Prerequisite for this video: How To Turn A Computer Into A Web Server To Build Websites
Today’s video will illustrate a very clear example of how to build your own website or blog using the WordPress web development suite. WordPress is a completely free package and developing your own website doesn’t require you to drop a dime of your own money.
Many people still think creating a personal website or blog is an extremely complicated or expensive task, but this simply isn’t the case anymore! WordPress has become one of the most popular website building software packages because it actually allows individuals of all backgrounds the opportunity to create extremely powerful and complex websites without ever even writing a line of code.
Web programming has been automated by the WordPress software to the point of being able to use simple text editors, upload buttons and other fantastically simple methods for rendering even the most complex websites.
I will show you in later videos, you can even utilize the plug-in feature of WordPress to completely optimize your website for search engines, without even writing a line of code! Of course, you need to make sure you spend the right amount of time choosing keywords and such, but it is hardly backbreaking work that no one can do, it’s just busywork.
Anyways, I digress.
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Craig received his degree in Informatics with a cognate in Business from Indiana University: South Bend in 2008. Craig lives with his wife and daughter in South Bend, Indiana near Notre Dame. Craig is currently employed by Precision Electric, Inc. and acts as the chief Information Technology Manager. With a passion for teaching and technology, he founded The PCMichiana Tech Help Show in Fall 2009. His focus is teaching users of all backgrounds how to learn technology while having fun.
And a little bit of helpful guidance from someone, or a webseries perhaps.
That's where I'm at. It's amazing how much one technologically savvy person can get done these days if they just use the right tools.
Not me! I did my HTML/XML and CSS stuff already, I don’t want to have to do all that now. Now I just use that knowledge to edit now, not actually create.
Heck yeah! Isn't it amazing how powerful WordPress is? I still remember having to hand code a website from scratch… who wants to do that anymore?
I walking through the series with you Craig. It is great experience even for someone who is somewhat experienced at this stuff. Took a screenshot of my locally hosted website for you. So far so good right? haha