Are you an author or blogger who struggles with the technical side of your website? Do you wish you could change the layout of your website but are afraid you’ll break it?
In “Wordpress for Beginners,” you’ll learn how to build a beautiful, functional website in WordPress. This course is designed just for authors or bloggers who have little to no technical experience, so you don’t need any prior knowledge. Your instructor, Barb Drozdowich, uses easy-to-follow directions with specific examples so you’ll be able to get started on your website right away.
Barb is an author and consultant who has been making WordPress accessible to beginners for more than 5 years. She has published 18 books on a variety of techy topics, including 7 about software and technology. She teaches several online courses and has 50+ YouTube videos, all focusing on making technology easier for beginners to understand.
When you sign up for “Wordpress for Beginners,” you’ll get immediate access to more than 8 hours of content covering topics such as:
- Choosing a hosting company and get your website going
- Understanding the basics of WordPress: logging in, layouts, settings, etc.
- Using themes and plugins
- Protecting your site from hackers and spammers
- Making sure your website looks great on any browser or phone
- Backing up your website
Once you have the basics down, there are even a few advanced topics to build upon what you’ve learned, like using Google Analytics to track your content performance and setting up search engine optimization (SEO).
If you are an author or blogger looking to build a brand-new website or enhance the one you already have, don’t let your lack of confidence stop you. Sign up and get started on that shiny new site today!
Well, thank you for the terminology help. Wow. Just that alone has been enlightening. Great, that’s what I think.
PJ
Very thorough course.
Mark S
Course Reviews
WordPress for Beginners
Anne R. Allen
WordPress Dot Com
As a WordPress.com blog rookie, I found this course extremely helpful. I appreciated that the instructor has a calm, collected, simple approach and explains things step by step. Too many online course instructors race through their material and talk in a chatty-Kathy 100 mph style. I can’t keep up with those. But I can keep up with Barb ! Good stuff. This is actually once where I feel like I got my money’s worth on a course and didn’t get ripped off.
Rex Baker
Mailerlite for Beginners
I haven’t gone through the full course yet, but it has already helped immensely. I came into this with absolutely no knowledge of how to work with Mailerlite or any service, and a fear that I wasn’t going to be able to do this on my own. I had a healthy amount of signups from a promotion and no idea of what to do with them. After watching about a third of the course I’ve already sent out my first newsletter and segmented my list. Barb starts at the beginning and makes it truly easy. This was just what i needed.
Peter Thompson
WordPress Dot Com
So far so good! I think we are about to begin the part that I have difficulty understanding and have gone round and round trying to figure out. Thank you so far!
Kerry Cormier
Mailerlite for Beginners
Great pace and detail. Thanks!
Lorraine Taylor
The Author’s Guide to Goodreads
The teacher presents her information in a very organized manner.
Kris Ballard
How to Self Publish a Book
Eric Uriarte
How to Self Publish a Book
Great Ideas! I enjoy your perspective, and easy to understand presentation.
Jeromy Peterson
Mailerlite for Beginners
I really like this course! I loved all the information about the admin functions! So many courses skip over areas like that, but there are items in admin that I need to know!
Suzanne Griffin
Mailerlite for Beginners
Barb makes everything simple and is easy to listen to.
Jennifer Shell
Mailerlite for Beginners
succinct and knowledgeable
Marik Berghs
Mailerlite for Beginners
Thus far, I feel the course if informative. I like how she laid the groundwork of the legalities first. That has been a mystery for me.