Welcome to my WordPress ‘Essentials’ e-learning video. This video is based on my ‘Learn WordPress in a day’ training course that teaches students all the important fundamentals of building websites with WordPress.
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[twitter url=”http://www.pootlepress.co.uk/wordpress-video-tutorials/” style=”horizontal” source=”pootlepress” float=”left”] [fblike url=”http://www.pootlepress.co.uk/wordpress-video-tutorials/” style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”][google_plusone href=”http://www.pootlepress.co.uk/wordpress-video-tutorials/” size=”standard” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”] [hr]1) How to install WordPress
This tutorial takes you through how to install WordPress (4 min, 56 secs).
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2) 6 things to do after you have installed WordPress
Here are 6 things I recommend you do after you have installed WordPress (7 min, 46 secs)
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3) WordPress user roles
Here I take you through how to add users and assign roles (3 min, 07 secs)
[hr]4) How to create pages in WordPress
Learn how to create content in WordPress with Pages (8 min, 21 secs)
[hr]5) How to create and work with Menus
In this tutorial I show you how to override the default WordPress menus (6 min, 36 secs)
[hr]6) How to change WordPress from a blog into a website (with an integrated blog)
By default WordPress will show you blog posts on your front page. In this tutorial I show you how to create a custom home page and integrate a blog (1 min, 23 secs)
[hr]7) How to create posts
Learn how to create posts (1 min, 49 secs)
[hr]8) How to organise your posts with categories
Create great navigation for your readers with categories (2 min, 51 secs)
[hr]9) How add categories to your menus
Now add your categories to your menus (1 min, 37 secs)
[hr]10) Working with WordPress themes
Here I show you how to install and work with WordPress themes (5 min, 34 secs)
[hr]11) Working with widgets
Learn how to add widgets to your WordPress website (4 min, 52 secs)
[hr]12) Working with plugins
Add functionality to your website with WordPress plugins (3 min, 18 secs)
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13) Tracking your visitors with Google Analytics
This tutorial shows you how to add Google Analytics to your WordPress website (3 min, 13 secs)
[hr]14) Working with pictures
This tutorial shows you how to add pictures and galleries (3 min, 20 secs)
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15) Inserting a picture gallery into your website
This tutorial shows you how to add a gallery to your website (3 min, 20 secs)
[hr]16) Inserting Videos into your website
This tutorial shows you how to add a video to your website (3 min, 01 secs)
[hr]17) How to move content from WordPress.com to WordPress.org
This tutorial shows you how to export your content from your WordPres.com website into your WordPress.org website (2 min, 57 secs)