How to Make a WordPress Website and Blog - PROFESSIONAL!
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2013
- www.wpsculptor.com
In this video, I show you how to make a website using WordPress from start to finish and do not skip any steps whatsoever. I also show you how to make a blog. The website you'll learn how to create is extremely professional and uses the amazing Customizr WordPress theme. I'm going to cover a lot of ground with this video but even as a complete beginner, you will be able to follow along and make an awesome website!
Things covered in this video include:
- Setting up a domain name and hosting account with HostGator.com
- Getting your first month of web hosting for just 1 cent
- Installing WordPress
- Installing a free, professional WordPress theme called Customizr
- Customizing theme settings
- Creating pages and using the WordPress visual editor
- Creating navigation menus
- Setting up a professional looking slide show and featured pages on the home page
- Using a free stock photo website
- Using a free online application to re-size your images
- Linking social media pages to your site
- Adding social media sharing functionality to your pages and blog posts
- Using WordPress plugins
- Enhancing your site with free, professional Google Web Fonts
- Creating a contact form
- Setting up and organizing a blog
- Creating amazing image galleries
- Using widgets and sidebar layouts
- Creating a custom logo with free online tools
- Basic WordPress settings and more
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I watched the whole one hour fifty-three minutes and fifty-three seconds. It took me about 14 hours but it was worth every second of it! Clear, thorough, intelligent, and useful.
Nicolas, it as a pleasure and an honor for you to respond to my video. You absolutely nailed it with this theme and I hope this video will do it justice! Thank you for your kind words and thank you very much for commenting. I wish you the very best as well!
Without a doubt the best tutorial I have ever viewed on youtube. Created a Crochet WordPress Site & Blog for my wife. Used an Acer C720 chromebook along with a 21" external monitor. The web apps all worked flawlessly & were exactly what I needed. wpSculptor, you are a BOSS! Thank You!
Holy Crap, two hours ago wordpress was a foreign language, now I understand... This was the BEST wordpress tutorial video I have ever seen, thank you so much!
Thanks Louis! I really appreciate that! You are very welcome.
Very clearly sequenced, spoken and illustrated. One of the best tutorials I have seen on UA-cam. I learned how to make a website and blog and how to tweak them. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Thank You wpSculptor!
Thank you for your incredibly kind words Lorenzo! I really appreciate you taking the time to do that!
Hallo Jack! I´m very exited! As a beginner with WP, it was a big scool for me and saved me a lot of time! This WP-Theme is amasing! You are too! Thanks very much and best regards from germany!
Thanks you so much!! I really appreciate that!
Great Job! Most people don't realize how hard making a video is... until you have to do one! Thank you for making the time. You are very thorough. Curtsy, Tootles
Thanks Jodie! I appreciate you taking the time to comment and you are most welcome!
Being a Joomla guy I struggled with WP logic. But now it is all clear to me. It is just as simple. Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know!
Because of your video i was able to have my on website, I followed the tutorial step by step and still use your video everyday to work on my website! Thanks a lot!
Awesome Luis, you are very welcome!
You are very welcome! I am definitely going to do videos on different themes so please subscribe, spread the word, and stay tuned! Thank you so much for commenting!
needless to say video tutorials are great help like yours. The thing is, the video tutorial is for a specific theme and as a beginner i am just lost following those steps because i have a different theme.
AWESOME tutorial Josh! I knew the Customizr theme was great and it was great to see how you used it to create a BEAUTIFUL site for antique cars! The tutorial was well put together!
Thank you so much for the tools you shared as well to create a logo and the color theory tool...FANTASTIC!! I really love your tutorials Josh... thanks a million!
Thank you so much Barbara! I really appreciate that! You should be able to have access to both screens by clicking on the bottom right of your browser window and dragging it to the upper left to re-size the window. Then you might go to "File", "New Window" and open another one and re-size it and move it to the right side by clicking on the top of the browser window and dragging it. It may vary depending on your browser but I hope that helps!
Awesome. Love the way you explain everything in detail. Thanx Josh!!
You are very welcome Lazaro! Thanks for the compliment!
I had watched a couple of other peoples videos on this topic before this one. This one is the best I recommend this video to anyone building a website or blog. Thanks you so much for sharing with video with us all. Job well done!
Seriously the best tutorial I've ever viewed! He's very good at explaining and showing how to do tons of customized effects to your website. Took notes throughout the whole 2 hours and will put in place just about everything he talked about. Well worth viewing!
Olivia, thank your for your kind words! I really appreciate that! I wish you all the best.
Just wanted to say thank you. Over the years I have built websites with Dreamweaver and PS etc and recently I know I need to be on Wordpress but just couldn't get my head round it lol. Your videos will help me get on track and I really do appreciate the time you have spent doing all these. All the best to you fella. Colin in the UK
Hey Colin, I'm so glad to hear it! I wish you the best as well, from Colorado.
