Brand Yourself with a Custom WordPress Site

Course details

Building a website with Wordpress from scratch for your business can seem daunting -- it doesn't need to be.

With a brand-new WordPress theme, Twentytwelve, you can make a completely unique, branded website, without using Photoshop, hiring a designer, or spending hours of sweat and toil on your site.

This "How to Build A Website With Wordpress From Scratch course is for the entrepreneur, small business owner or creative who wants to know *just enough* about WordPress to create a killer website all their own.

Because it's completely up to date on all the features of WordPress 3+, and the brand-new default theme Twentytwelve, it's a great course for those who have some familiarity with WordPress but want to take their skills to the next level.

By focusing not only on building you a great site but also on branding, it will further help you launch a site well positioned stand out and get surfaced in search.

In this "how to build a website with Wordpress from scratch "course, you'll follow along a set of short lectures while building your own website. You'll learn how to make a child theme (but you'll also be able to download a sample).

What you'll have at the end of the course:

A cool-looking, mobile-responsive website that has custom web fonts and a strong, branded positioning without a lot of muss or fuss. 

What you won't get: 

• A cookie-cutter site based on a theme that looks like everyone else's
  
• A better understanding of Adobe products like Photoshop and Illustrator (though they are helpful, you don't need them and they aren't covered)
  
• A deep look at theme functions in PHP (because all the customizations we're doing can be done in CSS)