How to Make a WordPress Website and Blog - Step by Step - 2020
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2015
- By popular demand, we will show you how to create your own website using WordPress. This website is a simply amazing and easy to setup, even for beginners. Just follow along with what we teach.
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0:00:47 - Live Demos - Desktop and Mobile!
0:02:56 - Overview / Famous WordPress Users
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DESIGN INSTALLATION / INITIAL SETTINGS:
0:14:51 - Install and Log In to WordPress!
0:20:58 - Install and Activate the Website Design:
0:23:55 - Change Password / Other basic settings
HOMEPAGE SETUP:
0:23:03 - Adding a Logo
0:32:59 - Add Your Image Slider
0:39:12 - Setup and Customize your Homepage
1:27:17 - Update Home Panel Links
MORE REALLY USEFUL FEATURES:
0:57:52 - Add Unlimited Number of Pages
1:03:33 - DropDown Menu Customization (and changing the Hover Color)
1:12:35 - Content Editor Basics
1:17:24 - Full Width/Sidebar/Custom Page Templates
1:31:49 - Setup a Contact Form!
1:37:28 - Setup your Google Map!
1:41:27 - Setup an Amazing Image Gallery!
1:45:52 - Add Social Media Icons
1:50:26 - Add a Blog to your Site (optional)
1:55:52 - Congratulations!
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Don't have words to thank you! Hats off. Thank you very much. I was a newbie in website designing 2 hours ago. Now, I can make many of my own.
+UMAR FAROOQ You're welcome Umar, glad we could help you make your website starting off as a newbie. Not as hard as you think right! Let us know if you have questions down the track.
eMediaCoach sure Sir!
One of the most articulate tutorials I have ever seen. Absolutely wonderful job. This should be used by other companies as an example of how to make a training video.
Thanks Barry.. really appreciate the positive feedback here!
Just wanted to say thank you. Truly one of the very best tutorials on building a website/blog...simply an excellent presentation.
Took some time to go through some useless vidoes about building a simple website which got me even more confused before I eventually found this one. I have literally gone from stressing to feeling very happy about the website I have managed to create in a couple of hours by following this excellent tutorial. Thanks emediacoach. Now just to figure out how to have the website in two languages!
+JohanAndPhilippa Johnsson Thanks for your awesome feedback! For multilanguage perhaps look into the google translate plugin. I haven't used it but might be worth looking into
Amazing Tutorial Man! You're a great teacher! Thank You!
Cheers buddy! Welcome.
You're a beast for this, thank you thank you thank you.
The Place For Things You're welcome, cheers!!
I created my website and blog following this video. The video provides such detailed instructions that it made it easy to create my website. There were only a couple of things that would not work and EMediacoach was great in assisting me by email on those issues. These folks know this material well and present it beautifully.
you are amazing . i have learned more in the two tutorials i have seen of yours than all the others. i specially like the idea that you have the same theme and plugin rather than using the new ones that could have been changed.
thanks again again you are the best
Please help me. I can't find visual editor widgets.
+Ruzen Shaikh Hey all, I just tried it, works fine for me.
First you need to go to Plugins > Add New > search for 'Black Studio TinyMCE' > Install and then Activate. Then go to the Appearance > Widgets are and you will see the 'Visual Editor' tab.
+eMediaCoach Yay!!! Thank you SO MUCH! You are amazing!
Great video!
What should be the size of the images for the gallery?
Great video with a very detailed explanation to create and edit pages, add widgets and suggestions for avoiding any mistakes !
Thanks a lot. I look forward to checking this out. I just subscribed
Excellent!!! Appreciate your easy to follow step by step procedure. Thank you, John
Pac Jac No probems John, thanks for taking time to leave feedback!
I would like to thank you for your time to prepare this amazing tutorial ! I've learned a lot of features with your video. Awesome !!!!
Great job!
Very helpful, clear and easy to follow and understand.
Thank you.
