In this video, I show you how to make a website using WordPress from start to finish and do not skip any steps whatsoever. I also show you how to make a blog. The website you’ll learn how to create is extremely professional and uses the amazing Customizr WordPress theme. I’m going to cover a lot of ground with this video but even as a complete beginner, you will be able to follow along and make an awesome website!
Things covered in this video include:
– Setting up a domain name and hosting account with HostGator.com
– Getting your first month of web hosting for just 1 cent
– Installing WordPress
– Installing a free, professional WordPress theme called Customizr
– Customizing theme settings
– Creating pages and using the WordPress visual editor
– Creating navigation menus
– Setting up a professional looking slide show and featured pages on the home page
– Using a free stock photo website
– Using a free online application to re-size your images
– Linking social media pages to your site
– Adding social media sharing functionality to your pages and blog posts
– Using WordPress plugins
– Enhancing your site with free, professional Google Web Fonts
– Creating a contact form
– Setting up and organizing a blog
– Creating amazing image galleries
– Using widgets and sidebar layouts
– Creating a custom logo with free online tools
– Basic WordPress settings and more
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Thanks in advance for your support!
I have a question regarding contact us page, how do i link my email to that page? i am not receiving customer emails from that page. +wpSculptor
I NEED YOUR HELP. But first, these tutorials are great and help me very much.
So Here it is: A person we hired to do our site really did a botch job and I'm trying to rectify it. I already did some, but having trouble with a certain thing. I created a menu on the home page called "Media". I want to create a sub-menu "Pictures". And then another sub-sub-menu off of that called "2014". But when I do, "2014 drops down right below "Pictures" and covers the menu. I want it to drop down off to the right. Here is the exact example of what I want to do from this site.
https://hemingwayrewrittendemo.wordpress.com/
The menu: " A Parent Page" , and sub-menu "Second Child". If you have any idea how to do this and give detailed instructions, I would appreciate it. I already spent hours on trying. Dave.
My feature images are showing up in a square in my blog/podcast page, yet, they show in circles on home page. Any suggestions? BTW: I'm new to CSS editing.
What a great and helpful video!!!! Thanks a ton!!!
Wow is all I can say, Your videos have inspired me tremendously!!!! They are very complete and your speaking voice is perfect and clear, very easy to understand and follow along. Radio Quality for sure. lol Thank you soooo much for all the time you've invested in making theses videos tutorials. It has inspired me in so many ways. I look forward to watching and learning more. Norm in Atlanta :-)
Great video! I hot sp excited every time I made one of the changes and it worked! You did a great job! I know nothing about programming and I was able to do it.
I cannot pull up the customizr theme is it no longer available?
Hi Josh, thanks for your wonderful videos. I have an issue with the side bars. When I updated my wordpress version 4.2 the widgets of the side bars disappeared. Help please. Thanks.
I LOVE YOU!!
Hi can you recommend a good wordpress theme for a printing business, also a plugin for ordering business cards online thanks
I couldn't understand how to create a website and not a blog, that's what I am looking for. Btw, awesome tutorial.
I understand that you wish to take people through to hosting a website because you are an affiliate, but since this is almost two hours, it would be great if you had a smaller version for those of us who just want to add widgets, plugins, media and pages. Unfortunately I tend to give up before I have gotten to the meat and potatoes of this video.
Great tutorial!! Helped me out a lot, thank you!
Hi Josh! Thank so much for this and your other videos. Soon I will start my own business.You saved me hundrets or tousends of Euro. Also I have really fun to do the things on my own.
May I ask you one litte question?
It´s just about the last step in your video. I deleted the text on the HOME page. But on my frontpage is still the page title (Home). Is there a chance to delete this too?
Thank you!
Greetings from Austria!
Sonja
I love love love this video. Used your walkthrough and theme but I can't get my second submenus to work! Any ideas!
I want to make a ebook website use in worpress but please help me for this
thank you for all your advices. How can I verify the website with google webmaster tool? I installed the customizr theme, but I can not verify the site with add a meta tag to my site's home page. I tried with yoast seo but dosn't work. My wordpress is 4.1.1. thank you in advance for your help.
Please teach us doing changes in WordPress editor (.php and .css extensions)! Please, please, please!
Thanks a lot that was really useful. I just have a quick question though.. For the pages title, since my website is in Arabic, is it possible to start from right to left instead? I can't seem to align the title to the right of the page. Could you show me how please? Thanks