WordPress 2019: The Beginner's Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Mobile Friendly Website with WordPress

By Christine John

Do you need a website but don't know where to start? Are you frustrated trying to build a website on your own? You don't have to suffer anymore! WordPress 2019 will show you how to build a beautiful mobile-friendly website and blog which you can use to share your message with the world!

WordPress 2019 contains easy to follow step-by-step instructions and colourful pictures to help you create a professional-looking WordPress site.

WordPress is not just blogging software, it has evolved into a Content Management System in which you can build a fully functional website. You can use WordPress to create a photoblog, a portfolio site, or an e-commerce store. Use your imagination and creativity to build a website that suits your needs.

In this book you will learn how to:

Register a domain name

Set up web hosting

Access your WordPress site

Change the theme and layout of your site

Upload media

Create posts and pages

Install plugins

Add widgets

Manage comments

Launch your site

Optimise your site for the search engines

If you want to learn how to create a mobile-friendly WordPress site, then this is the book for you. Click on the Buy button now to grab your copy of WordPress 2019.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CE John Media
• Release date: Jul 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393695455

Christine John

"Writing Books that Inspire and Make a Positive Impact on People's Lives." Whether you need information about designing a website, writing a book, or finding a job, Christine provides the books that satisfy your needs. Christine has written books on a variety of topics that help and inspire authors, bloggers, internet marketers, entrepreneurs, and job seekers. Included in the mix are books written for the entertainment and enjoyment of people who love to read romance novels, short stories and poetry. She has also written information to motivate individuals to reach their true potential and to succeed in life. Christine enjoys inspiring and motivating people to develop themselves both personally and professionally, and to be more creative. When she is not busy working on her next book, Christine enjoys reading, travelling, and helping young entrepreneurs to make their dreams a reality. Presently, Christine lives in the United Kingdom where she continues to share her knowledge with the world.

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WordPress

2019

THE BEGINNER’S COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

TO CREATING A MOBILE-FRIENDLY

WEBSITE AND BLOG WITH WORDPRESS

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Christine John

Copyright © 2019 by Christine John.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review.

Disclaimer: Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause.

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Published by Christine John

London, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Introduction

What is WordPress?

Benefits of Using WordPress

Requirements for Installing WordPress

Chapter 1: How to Register a Domain Name

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 2: How to Set Up a Web Hosting Account

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 3: How to Install WordPress

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 4: How to Access Your WordPress Website

How to Edit Your Profile and Log Out

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 5: Management Features of the Left-Hand Navigation Menu

How to Change the Appearance of Your Website

WordPress Responsive Themes

How to Customise Your Website’s Theme

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 6: How to Create a Post

How to Delete a Post

How to Delete a Category

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 7: How to Create a Page

Delete a Page

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 8: How to Change the Settings of Your Website

General Settings

Reading Settings

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 9: How to Upload Media

Delete Media

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 10: How to Install Plugins

Delete a Plugin

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 11: How to Manage Comments

Manage Comments on Your Pages

Manage Comments on Your Blog Posts

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 12: How to Use Widgets

Add an Image Widget

Add a Text Widget

Add Custom HTML Widget

Delete a Widget

Remove a Widget

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 13: Launch Your Site

Summary: Action Steps

Chapter 14: How to Optimise Your WordPress Site for the Search Engines

Change Permalinks

Optimise Your Blog Posts

Optimise Categories and Tags

Optimise Your Images

Submit Your WordPress Website to the Search Engines

Summary: Action Steps

Conclusion

Thank You

About the Author

Other Books Written by Christine John

Introduction

In 2013 I wrote and published WordPress for Beginners: The Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Website with WordPress. Since then the WordPress platform and the internet have changed a lot. There have been a lot of other new website/blogging platforms that have been introduced and some have gained popularity, such as Wix and Weebly, but I still consider WordPress to be the best platform to use to create a website.

WordPress is so easy to use and it comes with so many free tools that you can use to make your site more engaging and functional. You don’t have to be a tech wiz, it’s not necessary to learn any HTML codes, and you don’t have to pay thousands of dollars to a professional web designer to make one for you. As long as you have basic knowledge of using the internet then you can build a professional-looking WordPress website.

What is WordPress?

In 2003, WordPress first started as a blogging platform where people could use it as an online diary, a portfolio, or a photo blog. But since then, WordPress has evolved into an open source content management system which you can use for almost anything you can imagine! You can choose to have a simple blog or you can build a full blown website. WordPress can be used to build an e-commerce store, a photo journal, a hobby blog, an online portfolio, or a news site.

All kinds of people use WordPress. Teachers, professionals, large corporations, authors, photographers, students and private individuals use the WordPress platform to get their message across to their readers on the World Wide Web.

WordPress offers a free hosted version (WordPress.com) which you can use to create a website, however, the free version does not allow you to install plugins and it has other limits on what you can do to design your site. The only way to gain access to the other tools is to upgrade your site to a paid version.

WordPress also offers a self-hosted version in which you can install the software on your website through either a web host or by downloading and then installing it on your own web server. However, the easiest way to install WordPress is through a web host which offers tools to automatically install the WordPress software for you, such as Fantastico or Simple Scripts. In this book, we will be focussing mainly on the self-hosted version of WordPress.

Benefits of Using WordPress

I don’t think I need to tell you all the benefits of using WordPress, but in case you need a bit more convincing, I have listed more reasons why WordPress is the best platform to use for web designing:

❖  WordPress provides a user-friendly interface which makes it easy to update your site’s content.

❖  It’s free and easy to install.

❖  You don’t need to have any complicated coding skills or know CSS to design your site.

❖  WordPress offers special tools called widgets and plugins to increase the functionality of your site.

❖  WordPress offers special templates called themes that you can