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WordPress Course

Self-Led, Online Course | Unlimited Access | No-Code Web Design

Complete WordPress + GeneratePress Web Design Course

(Coming Soon!)

Build a professional website from start to finish with our no-code, self-led web design course.

Course Description

Learn how to create an attractive and user-friendly website using WordPress.org and GeneratePress. In our online, self-led course, we will do a deep dive into theme customization, UX/UI design, plugins, contact forms, styling with CSS, performance and SEO optimization. By the end of the course, you will have built a complete, fully functional website that you can utilize for your own personal or business use, and you will have learned the skills required to continue maintaining your website and/or to design websites for clients.

After registering for the course, you will have unlimited access to the course materials as well as an instruction manual (PDF) and access to our course networking channel on Discord. If you are interested in live instruction, workshops are available.

Watch the video below for a sneak peek of the website design you will learn to build as part of the course. You may repurpose the course website design for your own personal use.

WordPress Course Curriculum

We will dive into the world of WordPress.org and the Generate Press theme. You’ll be given a hosted staging environment to start your work. Topics will include how to begin the web design process with wireframing, UX/UI design, and Figma prototypes. You’ll be using the WordPress Customizer to set your website style guide, typography, and color choices, and we’ll talk about the importance of headline tags for SEO.

You will practice using containers to create a home page layout. You will be working on menus and navigation, adding photographs and images to your website, and learning how to use global blocks, assets, elements, and non-standard global styles.

You will install plugins needed for your website and use them to enhance your content areas—including photo galleries, hero image slide shows, social media icons, and back-end performance plugins. You’ll be learning plugin do’s and don’ts and best practices for performance.

You will be creating a blog for your website and learning how to customize the reading settings, tags, categories, sidebar widgets, comments, change logs, excerpts, and featured images. You will also be learning how to create a unique blog page layout using Elements (a Generate Press Premium feature) and other styling features.

You will learn how to add a MailChimp newsletter signup to the home page, and how to use CSS to style the html form. We’ll talk about best ways to incorporate email marketing and CRM programs. You’ll also be learning about forms and creating a contact form.

You will focus on designing additional content pages for the website, including informational (Service, Product) pages, About, and we’ll be creating a subnav with additional types of pages and links.

You will learn how to embed video, and how to enhance your website with animations and special effects. You will be adding special effects to the pages you have built.

You will learn how to adjust your website layout for mobile and tablet. You will be troubleshooting layout issues that might occur as you move from the desktop view to mobile and tablet. We will be discussing mobile-first / responsive web design best practices.

You will focus on how to optimize your website with SEO best practices so that it can be found in a Google search, and learn how to adjust settings using RankMath, our preferred SEO plugin. You will also learn about connecting your site to Google Analytics for reporting and website metrics.

You will be learning how to optimize your website for performance and speed. We will learn about website staging and hosting options, SSL Certs, Forcing HTTPS, A Records and CNAMES.

A Few Student Testimonials

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If you are looking to get into web design or web development and are looking for a course, look no further. I took the We Rock DM web development cohort, and couldn’t have left with more experience. Daniel and Tricia, the instructors, are the real deal. They will walk you down every step of how to design and build a web site from the ground up and how to make it live. The same amount of knowledge as a web development bootcamp in a major university at a fraction of the cost and the best instructors you could ask for.

Amin Siman

I’ve taken two courses taught by Daniel and Tricia and can’t speak highly enough about them. I have been absolutely blown away by their expertise! These two make web design and development fun, interactive, and exciting! Their friendly dispositions and small class sizes make learning the material easy and ensure that each student gets the support needed to succeed. They walk through individual student questions within the class so everyone benefits and can refer questions in the class recordings later if needed. They’ve successfully cultivated a learning environment in which no one feels silly for asking questions or asking for help. Bits of the course also included learning actual CSS coding to supplement the WordPress functionality, which was super cool! They provide many additional resources to assist with understanding and practicing concepts and leave students with an e-book recapping the skills and tools leveraged for future reference. In just a few weeks they’ve empowered me to build incredible, functional, and beautiful websites. I would recommend their courses to ANYONE who wants to learn more about WordPress web development or needs help building a website of their own!

Alyssa Lanpher

STAY CONNECTED

Join our LinkedIn WordPress web design and networking group.

Read more about and connect with your instructors on LinkedIn.

Join our course Discord channel (for registered students.)

Consider registering for a Workshop + Course for live instruction and support.

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Live Workshop + Course Option

Pair our self-led course with a one-day workshop to help you get started with live instruction, support, and the tools you need to build your website.

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Need help convincing your manager to approve a tuition reimbursement? Download our course flyer and attach to an email explaining how taking our course and/or workshop will bring value to the company.

About Us

We Rock WP was started by an Austin-based web developer and a graphic designer. Get to know us and connect on LinkedIn!

Class FAQ

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Looking for live instruction? Register for a one-day workshop that includes the tools you need to start building your website.

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431 Box Canyon Rd
Wimberley, TX
78676

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