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WordPress for Beginners 2020: A Visual Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering WordPress
Master WordPress using our proven step-by-step visual approach ( over 340 screenshots ). This book is a major new release for 2020, covering the latest version of WordPress. If major changes do occur to WordPress during 2020, you can visit our updates web page for details, so your copy of the book is always up to date.Building a beautiful, professional looking WordPress website (or a blog), is no longer the domain of computer geeks. WordPress makes it possible for anyone to create and run a website that looks great on any device - PC, Mac, tablet and phone. Whether you want to build a business site, an affiliate site, a hobby site or a blog, WordPress is a great choice.The primary goal of this book is to take anyone, even an absolute beginner , from zero to WordPress "guru" in a few short hours. Inside this book, veteran WordPress expert Andy Williams will start at the very beginning. You'll learn important topics • The two different versions of WordPress. • Website hosting and domain registrars. How to set this up the correct way. • How to install WordPress. • An overview of the Dashboard. • Cleaning out the stuff that is installed by default. • Finding and installing WordPress themes to instantly change the look and feel of your website. • Plugins. What they are and how you can use them to create magnificent websites. • How to update WordPress, themes and plugins. • Understand every single Dashboard setting and use our defaults if you want. • How to find and use the RSS feeds on your site to help search engines find your content. • The importance of user profiles, and how to assign a "Gravatar" image to your email address. • How to create great navigation systems on your site, with custom menus, internal linking and related post sections. • Enabling and dealing with visitor comments. • Using the media library for images, video and more. • The difference between pages and posts, and when to use each one. • Effective use of categories and tags. Using these incorrectly can get your site penalised or even banned from search engines. • How to create content using both the Classic editor and the new Gutenberg editor. • How to publish posts, and even schedule them so they will be published at some future date. • Using post revisions. • Two different types of homepage. A blog style page v a more traditional "static" homepage. • Using widgets on your site to add neat features. • Types of sites you can build with WordPress (blog, business, typical site), with videos on setting these up.We'll also cover those vital plugins every site need, • Automatically take backups and get them sent to the cloud. • Automatically create important legal pages on your site, like terms and privacy policy. • Creating a contact page so visitors can contact you. • Add a related posts section to the end of every post to keep visitors on site longer. • Setup good SEO practices. • Setup social sharing buttons on your site, so visitors can easily tell their friends about your great web pages. Most people learn better when they can actually see what they are reading about, so one thing this book isn't, is shy with screenshots. There are over 340 of them, showing you exactly what you will see on your screen, and prompting you to take specific actions as you learn and master WordPress. You may have heard that WordPress has a steep learning curve. With this book, you won't even notice it. Each chapter ends with a "Tasks to Complete" section. By completing these tasks, you'll not only become proficient with WordPress, you'll become confident at using WordPress. By the end of the book, you'll be building great looking, professional WordPress websites that look fantastic on any device... And you'll enjoy doing it!
222 pages, Paperback
Published December 18, 2019
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Dr. Andy Williams
After graduating from Hull University (North Humberside, UK), I went on to do a Ph.D. at Cardiff University where I studied endocrinology in fish. After working as a research associate at Cardiff University I decided I wanted to be a teacher, so went back to University (this time Birmingham) to study for a teaching certificate.
My first teaching job took me to Tenerife, Spain where I met my wife to be. After a spell of teaching in Madrid, we went back to Tenerife. Two kids later, we now live in North Wales.
On a day to day basis, I write "How To" books and courses related to websites, SEO and other topics of interest to anyone running a website.
Dr. Andy Williams
After graduating from Hull University (North Humberside, UK), I went on to do a Ph.D. at Cardiff University where I studied endocrinology in fish. After working as a research associate at Cardiff University I decided I wanted to be a teacher, so went back to University (this time Birmingham) to study for a teaching certificate.
My first teaching job took me to Tenerife, Spain where I met my wife to be. After a spell of teaching in Madrid, we went back to Tenerife. Two kids later, we now live in North Wales.
On a day to day basis, I write "How To" books and courses related to websites, SEO and other topics of interest to anyone running a website.
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May 14, 2020
Good/Very good!
I downloaded this book on Kindle, and then I used it as a hand-on manual on my phone while building my website on the computer.
The benefit of downloading the book on Kindle is that I can highlight the various link cited in the chapters and revisit them when needed.
