WordPress and the Divi Theme- Create your first website

WordPress and the Divi Theme: Create your first website, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 4.2, with 45 lectures, based on 11 reviews, and has 67 subscribers.

You will learn about Create and Publish a WordPress website using the Divi Theme and Page Builder Manage content in a WordPress website using the Divi Builder Use the Divi Theme page builder to design pages Feel confident around WordPress and the Divi Theme Feel capable of creating pages with the Divi Theme and page builder This course is ideal for individuals who are WordPress beginners that want to experience the website creation process from start to finish or Content Creators who want to build their first website/blog or Hobbyists that want to create websites for their interests or Freelancers who want to learn how to use the Divi Theme It is particularly useful for WordPress beginners that want to experience the website creation process from start to finish or Content Creators who want to build their first website/blog or Hobbyists that want to create websites for their interests or Freelancers who want to learn how to use the Divi Theme.

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Summary

Title: WordPress and the Divi Theme: Create your first website

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 4.2

Number of Lectures: 45

Number of Published Lectures: 44

Number of Curriculum Items: 45

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 44

Original Price: $39.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Create and Publish a WordPress website using the Divi Theme and Page Builder

Manage content in a WordPress website using the Divi Builder

Use the Divi Theme page builder to design pages

Feel confident around WordPress and the Divi Theme

Feel capable of creating pages with the Divi Theme and page builder

Who Should Attend

WordPress beginners that want to experience the website creation process from start to finish

Content Creators who want to build their first website/blog

Hobbyists that want to create websites for their interests

Freelancers who want to learn how to use the Divi Theme

Target Audiences

WordPress beginners that want to experience the website creation process from start to finish

Content Creators who want to build their first website/blog

Hobbyists that want to create websites for their interests

Freelancers who want to learn how to use the Divi Theme

In this course you will learn, in easy steps to follow, how to create and build your first website with WordPress and the Divi Theme. You will follow a design in Figma and use the Divi theme and page builder to build an about page, a contact page and the homepage. We’ll go through how to setup your site online after its built so you can share it with friends and family.

IMPORTANT: You will need a valid subscription to the Divi Theme to follow along with this course.

Course Goals

-Teach the basics of creating and publishing a WordPress site with the Divi Theme

-Teach about design and development of a WordPress site with the Divi Builder

-Teach the experience of creating a website “from start to finish”

At the end of the course students will be able to:

Do the following:

-Create and Publish a WordPress website

-Manage content in a WordPress website with the Divi Builder

-Use the Divi Theme and page builder to design pages in WordPress

Know the Following:

-How to create WordPress sites locally in their computer

-How to create a homepage and inner pages with the Divi Theme and page builder

-How to publish their website online

Plus, you will:

-Feel more confident around WordPress

-Feel capable of creating pages with the Divi Theme builder.

WordPress and Divi are an incredible pair! Don′t wait another minute to begin learning these amazing tools!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1: Welcome to the Course

Lecture 2: About WordPress and the Divi Theme

Lecture 3: Demo Website for the Course

Chapter 2: Setup & Install WordPress on your computer

Lecture 1: Why work on your computer?

Lecture 2: Setup Local in your computer

Lecture 3: Create your first site with Local

Chapter 3: Setting up the Divi Theme

Lecture 1: Installing the Divi theme

Lecture 2: Importing a pre-made Divi Layout

Lecture 3: A Tour of the Visual builder

Lecture 4: Making a “Coming Soon” page

Lecture 5: Assignment 1: Make your second WordPress site in Local

Chapter 4: Development – Site Header & Footer

Lecture 1: Viewing the design in Figma

Lecture 2: Developing a custom header with the Divi Builder

Lecture 3: Developing a custom footer with the Divi Builder

Lecture 4: Adding an Instagram section to your footer

Lecture 5: Assignment 2: Create 3 blog posts with a Featured Image each

Lecture 6: Assignment 3: Create a custom header and footer in your test site

Chapter 5: Development – About Page

Lecture 1: Creating the hero section of the page

Lecture 2: Adding titles and content to the page

Lecture 3: Adding a sidebar and widgets to the about page

Lecture 4: Assignment 4: Adding widgets to your sidebar

Chapter 6: Development – Contact Page

Lecture 1: Creating and using forms in Divi

Lecture 2: Using the Email Optin module in Divi

Lecture 3: Assignment 5: Connect your Email Optin form to your email provider

Chapter 7: Development – The Home Page

Lecture 1: Adding and configuring a Post slider with Divi

Lecture 2: Using the Blog module to add your posts

Lecture 3: Creating a sidebar with widgets

Lecture 4: Using free plugins to add functionality to your site

Lecture 5: Assignment 6: Research plugins & add email optin to sidebar

Chapter 8: Level Up (Optional)

Lecture 1: Changing the hovers on the social media icons

Lecture 2: About CSS and Divi

Lecture 3: Making the date in recent posts a different color

Lecture 4: Formatting the read more button in the homepage

Lecture 5: Adapting your designs to mobile & tablet view

Chapter 9: Publishing your site online

Lecture 1: Testing your site before publication

Lecture 2: What you need to have a website in the internet

Lecture 3: Getting a domain name with Namecheap

Lecture 4: Getting web hosting with Dreamhost

Lecture 5: Preparing your hosting for migration

Lecture 6: Migrating your site with WPVivid

Lecture 7: Assignment 7: Test site & Share your site with friends and family!

Chapter 10: Conclusion & What’s Next

Lecture 1: Course summary

Lecture 2: What’s Next

Lecture 3: Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Sol Barrera Watters
WordPress Professional and Educator

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