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WordPress Essentials Training Library

A Complete Library of WordPress Tutorials
Lifetime Access for One Low Price!

The WordPress training tutorials are grouped into eight modules of related lessons. Each lesson dives into a specific WordPress concept or skill. If you’re new to WordPress, start at the beginning and work through the course at your own pace. If you already know a thing or two about WordPress, you can quickly jump to any topic you need help with.

After you order WordPress Essentials For Busy People you’ll have immediate, lifetime access to the entire library of video lessons. It’s like taking a WordPress workshop without leaving your home or office.

Updated for WordPress 3.5!

Module 1: Getting Started with WordPress

A no-nonsense WordPress quick-start guide. By the time you’re through you’ll have WordPress up and running on your own web hosting account and you’ll be well on your way to creating professional looking websites.

Lessons:
  • WordPress.org vs. WordPress.com: Which one is right for you?
  • Finding a Web Host
  • Installing WordPress
  • Get To Know the WordPress Dashboard
  • Importing Content

Module 2: Creating Content with WordPress

What’s a beautiful looking website without great content? This module teaches you everything you need to know about getting your content into WordPress, with advice on how best to use posts and pages.

Lessons:
  • Posts vs. Pages
  • How to Write a Post
  • Manage and Edit Posts
  • How to Write a Page
  • Manage and Edit Pages
  • WordPress SEO
  • Create a Collection of Links

Module 3: Organizing WordPress Content

Learn how to organize your content so your visitors can easily find what they’re looking for. It just so happens that improving your site’s organization will also lead to better search engine rankings.

Lessons:
  • Categories vs. Tags
  • Using Categories
  • Using Tags
  • Creating Custom Menus

Module 4: Working with Media

WordPress isn’t just for words. You can use it to publish photos, video, and podcasts too. This module shows you how to add media with ease.

Lessons:
  • Add Videos to Your Posts
  • Add Photos and Create a Photo Gallery
  • Using the WordPress Media Library

Module 5: Customizing Your WordPress Site

What good is a professional looking website if it looks like every other WordPress website? These lessons will show you how to customize your theme and spruce up your site with widgets and plugins. By the time you’re done you’ll have set your site apart from the masses.

Lessons:
  • Using WordPress Themes
  • Customize Your Theme
  • How to Change Theme Fonts
  • Using Plugins
  • Using Widgets
  • Supercharge Your Site with Jetpack

Module 6: Getting Conversational

Learn how to facilitate conversations, moderate comments, and prevent comment SPAM.

Lessons:
  • Manage Comments
  • Stopping Comment SPAM

Module 7: WordPress Site Management

Whether you’re adding new users or upgrading WordPress, these lessons guide you through the essential maintenance steps that ensure your site remains happy and healthy.

Lessons:
  • WordPress Security Briefing
  • Upgrading WordPress
  • Import and Export WordPress Content
  • WordPress User Roles Explained
  • Managing WordPress Users
  • Create a WordPress Plugin Inventory
  • Preparing for a WordPress Disaster
  • WordPress Backups: BackupBuddy
  • WordPress Backups: VaultPress

Module 8: WordPress Settings

The WordPress settings screens can be downright intimidating. This series of lessons will help you tame your settings and fine tune your site.

Lessons:
  • General Settings
  • Writing Settings
  • Reading Settings
  • Discussion Settings
  • Media Settings
  • Permalink Settings

Module 9: Web Basics

This bonus module includes lessons designed to help the novice better understand how the web works. Technically these aren’t WordPress lessons, but rather lessons to help you make sense of the sometimes complicated technology you may encounter while building your website.

Lessons:
  • HTML Basics
  • CSS Basics
  • Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About IP Addresses
  • DNS: The Internet’s Phone Book
  • FTP Demystified
  • More on the way

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Testimonials

Thousands of busy people have learned WordPress from the WordPress Essential videos.

"This is a clear and concise video series. It takes the non-techy clearly from beginning to end. With a lot of training it seems to leave out major steps. This series is a must for anyone needing to work with blogs or full websites."
-- D. Miles

"I had no clue what to do and was going to hire someone for $600 to setup and customize my blog, and with your videos, I did everything I wanted in 1 hour. Thank You!!!!!!!!! :)"
— Maritza Parra

"Thank you for making this very informative video. I was pulling my hair out reading the WP forums and was about to throw the towel in. Thanks for explaining in a simple, straightforward manner. And it WORKS!!!"
-- Brad

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-- Steve Ferrante

"The best training on wordpress I have seen."
-- Doug Willis

"Just a BIG THANK YOU for taking the time to make all these videos explaining how to use WordPress. You have done a wonderful job, and they sure have helped me with my WordPress sites!"
-- Tom Bradshaw

"I learned lots and the videos are very professional and detailed."
-- Joaquin Kenyon

"I am just learning WordPress to make a new website. Your video was very well done and easy to understand. Thank you!"
-- Gary Jordan

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