[GET] Video2Brain – Introducing WordPress – Learn by Video

WordPress is among the most popular blog software on the Internet, and with good reason: It is powerful, approachable, and free. In this Learn by Video course (created in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press), web designer and trainer Joe Chellman teaches you what you need to know to use WordPress to create your own blog, from installing and configuring the software to adding and managing content. You’ll also learn how to customize your blog by choosing a “theme” (a visual design) and adding plugins, as well as how to maintain your site by backing it up and updating the software when necessary. After completing this course, you’ll be empowered to create an awesome website for yourself and nearly anyone else!

In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to know to create and maintain your own blog using WordPress. The contents of this course include:

Intro to WordPress
This chapter is an introduction to WordPress overall, including why and how you might install it yourself. We’ll also look at some software that can be helpful when working with any web application (including, of course, WordPress).

Installing WordPress Yourself
WordPress is relatively easy to install as web applications go. This chapter covers everything you need to know to carry out the installation, from locating and downloading the software through preparing to install and actually running the installer. For potential professional WordPress developers and themers, installing WordPress on your own computer is also covered.

Initial Configuration
This chapter covers the small amount of initial configuration that you need to do following a successful installation. We’ll look at the administrative dashboard, as well as the Settings section and a few simple tweaks that can enhance the security of your installation.

Writing and Managing Content
This chapter covers what WordPress is ultimately really about: writing and posting content. We’ll look at posts, pages, menus and navigation, categories and tags, images and other media, comments, and links.

Theming and Visual Design
This chapter looks at making WordPress your own through theming, which enables you to customize the look and feel of your site. WordPress has hundreds of themes available for free, and we’ll cover where to find them and how to install them and customize them through widgets and child themes.

Customizing Your Site with Plugins
While WordPress includes a lot of functionality out of the proverbial box, there are some aspects you will want to customize or add on via plugins. This chapter looks at the world of plugins, including how to find and install the free ones from wordpress.org, and shows examples of many useful types of plugins.

Maintaining WordPress
This chapter looks at the grunt work of making sure your WordPress is backed up and kept up to date. It’s not glamorous, but it is vital. We’ll also look at the more advanced topic of upgrading an older WordPress installation.

Find Out More
Having gone through this course, you will feel confident in working with WordPress daily, but there is always more to learn. This chapter looks at some resources, both online and in real life, for seeking out help. The notion of WordPress as a community, and of giving back to that community, is also introduced.