Getting Your First WordPress Website Up in Under 24 Hours
The countdown is on. You have 24 hours to deliver a professional-looking website and you have no idea where to start. This course will give you the tools you need to get on track for your first site launch.
What you'll learn
Building a website can be a daunting and scary task, especially if you've never done it before. WordPress can help make that task easier, but even so, all the settings and terminology can be confusing. This course will strip WordPress down to the basics, showing you what you need to know to get up and running quickly without having to worry about what every single setting does.
Table of contents
- Introduction 3m
- WordPress at a Glance 6m
- What Do I Need?: Domain Name 8m
- What Do I Need?: Hosting 5m
- What Do I Need?: Server Requirements 3m
- What Do I Need?: WordPress 2m
- What Do I Need?: FTP Client 2m
- What Do I Need?: No Auto Installers! 2m
- Make a Plan 3m
- Installing WordPress 8m
- Sidequest: Installing WordPress Locally 8m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Chris Reynolds is a WordPress developer for WebDevStudios and has been a freelance web designer and developer specializing in WordPress since 2007. He has spoken at WordCamp Salt Lake City and WordPress SLC meetups, and has submitted plugins and themes to the WordPress.org repository. When he’s not writing code or making videos, he makes electronic music and cheers for Real Salt Lake.