Shawn Z Thanks Shawn
Thanks so much for this very instructive video. Just love it! I have a question. How would I put my logo before the navigation bar? So it would be centered in the top of the page. Thanks!!
Mil Guz Hey there, can you contact me via my emediacoach website and just demonstrate where you want to place the logo? cheers
Awesome tutorial!!! outstanding step by step instructions. One of things that other don't do is that you show the result every time you made any steps. Thanks.
Ed M Thanks Ed, glad you like my style of teaching!
When I try to add widget, I don't see visual editor on the widgets list. Do I need to download it? Thank you.
Extremely Full of In-depth Know How. Good Job man!
Cheers man!
I appreciate all your video tutorials. I appreciate the fact that you take the time to explain things thoroughly. I also have a question. How can I add images to my image gallery?
Thank you for taking the time to help.
You are AMAZING! I have my website done finally. Thank you, man, great help!
Great Tutorial! Thank you so much!
My first foray into the world of Wordpress, great tutorial, clear and concise. Looking forward to getting started with confidence, thanks
+robin welch Good on ya Robin, glad to know it helped.
I have it, I simply overlooked a checkbox and I fixed it.... I watched your video again and went step by step til I found my error... Again I thank you for making such a useful theme... May you have a most awesome God filled day!!!
+Cecil Wood Good stuff Cecil, glad you are on the right track!!
This is an awesome video tutorial! Thank you so much! x
+sheenystar Thanks you're welcome!!!
i fell in love what youve done. congrats and thank you so much
Thanks very much Gaya, glad we could help you!
Hi, do you have to use the hostagtor hosting? I use LCN. Is the setup the same when you get to the wordpress part?
Thanks for making this man! I have no experience building websites, but I was able to make a great looking one by watching your video. Awesome stuff.
Akinyele O. Thats awesome Akinyele, exactly why I made this tutorial!! Let me know if you have any questions and don't forget to subscribe.. cheers!
Thank you for your very clear tutorial - have used about 3 tutorials of yours, and keep coming back to check things as you are so helpful! One question: How do you enlarge the body font in the Vantage theme?
Hey Anne, thats great! To make the body font larger we'll need to update some of the themes code, get in touch with us here - www.emediacoach.com/contact-us
thank you so much sir,love you, subscribed 💜
Just Awesome. I had never ever seen this kind of tutorial. I learned total which I need to know to make a great Wordpress website. Many many thanks to you.
+Mohammed Jahir Uddin You're welcome!!
One of the best and most clearly explained wordpress tutorials i have seen. Great Job!!! Do you have video's with other themes also?
+hans De Vloo Stay subscribed and you will slowly but surely see some come through :)
Thankyou so much for this video, I've been trying for 6 long days to produce a web site, through your video I did it in a couple of hours.
Same here, this guy is my saviour.
Hi! Thanks for the video! I just had a question regarding what I believe is the header (the section where the logo and menu is). As I had to make my logo quite big in order for it to be clear, my header is now very large, with my 3 pages shown at the top, and the rest looking quite empty. Is there any way I can make the header smaller? Also is there any way to change the colour of the header, and not just the hover color. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, is exactly what I was looking for.
+Manuel Jesus Sauzedo Cupil glad we could help
Thank you very much! This video has helped me tremendously!
Great tutorial! I'm a novice at WordPress so this tutorial is awesome! Thank you for posting. I just subscribed.
+Terry Carter Cheers Terry I am glad it helped
thank you for this wonderful tutorial. your tutorial is one of the best i have seen. it is easy to follow and copy . but i have one problem when i download the page builder from your site it does not insert and when i update i can not find the visual editor please help
this is so wonderful!! I am following along each minute. Thank you for this! I just have a question about Visual Editor. It is not preinstalled in my wordpress. Do you know how I can get it?
Thats great, thanks! The visual editor can be installed by going to Plugins > Add New > search for Black Studio Tiny MCE and then install and activate
Thank you so much! More power! Continue your helping hand ..
