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How to Make a WordPress Website – 2024 Edition [Video]

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How to Make a WordPress Website – 2024 Edition

How to Make a WordPress Website – 2024 Edition

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🔥 Welcome to the beginner tutorial showing you exactly how to make a WordPress website! 🔥 If you’re a small service business owner—whether you’re a designer, a plumber, or a landscaper—you know that having a killer website is non-negotiable. But hey, you didn’t sign up to be a web developer, right? That’s where this guide comes in. We’re diving deep into WordPress and Elementor to help you craft a beautiful, fully functional website without breaking a sweat.

👉 What You’ll Learn:

How to set up WordPress like a pro
Mastering Elementor to bring your vision to life
Essential plugins that’ll make your life easier
Tips and tricks only the experts know

🛠 Tools You’ll Need:

A computer (obviously!)
WordPress (it’s free!)
Elementor (also has a free version)
A sprinkle of enthusiasm and a dash of creativity

🎯 Who This is For:
This WordPress tutorial for beginners is tailor-made for service business owners. You’re not just building a website; you’re building a tool that’ll bring in more clients and grow your business.

📈 Why This Matters:
Imagine this—you’re a local plumber. Someone’s got a leaky faucet, and they’re frantically Googling for help. Your website pops up, it looks professional, and boom! You’ve got a new customer. That’s the power of a well-crafted website.

👊 Let’s Do This!
So, grab a cup of coffee, roll up those sleeves, and let’s get started. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll not only have a website but a digital asset that works as hard as you do.

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Timestamps:
Intro & Overview – 0:00
Setting Up Your Domain and Hosting – 0:44
WordPress Dashboard Overview – 3:19
Plug Ins Overview + Installing Starter Templates – 5:52
Customizing Your Elementor Site Theme – 6:32
Updating Global Colors + Font – 9:10
Overview of Elementor Dashboard + Customizing Your Site – 10:19
Updating + Customizing Your Background Image + Hero Section – 13:14
Adding + Customizing Images in a Section – 21:01
Quickly and Easily Changing and Reordering Columns and Sections – 23:31
Updating and Customizing Your About Us Section – 24:54
Margins + Padding – 26:44
Adding Video as Section Background – 30:48
Adding + Designing New Sections – 32:54
Customizing Your Icons – 35:12
Optimizing Your Site for Mobile – 37:08
Editing Additional Pages on Your Site – 39:26
Adjusting the Size of Your Hero Image on Your Interior Pages – 40:30
Adding Widgets for Countdowns – 42:24
Creating New Sections from Scratch – 46:00
Icon Lists + Compound Widgets – 47:45
Adding Video Widgets to Sections – 49:10
Creating Custom Template + Easily Duplicating Bottom Page CTA – 50:28
Reviewing + Updating for Mobile Optimization – 51:34
Hide Images and Sections from View for Optimization – 52:48
Changing + Customizing Template Pages (i.e., Turning a Services Template into a Testimonial Page) – 53:43
Updating Menu Title to Match Newly Customized Pages – 1:00:36
Adding Page from Scratch – 1:01:28
Adding Newly Created Page to Menu – 1:03:14
Customizing Header Menu + Logo – 1:04:04

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