That was awesome. I'm a total newbie with WP.org and Customizr and I'm sure tomorrow will go better than today. So glad I discovered your tutorial.
Thank you Shade! I thought those tools would be of value! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing that with me!
This is awesome wpSculptor!!! Thanks!!!
What would UA-cam be without you.
You are so kind, thank you very much!
Very good instruction. I have virtually no I T skills and followed this video to create my own pro looking website. Thank you!
Awesome Martin, I'm really glad to hear that!
This is a first time I see a video that learn anything step by step with detail. Absolutely the best WordPress training video. Great Job! and congratulation.
Thank you Harmidas! I really appreciate your compliments!
Couldn't be more complete! Wow! Loved it. Very, very, very helpful.
Awesome Paul! Thanks for letting me know!
Hi Casetta, you can absolutely do that. You can create multiple menus by going to "appearance", "menu", then "create a new menu". Add the pages that you want and save the menu. Then, go to "appearance", "widgets" and drag a custom menu widget onto the sidebar widget area that you want it on and then select the menu that you just created and save.
thanks a mil josh. your detailed instructions are a life saver. i went back over all the edit steps in pixlr and for the slider here.
This video is just BRILLIANT! I didn't know where to start with Customizer but your video talked me through it step by step. I now have the bare bones and just need to load some content :)) Thanks!
Awesome Dave! I'm so glad! Thanks for your compliment!
Verry helpfull video indeed, I have little to none experience in making website but with your video I mad one in just one afternoon. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much Carmen! I really appreciate that and I'm so glad the video was helpful for you and your developer/designer journey! Good luck to you.
Awesome....the most comprehensive for "How to Make a Website" I've ever seen....
Thank you for this video. I was familiar with wordpress before, but now a whole new world opened up and I've finally made my own webpage! And it's looking great!
That is awesome to here Nathalie, I'm so happy for you! You are very welcome.
Thanks for spending the time to make this video Josh. It certainly cleared up a few issues i was having understanding the differences between websites and blog sites. You saved me lots of stress, time and money.This video has proved to be my missing link after years of trying to get a specific project up and running I now feel confident that i can move forward with what i want to do because its all now very clear :)
+Jayne Saunders Jayne, thank you so much for leaving such an awesome comment! It means a lot to me that you would take the time to thank me and let me know how helpful the video was to you. I wish you the best with your website!
The very best video I have ever seen on How To create a really professional WP website/Blog
It took me years to work out and learn what is in this one video
Steve, that is AWESOME! Thank you much for sharing!
I really enjoy your videos. Very very helpful. Thanks for doing this, great job.
Amazing tutorial, soooo informative and you may be the best instructors I have experienced in my web journey. New developer/designer and just started using WP a few weeks ago, or shall I say studying most. This is a big help!
Big Texas THANK YOU!
Thanks for the compliment! I looked at the Jarida theme and it seems like quite a theme! I will definitely add that to my list! Thanks for commenting!
Hey Dellinda, thanks for the compliment and for the suggestion! I definitely wouldn't name the video something like that considering that, as you mentioned, it most definitely takes longer than that!
so far 20 minutes into your tut, and I love it! thanks a lot!
Thanks Lisbeth! I hope you enjoyed the rest!
Absolutely fantastic video. I have watched repeatedly, taken notes tracking the time of all the different steps and written down the instructions. I finally worked up the courage to take action. I have done something I would have never believed---I have almost finished building a website! Thanks!
Awesome Barbara! I'm so glad you were able to take action!
So, I have this post page I am doing on my website entitled, Old Dog New Tricks. May I embed your UA-cam video there? If you approve, I will be add TOC time markers in copy below the video.
Barbara Shoff
Absolutely! I really appreciate you sharing the video!
That is awesome! I'm so glad you could follow along!
Thanks for the reply Josh. Your tutorials are awesome and I highly recommend them.
You are very welcome Lazaro, I appreciate the recommendations.
Wonderful tutorial, easy and slow explained, thank you so much I just found that theme an then I found your great tutorial, THANKS!
Awesome, thanks for letting me know AJ!
You saved my life!!! I had no idea what I was getting in to and your video saved me!!! Thank you so much! The video was so clear and helped me jump leaps and bounds within a day!!! Thank you Thank you!!! :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such kind words, It really means a lot to me! I'm so glad the video helped!
This is great and even with me being pretty well versed in building a websites, it fills in all the little gaps that I wouldn't have thought of!
Thanks so much Ashley!
You Sir are amazing!. I have just started using Wordpress and made a real mess of thing!. Your video has helped me out a ton. Cant thank you enough!!
Haha thank you Mayur, I really appreciate that! You are very welcome!
Fantastic, not only you learn about Wordpress, but also a lot of other tools.
