Building A Small Business Website With WordPress

By: Carrie Dils

Released: July 11, 2019

Level: Beginner

Duration: 1h 17m

Description

Build a professional website for your small business with WordPress. Anyone can build a business’s presence online with the themes, plugins, and built-in functionality offered by WordPress. In this course, Carrie Dils shows how to create a website complete with a contact form, social sharing buttons, a blog, and a custom homepage. She teaches you how to think about your requirements in a smart way, and then walks through every step in the process: from site planning and finding the right plugins, to installing a new theme and customizing the appearance of your site to match your brand. Plus, get tips for prepping and sharing your site with the world—and implementing the security you need to keep it safe.

Contents

(29 Videos)

• Introduction
• 1. Preparing to Build a Small Business Website
• 2. Adding Key Content 3. Select and Configure a Theme
• 4. Extend Functionality with Plugins
• 5. Going Live
• Conclusion

About Author

Carrie Dils is a WordPress-loving freelance developer.

Carrie has been helping businesses craft online identities since 1998 and enjoys creating sites that look great on the outside and work well on the inside. The daughter of an educator and computer scientist, Carrie is always about the business of learning more and teaching others as she goes. She blogs regularly about WordPress and the business of freelancing at carriedils.com. When she’s not behind a computer, she’s likely reading a book, running after her dogs, or taking an absurdly long walk.