Be The Boss Of WordPress – Emma Kate

Be The Boss Of WordPress Information

WordPress page builders are either a theme or plugin you add to your WordPress installation to help you more easily design and build your site.

Ever heard people rave about how easy it is to use Wix, Weebly or Squarespace? Page Builders bring this easy-to-use website building experience to the powerful and limitless platform that is WordPress.

The best page builders out there offer a WYSIWYG visual building experience — allowing you to build your site and see your changes in real time right in front of your eyes. This is the biggest time-saver and IMO an absolute must-have!

Here’s what you’ll learn

Module 1: The Goods

Gather the goods needed to create a website that is pretty… and pretty darn successful.

• Create a site that’s easy to navigate and know exactly what pages you need to create to launch your site by building your sitemap.
• Get SEO savvy and learn one surefire way to get your site seen, found and adored by Google and other search engines.
• Cement your positive web experience with tips and resources on writing personality-driven and SEO-focused copy that connects with your ideal client.

Module 2: The Style

Ensure your website is beautiful, unique and authentically on brand by defining your site’s style.

• Master the art of print vs. web design (CMYK vs RGB, print vs web resolution, responsive web design and all that scary-sounding stuff). Don’t worry, it’ll be a cinch. Pinky swear.
• Become a colour whiz generating web-safe colour palettes that look beautiful on screen.
• Build your little black book of premium and free website images to ensure your designs are always engaging, memorable and oh so stunning.

BONUS: Learn how to optimise your images for the web so your website is speedy AF and both Google and your website visitors love you.

Module 3: The Foundations

The zero-stress way to give your beautiful design some techy brains by (easily!) building a solid software foundation for your site.

• Learn about domains, hosting & WordPress and how they all work together to create dreamy sites.
• WordPress.com or WordPress.org? WT? Learn the difference between these two bad boys and avoid making this mistake many graphic designers do.
• Set up your domain, hosting and install WordPress. Woot woot! It’ll be easy as pie.

Module 4: The Tools

Upgrade your web dev knowledge and skills by setting up the basics of your WordPress site.

• Get acquainted with WordPress and learn the basics of your WordPress Dashboard.
• Learn about and install your first plugin (yay!)
• Ensure all your hard work is safe by setting up reliable daily backups for your site.

BONUS: Create a Coming Soon page and have your fans eagerly anticipating the launch of your fancy pants new website.

Module 5: The Secret Weapon

Unleash the power of the web dev secret weapon every designer should have in their toolkit.

• Become WordPress literate with lessons on themes, page builders, and child themes.
• Get the party started by installing your chosen theme and child theme.
• Get familiar with your chosen page builder and start creating your first page. (You’ll feel like a total web geek by this stage!)

Module 6: The Build

Turn your vision into the beginnings of a website you’ll love by building your homepage.

• Make your website easy to navigate by setting up your website’s main menu.
• Customise your site and make it your own by configuring your theme options and theme customiser settings.
• Select your favourite page layout or design your layout from scratch using my no-fuss way to create conversion-optimised wireframes.
• Build your homepage. Whoop whoop!

Module 7: The Fitout

Crack your creative knuckles and have fun fitting out your website with your juicy copywriting, images and interactive content.

• Create a library of sections and website elements you can reuse throughout your site, saving you a bucketload of time!
• Flesh out your site by creating and adding content to all your internal pages.
• Set the foundations for sales success by creating website enquiry & opt-in forms.

Module 8: The TUNE-UP

Phew – the hard work is done! Now it’s time to tidy up your website and ensure it’s speedy, secure and backed up.

• Work through my pre-flight checklist to ensure you’ve got everything ready to roll before you launch.
• Step into your web dev pro shoes by learning about web maintenance best practices including security, backups and software updates.

About Author

I’m Emma 👋

Your geeky go-to girl and down-to-earth Aussie sensei here to help you evolve into a successful WordPress web developer.

In my past life…

I was a creative designer just like you.

I hustled hard, stretching my creativity thin to craft pretty creations that I had to hand over to “techy” website developers to code into complete crap.

Yep, that’s not a typo. Complete. Crap.

Because time after time I watched helplessly as heavy-handed developers butchered my beautiful designs.

… All while I struggled to build a business that actually supported my dream lifestyle.

Sound familiar? Uh-huh. I get it.

But then I learned to D.W.D.M (Do Web Dev Myself).

It was one of the best entrepreneurial dance moves I ever made. My whole business evolved, shimmying me onto a path where I could:

• Earn more (like TRIPLE my income potential).
• Outsource less (saving me SO much stress ‘cause I no longer had to rely on unreliable developers).
• Enjoy more freedom (so I could work less and play more).
• Open up recurring revenue streams (that tamed the ups and downs of my cash flow rollercoaster and turned it into predictable, sustainable and profitable pennies in my pocket).

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