Authors, artists and entrepreneurs all need websites. How about you?

This course explains how to design and develop a Wordpress website from scratch.

Wordpress is free... and it's easy. Easy to install, easy to configure, easy to maintain.

There's no need to fear, this course will take you step-by-step through everything you need to know to implement and maintain your own Wordpress based website. In this course, you'll learn about:

Domain name and website hosting

Wordpress installation and configuration

Installation of plugins and themes

Adding pages and blog posts to your site

Adding Facebook like and email signup forms

Using Wordpress to implement your own website provides many advantages:

Save money by doing it yourself

Maintain creative control of the end product

Update your own web page, when you want and how you want

But most of all, have fun!

So, come join me on this journey. End the course with a new website. We'll do it together.

Good luck and happy Udemy'ing.

---Brian

What are the requirements?

All you need is a web browser (I demonstrate Chrome running on a Windows PC)

You'll also need approximately $50 to register a domain name and obtain web hosting for you site for one year

What am I going to get from this course?

Install and maintain their own Wordpress based website

Save money by installing and maintaining your own website

What is the target audience?

Anyone interested in creating a personal website