Section 7: Building Your Homepage with Elementor (15 minutes) Creating a New Page “Now that we have Elementor Pro installed and activated, we’re ready to start building our homepage. Let’s begin by creating a new page in WordPress. Step 1: Navigate to Pages From your WordPress Dashboard, go to ‘Pages’ > ‘Add New’. This is […]
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Section 6: Installing and Activating Elementor (5 minutes) Installing Elementor Plugin “With our ‘Hello Elementor’ theme in place, it’s time to harness the power of Elementor to design our website. Elementor is a user-friendly, drag-and-drop page builder that allows you to create stunning web pages without writing a single line of code. Step 1: Navigate […]
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Section 5: Choosing and Installing a Theme (5 minutes) What is a Theme? “Now that we’ve set up our WordPress site with the basic configurations, it’s time to focus on the appearance of your website. This is where themes come into play. Definition: A WordPress theme is a collection of templates and stylesheets that define […]
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Section 4: Setting Up Your WordPress Site (5 minutes) General Settings “Now that we’ve installed WordPress and are familiar with the dashboard, let’s configure some essential settings to personalize your site and ensure it functions correctly. Step 1: Access General Settings In the WordPress Dashboard, navigate to ‘Settings’ > ‘General’. Step 2: Update Site Title, […]
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Section 3: Installing WordPress (10 minutes) One-Click Installation with RunCloud “Now that we’ve selected our domain and hosting, it’s time to install WordPress. Since I’m using RunCloud to manage our server for this demonstration, I’ll show you how to install WordPress using RunCloud’s interface. Demonstration: Installing WordPress with RunCloud Step 1: Log In to RunCloud […]
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Section 2: Understanding Domains and Hosting (5 minutes) What is a Domain? “Let’s begin with the concept of a domain name. Think of the domain as your website’s street address on the internet—it tells people where to find you. Definition: A domain is the unique name that appears in a URL to identify a website. […]
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Section 1: Introduction (5 minutes) Welcome and Agenda Greet the Participants: “Hello everyone! Welcome to our class on ‘Building Your First Website with WordPress and Elementor.’ I’m Jamin Giersbach, and I’m excited to have you join me today. Over the next hour, I’ll be demonstrating how to build a website from scratch using WordPress and […]
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