WordPress Tutorials – Pre-Workshop

Setting Up Your Domain and Hosting

How to Register a Domain Name

Click for Video Tutorial. This videos shows you step-by-step how to search for domain names and register them using GoDaddy.  You will also get some valuable tips on how to get the perfect domain name.

Registering Your Web Hosting Account

Click for Video Tutorial. Web hosting is the lifeblood of any WordPress blog.  In this video you’ll discover the basics of web hosting and how to choose the correct web hosting plan among the hundreds of junk offers out there.

Associating Your Web Hosting Account with Your Domain Name

Click for Video Tutorial. Once you have registered your domain name and hosting account, you have to link or Associate the two to each other so that when you enter you Domain Name in your browser.

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 1

Preparing Your WorkSpace

Installing WordPress

You’ll discover how you can get your new WordPress blog up and running with just a few mouse clicks.

How To Upgrade WordPress Automatically Using The Dashboard

Every time a new version of WordPress is released, you need to go through all the hassle of updating all your blogs.   I reveal how you can update your WP blogs automatically at the click of a button.

SETTING UP

General

• Basic site configuration

Writing

• Basic setting that control what happens when you Write a Post or a Page

Reading

• Basic Settings That control the site visitors experience.

Discussion

• Basic setting to control comments and permissions

Media

• Basic settings to control your media files, such as photos, music, video and documents.

Privacy

• Controls your site visibility on the internet

Permalinks

• By default, WordPress uses what’s known as a permalink structure that isn’t too SEO-friendly.  I will show you how to change your permalinks to a better format that is Search Engine friendly and help increase Page Rank.

Categories and Tags

• Categories help visitors to your site find what they need to find.  By putting our posts into different categories, site visitors can select to view content that is relevant to what it is they are looking for.

• Tags will assist greatly when searching for content based on keywords.

How to Customize Your WordPress Dashboard

Did you know you can move all WordPress components around and arrange them according to your preference? I show you exactly how easy it is to customize your WordPress dashboard.

How To Clean Up A New WordPress Blog

A brand new WordPress blog has a fair amount of “junk” in it, which includes fake posts, comments, and useless links. I’ll show you exactly what you need to clean up before you start using your blog.

Controlling Spam in WordPress – Using The Akismet Spam Plugin

A side effect of the success of WordPress is that it is an easy target for Spammers.  (SPAM: unsolicited and unwanted comments and emails). Right from your very first blog post, you’ll get obnoxious spam that is not only annoying, but potentially embarrassing! I show you how to activate and use the Akismet plugin, as well as some simple tweaks you can make to automatically block 99% of SPAM..

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 2

Creating Your First Posts and Pages

How to Create New Posts in WordPress

Discover how you can add new content to WordPress, how to use the built-in WYSIWYG editor to format your content, and how to publish your content.

• I will show you how to Stick certain Posts to the front page.

• I also reveal how to automate your content using the “Publish” feature – a great tip you can use!

How to Create New Pages in WordPress

Discover how you can create new pages in WordPress, which are separate from your regular blog content. I’ll show you how easy this is to do, and how to change the order of your pages as well..

I will show you how to How to Password Protect Pages.

How to Upload, Edit and Format Images in WordPress

A picture speaks a thousands words indeed!   I reveal how to upload images to WordPress and access them using the built-in WYSIWYG editor. I also reveal how to format pictures, use captions, and much more.

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 3

Themes – Styling the look and feel of your website

Twenty Ten – Editing the Default Theme

When you first install WordPress it comes pre-loaded with it’s own inbuilt Theme called “Twenety Ten”.  This is a highly versitile Theme and can actually suit most bloggers needs.  It is editable, even by non-techies and you can change much of the look and feel of this Theme.  I will show you how.

How to Upload and Install Themes Manually

Make your blog shine with WordPress themes!  There are literally thousands of free themes you can download and use to spice up an otherwise dull-looking blog.  I reveal exactly how to download themes, unpack them, upload and activate them easily..

How to Install WordPress Themes Automatically

With WordPress you can easily search for and install themes directly from the WordPress dashboard. I will show you how to do it, set-by-step.

How to find the Right Theme

Many people will want to change the look and feel of their site to better reflect the purpose of your site.  In the examples above we have accessed the WordPress.org directory, however, if you do not find what you are looking for there I will show you how to quickly and easily find the Theme you want

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 4

Plugins – Adding functionality to your website

How To Install Plugins Automatically

Plugins add important functionality to your WordPress blog. I show you how to find the plugin you want and how to install it automatically without touching an FTP program..

How to Upgrade & Delete Plugins Automatically

Sick and tired of having to update your WordPress plugins?  I’ll show you how to update them automatically in WordPress with just a few clicks of your mouse.