+Jerwin Piao Certainly will do, stay tuned!
Awesome tutorial! Forgive me if this is an ignorant question. How do you place a full screen video ie: commercial, in place of the slide show?
+Nun Ya That isn't possible with this design..
I thoroughly enjoyed this tutorial. Really helped me out a lot.
Tyrone Battles Good stuff Tyrone, let me know if you have any questions! Here to help
Thanks for tutorial.
Thank you so much. Your instructions are so clear.
***** Cheers Lorica, glad it helped!
Hi thank you for this tutorial! Can I make a membership website with ecommerce capabilities?
It's a shame I wasted so much time trying to understand so much broken English and inaudible mutterings, accompanied by poorly structured instructions BEFORE coming to this Most Excellent Tutorial! This will become a TH-cam classic...well, perhaps not. You have my approval and gratitude, and expectations of greater things to come!
A great lesson...Thanks.
Best and most helpful video.. I have a doubt, how can I add two locations on my map as I have two branch offices
Great video, thanks! Finally I found helpfull content :) Do you have any recommendations for responsive and fast Themes?
This one here, which is called Vantage is a good theme, otherwise feel free to check our other TH-cam videos, there is also one on the Avada theme
Thanks for separating all the different sections. I have a blog on wordpress so I already know all the basics and it was great to skip to learn other things :)
+Ella Caulfield Good stuff Ella.. nice one!
This is a great video! Helped so much! How do change the colors of the background and Nav menu highlight? please reply to this. Thank you for yoru time and support.
Hassan Aboukhadijeh I go through it in this tutorial - 1:03:33
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Iben Juul You're welcome Iben!!
Hi and thank you! I'm new to this, can you tell me why you removed the three plugins? JetPack was one. Do they impact the site if you don't use them?
+Data Independence I remove them because I don't use them, it won't negatively affect your site by removing them.
Marvellous and excelent teaching that has even seen
A very good tutorial. Keep up the good work!
Paul Nick Thanks Paul!! Give me a shout if you have questions.
I'm very greatfull to you my friend. Your tutorials are amazing :)
This is by far the best WP tutorial I have seen. It was well put together and easy to follow. Thank you eMediaCoach for taking the time to explain in detail on building a WP website. Many blessings to you my friend.
+David E. Maxwell Hey David, thanks very much for the terrific feedback, really glad it helped you! Give me a yell if you have any questions down the track, hope it goes well. Cheers!
eMediaCoach
oh peep one thing to note when using your google maps 1:38 to make sure your not signed into your google account . because when you imbed the map into your page your account icon will be also imbedded . and allows person viewing the map to log into your google account right from there .
Great tip man!! Thanks for helping people out.
how can i add downloads such as pdf and word doc in a certain page so that visitors can download.
thanks for helping us build our own website especially with vantage theme.
regards from kenya
thanks for this video mate..(y) gave me a proper guide GOOD JOB
+gaurav singh No worries Gaurav thank you!
thanks..this was an awesome tutorial..
Hi, great video until I got to the point of adding the visual editor widget. I dont have it in my list. Can you advise if there is a step missed. How come the widget is not there? Thanks
Great info amazing explanation resources and content it really make's a different from the rest thank you are a life saver!!!
Jorge Tellez Thanks Jorge, appreciate the positive feedback :)
Nice tut !
Thanks for the hard work.
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this amazing video! My blog looks 1000% better having watched it and followed your steps. You are so easy to follow along and you are careful to show the complete steps. A huge pat on the back from the Midwest USA!
+Jennifer Evans Thanks very much Jennifer!! This is the kind of feedback I like to hear. Thanks and feel free to ask any questions!
Thank you so much!!! Perfect!You totally know how to make a video and very catching voice. :)Thanks again.
+madhukar khare Thanks very much! Cheers
This is an excellent video, very helpful in starting to build your own website.