This manual is excellent for a start. However, you need to be intuitive as well and wanting to learn and explore by yourself as the author will give you little challenges during the way. I suggest you download this book if you are looking to start something like a blog but you always been insecure on how to set up a host, a website demand and security settings. I definitely feel more comfortable with those tech-words after finishing the book! Note: There is a Glossary of all the essential terms you will need to learn just at the end. I found it essential to go back in there when looking for a new term.
From there, where should I look at for exploring the visual designer aspect of the blog, such as colours choices?
I have Astra theme as suggested in the book, and there are many options of colours to choose! I just need a bit more understanding of that aspect as I love the creative side of the blog as well.
Thank you
I downloaded this book on Kindle, and then I used it as a hand-on manual on my phone while building my website on the computer.
The benefit of downloading the book on Kindle is that I can highlight the various link cited in the chapters and revisit them when needed.
This manual is excellent for a start. However, you need to be intuitive as well and wanting to learn and explore by yourself as the author will give you little challenges during the way. I suggest you download this book if you are looking to start something like a blog but you always been insecure on how to set up a host, a website demand and security settings. I definitely feel more comfortable with those tech-words after finishing the book! Note: There is a Glossary of all the essential terms you will need to learn just at the end. I found it essential to go back in there when looking for a new term.
From there, where should I look at for exploring the visual designer aspect of the blog, such as colours choices?
I have Astra theme as suggested in the book, and there are many options of colours to choose! I just need a bit more understanding of that aspect as I love the creative side of the blog as well.
Thank you
January 27, 2024
From a learner
I ordered this book a couple of years ago to help me navigate my WordPress blog site. When I first went through it, I found it daunting. But recently, I read it again due to WordPress being even more daunting. This time, I followed the book as it was intended as a tutorial. I went through the tasks while practising them on my blog site, and things came together much more understandably. I skipped the parts that I didn't need to know, and WordPress became easier to understand. I will keep this book handy and refer to it when necessary.
This book explains things well and has lots of screen shots, that make it much easier to follow.
I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand WordPress. Bearing in mind that the author has probably written a later version.
I ordered this book a couple of years ago to help me navigate my WordPress blog site. When I first went through it, I found it daunting. But recently, I read it again due to WordPress being even more daunting. This time, I followed the book as it was intended as a tutorial. I went through the tasks while practising them on my blog site, and things came together much more understandably. I skipped the parts that I didn't need to know, and WordPress became easier to understand. I will keep this book handy and refer to it when necessary.
This book explains things well and has lots of screen shots, that make it much easier to follow.
I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand WordPress. Bearing in mind that the author has probably written a later version.
September 16, 2020
I've read from too easy (simple) to rather challenging code (techie) and this one is just right for a broad understanding of WP! The author states at the beginning of the book to read it along while following the steps on the dashboard. So, that is how I read most of it... I played around with the program so much that near the end I started to speed through it. However, there are too many tips at the end to speed through. I found myself slowing down again to highlight things to employ once I was done with the book. It really is a perfect starter book with so many useful tips; especially about building the legal items & SEO updates!! If you decide 2 code then you will also need a more advanced book. The one authored by the WP developer is very good too!
January 14, 2020
A solid grounding in WordPress
I was channeled towards this book as I had taken a couple of Andy’s Udemy courses on WordPress and Elementor but wanted a complementary beginners reference. I was delighted to see that Andy’s exemplary tutorial style was equally evident in this book. I would strongly recommend the book to anyone who is a total newcomer to WordPress or who, like me, had been floundering around with website creation without a clear plan or knowledge of the software.
I was channeled towards this book as I had taken a couple of Andy’s Udemy courses on WordPress and Elementor but wanted a complementary beginners reference. I was delighted to see that Andy’s exemplary tutorial style was equally evident in this book. I would strongly recommend the book to anyone who is a total newcomer to WordPress or who, like me, had been floundering around with website creation without a clear plan or knowledge of the software.
June 15, 2020
Great book
I went from knowing nothing about website creation to having the knowledge and confidence to create a wordpress website. Easy and simple to read. Now I'm going for Andy's seo book
I went from knowing nothing about website creation to having the knowledge and confidence to create a wordpress website. Easy and simple to read. Now I'm going for Andy's seo book
August 5, 2021
This author is fantastic at breaking down explanations, making it accessible, and making you feel prepared and confident in your new skills. I highly recommend this book and his Udemy courses.
April 24, 2024
Engaging book, packed with interesting content. It was quite easy to get through. I utilized it while designing the website https://weico.ru
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