How to Upload and Install Plugins Manually

The good old way of adding and activating plugins on your blog, and still important to master because not every WordPress plugin can be installed automatically. Avoid making silly mistakes with this clear, informational step-by-step video..

How to Use WordPress Widgets in The Sidebar

WordPress widgets add even more cool features and functionality to your blog’s sidebar. In less than 4 minutes, I’ll reveal everything you’ve ever wanted to know about using widgets on your blog..

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 5

Working With Images And Photo Galleries

Advanced Photo Editing

Learn how to add photo effects, Captions and more.

Photo Galleries

Learn how to easily integrate Photo Albums, Slideshows and Photo Galleries into your pages.

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 6

Building Your Site

How to Create a Static Front Page in WordPress

By default, WordPress will display you Blog Page when a person first comes to your site.  If you want to make WordPress look more like a static page or a sophisticated website it is really easy? I will show you how.

How to Create A Contact Form in WordPress

You will in all probability want your site visitors to contact you in some way.  We will help you create easy, SPAM Protected contact forms.

How To Create an Image Gallery / Photo Page

OK, static photos are nice, however, you may wish to display whole albums of photos.  We will show you how to do this easily with just a few mouse clicks.

How to Create a Testimonials Page / Sidebar

How can your site visitors trust you?  Recommendations from past and current customers, that’s how.

We will show you how to display your testimonials in a stylish way, either in your pages or in your sidebar.

Adding YouTube Videos

Videos are a great way to keep visitors on your site.  Learn how to put your favourite videos from YouTube directly on your site.

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 7

Introduction to SEO

Keywords

• Using Google
• Google Keyword Tools for Keyword Research

Using The WordPress SEO Pack for WordPress

The WordPress SEO Plugin is perhaps, in my opinion, the best and most complete solution to your SEO needs!

Link Building

Backlinks are the most important aspect of Search Engine Optimization. The more links you have to your site, the better off you are in terms of search engine rankings.

But what types of links can you build, and how do they work?

Optimizing Content

Using Tags and Categories and keywords to help rank better in search engine results.

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 8

Building Your Client List

Auto Responders

What are they?  Everything explained.  We will compare the main service providers out there, both Premium and Free service providers.

Setting Up Your First Message

What do I say???  All demystified.

Scheduling Emails

When a visitor signs up to your email you may want messages sent secquentially., i.e., Immediately after signup to say thanks you, One Day After Sign Up to check got message OK, More content a week later etc.

Mail Shots

Every Now and then you may want to send a Once Off mail to all your mailing list clients

Campaigns and Sales Funnels

Use your mailing list to control what content you are sending to whom.  Some visitors may be interested in some aspects, while others are only interested in different things.  By creating different campaigns people only see what they want to see and are not being Spammed by too much unwanted content.

RSS Subscriptions

Allow site visitors receive email notifications of site updates.

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 9

Plugiin Favouites

What Plugins Should I be Using?

Content for this module is student driven.  Every site needs different solutions.  We will explore your site needs and find the right functionality for you!

WordPress Tutorials – Lesson 10

Making Money from Your Site

Setting Up A PayPal Account

Before you can accept online payments you must have a payment processing service.  PayPal is the world’s best  known and trusted solution.  We will go step-by-step through how to set up your own PayPal account so that you can start receiving money immediately.

Selling Your Own Products

Are you selling your own products directly from your website?  We will show you how to set up a Shopping Cart System.

Quick Start Guide to Google AdSense

Google AdSense is one of the most popular ways to make money online from blogs – especially using WordPress blogs!

We will look at the most important things a beginner needs to know about Google AdSense, as well as how to create a new account.

Setting Up and Using New Adsense Ads

This video reveals how to create your first AdSense ad, including how to create channels, customize ad appearance, and save ads to your account.

Finally it shows how to copy and paste the codes into a WordPress blog using “posts”, “pages” and also in the sidebar.

Quick Start Guide to ClickBank

ClickBank is the world’s largest digital products marketplace, where you can buy and promote anything from e-books to memberships and even website templates.

In this video we explain everything a beginner needs to understand about how ClickBank works.

How to Create and Use a ClickBank Hoplink

Want to promote ClickBank products and make up to 75% in commissions?

We reveal how easy it is to find profitable products to promote, then how to create your own unique “HopLink” and finally how to insert it into the content of your WordPress blog.

How to Use The ClickBank HopAd Builder

Did you know you can create automatically-updating ClickBank ads – known as “HopAds” – and put them on your website?

In this lesson we reveal the two different types of HopAds and how to set-up each. We also reveal how to put those ads into your WordPress blog.