+Ralph Vawter Thanks for the feedback Ralph!
Thank you so much! Excellent tutorial! :))Ehh, I have just one question..how to adjust website also for mobile devices?
+Mirjana Mucko This theme adjusts automatically for mobile devices :)
Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
Khalid Zidan Cheers Khalid
Awesome man Love it!
+Hamza Sajid Thanks Haza
Thank you! So helpful.
+Ronnika Williams No worries Ronnika!
Great tutorial. Is it possible to add tags to the blog posts and create a feature to filter blogs by those tags?
Aditya Kunduri Thanks! Look up a wordpress plugin called 'simple tags'. This plugin should be able to do what you are after :)
Excellant presentation!! Thank you so much. Only thing wish you had covered is the footer. I want to be able to add the social media icons to my footer also. Also put in some copyright strings and stuff in the footer.
+Raj Natarajan Thanks Raj! For the footer, go to Appearance > widgets ... and then add the relevant widgets to the 'footer' areas.. let us know when you do that and if you have more questions!
+eMediaCoach
Thanks! I figured it out myself! was not bad at all since Vantage has widgets for social media stuff. This is some great work by you!!!
+Raj Natarajan Good stuff Raj, thanks for the feedback!
Hi. Thank you for posting this great step by step video. I have clicked the thumbs up. Really appreciate it. I like the adding blog section and was looking for it on google. I have a question. I would like to write articles on my website but they are too long. I would like it such has only the first paragraph appears and for the reader to want to read more they have to click it. Can you please show how to do this as well as create an archive for storing the articles? Once again thanks for your video.
+Vasanthi Pillay I don't have the answer for you right now but will look into it and get back to you.
that's awesome. Can i change the overall theme colour? additionally, if we use any other theme, would it have the same procedure?
Each theme is different so no.. changing the color will need changes to some code.
Thank you very much for the tutorial!!! It is just what I needed to get the tools and knowledge to start working on my page myself. Good!
I still have one question, with this theme, is there a possibility of showing the slider on all the pages and not only on the home page?
+Elixabete Escalona Yes that is possible! Please contact us via our emediacoach site and we can help you.
Truly amazing teacher !!!
+karl rider Thanks Karl!
HI, Great video, just wondering, when I go to edit my pages I don't get half the options you have on the video for editing the text in visual editor. Do I need to install another plugin to get these?
+Kristian O'Neill You you see an icon with a few tiny squares and dots on it? Should be on the right side. If you click that the rest of the icons will appear.
your tutorial was a huge help for me, thanks a lot !!! It´s amazing how easy it can be with such a help :) There is just one thing I would like to know...is it possible to install that image slider on every page, not just the front page?? That would be even more in line with my concept. Thank you for everything
Anna Lena Hey Anna, thats awesome, we are really glad you found it easy to setup your website! I am pretty sure there is a way to do that, let me just go back and look at exactly how and then get back to you.
I had seen your vedio, is very good. Could I ask a question about the theme? I wish put the sidebar from right to left, how should I do?What plugin do I need to Install?
+Edogama Conan This theme isn't build to be able to do that, only a RHS sidebar :)
Absolutely useful tutorial. Very clearly explained processes - step by step. I will work soonest on a website I wish to try out. If it is that well learn-able, doable and manageable, I should be able to do a reasonably good job of it, I guess. Thanks a lot. It is very interesting. I used to think it is too complicated. Maybe it is, but you make it sound easy enough.
+Shankar Malhari Thanks very much Shankar!! It's made to make it as easy as possible so Im glad you found it so.. EXCELLENT feedback. Thanks!
Followed your video right through to the end and thank you it has been very helpful. The only problem I seem to have is that images in the gallery do not open up into a lightbox. There are no handles or minimise icon in the top right hand corner as you have demonstrated.
Can you update to the latest version of the theme and also the lightbox plugin..
