Publisher's Synopsis
The New Way To Design Your Website With WordPress 2024 is a hands-on guide to teach you skills that will save you big designer/developer fees. WordPress is the world's most popular way to build websites. I will also introduce you to an amazing and popular web design tool called Elementor that will make creating your own website a breeze.
What exactly will you learn?- A content-rich Home page
- An About page with text and images
- A Contact page so people can reach you
- A Products page that displays your business offerings, both in text and supporting images
- A blog page (optional) - if you want one for your website
With this knowledge, you can build for yourself (with confidence!) any number of extra pages you want. Like a Testimonials page, a page for each of your services or products, a Team page, a Projects or Portfolio page to showcase your work, etc.
What should you already know?No prior technical knowledge is needed. There are many moving parts to building a site, though each one is easy in itself. WordPress was created for non-coders. It's drag-and-drop all the way! Elementor was created for non-designers. So, don't worry if you are not a web designer. You will need a desktop or laptop, though. PC or Mac is fine. You can't do this stuff on a phone.
Among the things you will master from the book
- Use special software to build a website on your own computer without buying online hosting space or a domain name
- Install WordPress
- Learn about Elementor plugin and its design capability
- Design the About page using text and images
- Find royalty-free images to freely use on your website
- Align text, choose fonts and colors
- Use the numerous screenshots throughout the book
- Access 36 SilentMoves help videos to follow clicks and moves without distracting audio
- Design site-wide header and footer (including logo placement)
- Create and stylize buttons
- Download dummy content and build right away without writing a single word
- Create testimonial sections
- Make columns for content side by side
- Insert background and foreground images (and the difference between them)
- Display a functional contact form for visitors to get in touch with you
- Create a content-rich Home page with various sections linking to inside pages
- Create a blog and format blog posts
- Add 'Follow' social media links
- Insert videos in your site to make a point
- Optimize images for use on the web (Hint: Hi-res images have to be compressed)
- Enable appointments on your site and connect with an external appointments app
- Buy domain name and hosting for your business
- Install plugins for site safety, site speed and site backups
- Test your finished online website for speed so it loads fast
- And much more!
This book teaches you how to build a pro website from scratch - specifically, a functional website for a small business (pharmaceutical firm). I believe the best way to learn site building is to create one for a specific use case. Rest assured, you don't have to be a pharma business to reap the benefits of the book! It is meant for any small business, solopreneur, consultant, blogger or professional.
Welcome to the exciting world of WordPress. Your new knowledge gained from this little book will result in a custom-built business website tailored to suit your needs. And hand-built by you.
