 14: Plugin Best Practices

Lecture 15: Creating Your Google Analytics Account & Installing Monster Insights

Chapter 5: Using Page Builders

Lecture 1: Installing the Free Version of Beaver Builder

Lecture 2: Basics of the Free Version of Beaver Builder

Lecture 3: Beaver Builder – Adding Buttons

Lecture 4: Beaver Builder – Adding Headers

Lecture 5: Beaver Builder – Adding a Section Separator

Lecture 6: Beaver Builder – Adding Icons for Social Media Links

Lecture 7: Beaver Builder – Adding A Recent Post Section

Chapter 6: Setting Up Your Blog

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: First Steps to Setting Up Your Blog

Lecture 3: Adding Categories & Tags

Lecture 4: Plugins Recommended for Your Blog

Lecture 5: To Sidebar or Not to Sidebar

Lecture 6: Setting Up Your Sidebar

Lecture 7: Basic Styling for Blog Posts

Lecture 8: Plugins for SEO

Chapter 7: Setting Up Your Email Newsletter & Collecting Email Addresses

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: Legal Information When Collecting Email Addresses

Lecture 3: Privacy Policy Settings

Lecture 4: Privacy Policy & Terms Page

Lecture 5: Cookie Consent Plugin

Lecture 6: Your Email Marketing Provider: Mailer Lite

Lecture 7: Exploring Other Email Marketing Providers

Lecture 8: Creating a Form in Mailer Lite

Lecture 9: Getting the HTML for Your Email Form

Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Site On An Ongoing Basis

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: Plugin Maintenance

Lecture 3: Updating WordPress

Lecture 4: Basics of Maintaining Your Site

Lecture 5: Backing Up Your WordPress Website

Chapter 9: Marketing Your WordPress Website

Lecture 1: Section Introduction

Lecture 2: 3 Main Methods to Market Your Author Website

Instructors

Amanda Creek
Online Instructor

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