At last I found what I am looking for. Thank you sir. This will help me to create my own web page. Excellent and Awesome
Welcome man!
nice vid you the man!!! was wondering can i instill woocommerce on this theme and make this into a e-commerce wed site using this theme?
+jay cater Thanks Jay! We don't recommend this theme with WooCommerce though because it hasn't been specifically designed for that. I recommend one of the themes in my other ecomm videos.
+eMediaCoach ok thanks!
Great tutorial! Thanks a lot.
+Henrique Scholz Cheers Henrique
Outstanding tutorial! Thank you. I have been playing with it and I just have a couple last questions to get it exactly how I want. One is, can the color of the menu bar (and the footer) be changed from that dark grey, and can the text be a little larger? The other question is do you have a tutorial on how to spice the blog up a bit, and make it more colorful and interactive looking? Many thanks!
+Eric Alexander Cheers Eric. The questions about the colour and text size - its possible but will require a developer to make code changes. And as for the blog I would suggest adding a commenting system (Disqus), I recently did a video on that. Cheers
YOUR A TOP MAN...JUST UR FREE CONTENTS ARE TAKING PEOPLE PLACES...SOME OF US ARE JUST BORN TO TEACH OTHERS..THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY..
+timmy-jones Nkumeh Thanks mate!! That's our goal to help people, and glad you are one of them. Appreciate the feedback :)
Learned more from your lesson that . . . I don't want to say. Thank you!
+Robert Pairs Cheers Robert!
Thanks for the Great Tutorial,Appreciate it,Liked it
+Tree Academy Glad to be of assistance, cheers !
Thank you very much for you vdi and it's really great, when I built my web problem is the Logo and Text is pretty small. How can I make it double size of it? I try to change the size in Logo maker but when I load on my web it is same small size no matter how big I make it appear the same small size.
+Marnope Inntorn Good question! Many people get stuck on this including me - when you create your logo, make sure you edit it afterwards by removing all the extra space around the logo. Then it will not appear small. Hope that helped?
+Marnope Inntorn try this
THANK YOU! This was awesome!!!!!
+Kimberly Dugdale Thanks Kimberly, you're welcome!
HI it's a great video thx a lot.. could you please guide me to change the background color of metaslidebar.
Not sure what you mean.. behind the image?
Awesome tutorial!!! Thank you Question? I could not find the permalink on your website for adding the blog page. Please help.
+DiAnne Belin Thanks DiAnne! If you click on the link in the description below, on that page it is under the 'Additional Resources' section.
+eMediaCoach Thank a You!
Your video is really helpful. Thanks a lot. Just need to know in Waxom (Theme Forest) after uploading pictures for slider I am not getting an option of Theme Setting is Appearance tab. How can I do that so that the slider on home page starts?
+imeyne Can you upgrade to the latest version of them theme, that will solve it. Contact us if you have questions about that
Hello, thanks a lot for this awesome video, I've found it very straightforward and easy to follow. Is there a way to add headers and a Call to Action button to the slider images?
Not in this particular theme Sergio
Hi, what do you think of the Hitchcock Theme? I read about it in some posts before. Appreciate any recomendation from you.
Havnt used it myself Kristina, but it looks fantastic! Give it a shot, nothing to lose
Thank you so much ! God bless you !!
+Mahbub Hasan Thanks Mahbub
Excellent tutorial brother.... thanks for share god bless you
+raymond hernandez Thanks Raymond let us know if you have any questions down the track!
THANK YOU for this tutorial! I have my awesome-looking website and blog up and running! Question though: how do I remove the Category Archives: header from my blog page? Thanks in advence!
+Susan Stephens Glad you found it useful Susan! That actually isn't possible without customizing some of the themes code.
excellent piece of resource you have here!.even a dummy could understand easily. simply the best tutorial have seen far. thumbs up man.
earn2work Online Thanks mate! Glad we could help
Thank you, it s really a good tutorial !!!
+Lilly Lafreniere Thanks Lilly!