Become A Freelance Web Developer Using Wordpress

Learn how to start make a living as a website developer using Wordpress

What you'll learn

The important terminology used in web development like hosting, DNS, A records and MX records and how it relates to what you do.

The best way to setup up website hosting and make it part of the income stream.

Why Wordpress is a great development platform and one which you can use to make money as a website developer.

How to actually build amazing websites easily using Wordpress

The business of being a web developer. How to make money. How to build a recurring revenue stream.

Requirements

No prior experience required. You will learn everything you need to know on the course.

Description

In this course you will learn everything you need to know to help you to start making a good living as a website developer, no matter what your background.  If you already have an eye for design it will of course help as will a basic understanding of the internet and the way websites work, but it's not essential.  There are lot's of resources out there to help you with design and the more experience you get as a website designer the better they will be.  The important thing is this course will give you the knowledge and tools you need to make a start on that journey.The course will give you all the information you need to fast track to a point where you can start to build websites for real clients and a real fee.  You will have the potential to work from anywhere and build a nice recurring revenue stream (the course will also give you ideas of how best to structure your fees and build recurring revenue). As your experience, confidence and skills grow you will be able to build on the knowledge gained in this course and have the potential to earn even more money.From the very basics of terminology, the course will guide you through choosing hosting providers, installing and setting up Wordpress, building a basic site and go on to cover more advanced site building techniques which will provide you with the knowledge you need to start building commercially viable websites for which you can charge a nice fee.The course will even give you ideas of how best to manage and maintain your clients so not only do they pay you for the first website you build for them, but they go on to become part of your regular and recurring revenue stream which gets bigger and bigger as your client base grows.

Overview

Section 1: Terminology & essential pre-build knowledge and setup

Lecture 1 Module 1. Domains, Hosting & WordPress Terminology

Lecture 2 Module 2. Hosting, Reseller Accounts & Domain Registration

Lecture 3 Module 3. WordPress install on the hosting server

Section 2: Basic Wordpress setup & the dashboard

Lecture 4 Module 4. WordPress initial setup configuration options

Lecture 5 Module 5. The WordPress Dashboard

Section 3: The site build

Lecture 6 Module 6. Part 1. Basic Site build workshop

Lecture 7 Module 6. Part 2. Basic Site build workshop

Lecture 8 Module 7. Part 1. Advanced Site build workshop

Lecture 9 Module 7. Part 2. Advanced Site build workshop

Lecture 10 Module 8. Adding a blog and content to the footer.

Section 4: Pre-launch checklist

Lecture 11 Module 9. Site launch, XML Sitemap & SEO Fundamentals

Section 5: Building your business

Lecture 12 Module 10. Ongoing Maintenance & Support

For anyone wanting to start a business building high quality commerical websites and make a living as a web developer.