Thanks Arnt, I'm glad you were able to benefit!
Great video. I loved the tips on how to customize colours and logo. Thanks!
Thanks Jan! I'm glad the logo and color tips were useful to you!
Thank you very much for this video and others. I'm surprised at how much I could do by following along with your video. Thank you very much. I got most of my site up and running but i'm watching again to fix some small things.. Very helpful for someone with no prior knowledge of these things.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment Valerine! I'm glad to hear you have been able to follow along and I wish you the very best with your new website.
Thank you for all your efforts. You share all the details step by step with understandable and simple expressing.
Great video! I hot sp excited every time I made one of the changes and it worked! You did a great job! I know nothing about programming and I was able to do it.
Costa Rica Bargain Hunter Thank you so much! I'm so glad everything worked well for you and that you have a working website and I wish you the best!
Thanks for This Great Instructional Video. I have learned a lot from all of your videos that I have watched. From each video I always learn something new.
Thanks so much Yocheved!
Great video! Very well thought out, organized and easy to follow. It made setting this theme up very easy and I am pretty much a "newbie". Thanks again.
Thanks Jesse! I appreciate you taking the time to let me know! You are very welcome.
Although Worpress customisation can be quite simple, having come from a heavy development background I constantly saw myself playing on its internal guts while thinking there were probably easier more plug-and-play methods to achieve similar goals. This video was a great way to understand how to go about many things I wanted to understand and implement on my site. Great work dude!
Awesome Murilo! I'm glad you got some good things from it!
This video is great, Thanks. Added to it, this wonderful tutorial was also published on my birthday.
Thanks Chinedu, nice coincidence!
Thanks a lot for your video! It really helps people like myself who are starting to use Wordpress to understanding some of its more useful capabilities.
Awesome Nuno, I'm glad you found the video helpful! You are very welcome.
Wow is all I can say, Your videos have inspired me tremendously!!!! They are very complete and your speaking voice is perfect and clear, very easy to understand and follow along. Radio Quality for sure. lol Thank you soooo much for all the time you've invested in making theses videos tutorials. It has inspired me in so many ways. I look forward to watching and learning more. Norm in Atlanta :-)
Norman Howard Norm you are so kind to leave such wonderful compliments! That means so much to me that you would take the time to do that. You are very welcome and I wish you the absolute best with your website endeavors!
Thank you! This was a great video for a novice to Wordpress. I found it very helpful.
Thanks Stacy! You are very welcome!
Incredibly informative! Thanks a bunch for posting this.
You are welcome Jim!
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Learn allot. Thanks. Very comprehensive. It is an step by step teaching in slow pace, easy to grasp.
Awesome, thanks for sharing that!
Great, great video! I'm currently building my website to promote my services and this video helps a lot! You're so good at explaining. Thank you!
Thank you so much Jamie! That means a lot to me. You are welcome!
I have followed exactly what you mentioned and created a fantastic looking website. Thanks wpSculptor
Abir, you are the man! Thank you for letting me know!
Thanks for such a complete explanation on setting up a WP website!
You are very welcome Brett!
Great vid. Easy follow steps and great extra info (web tools). Thanks, keep it coming.
Thanks Juan! I really appreciate that!
Hello Mr. Sculptor. Thanks for all the great info. You are very good at what you do. Thanks again. Take care. May the force be with you
+Swan Balmore Swan, you are most welcome. Thank you for taking the time to let me know. May the force be with us all..
Great information. I have built a number of WP websites but now I can make them look much more professional. So glad I found this video.
Awesome Ellen, I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know!
Thank you for doing these tutorials. They really help.
You bet Randy, thanks for letting me know.
Thank you Josh, your video is very helpful. Everything was very well explained. Now I can finally start with my project. Thanks a million... ;-)
Josh, amazing video! and videos. I can not wait to begin to build a few "responsive" sites of my own.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks John, I appreciate that! I wish you the best!
Thanks Dan and thank you for the thought. I will keep that in mind!
Now if I can figure out how to open two screens, one to this video and then one to wp---maybe, maybe I could do what you're doing---with lots and lots of pauses.
I do want to say you are the best WP instructor I have seen on UA-cam.
Hi! Loved the video. Very thorough and well paced I thought. Easy to follow and I just have a very basic knowledge of WP. Thanks!!
Thanks Sarah! I'm so glad you found it. Thanks for letting me know!
Really awesome..Learned a lot and implemented as well in my own site..Thank You so Much..God bless you.
I'm so happy to hear that! You are very welcome and God Bless you as well Saurabh!
one of the best how too videos I have ever seen. Thanks
Thank you so much Jeremiah! You are very welcome!
Excellent Instructional Video. Really lays out the groundwork involved in using Wordpress and the Customizr theme. Good Work!
Thanks Michael! I really appreciate that!
Awesome Michael! Thanks for the compliment and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you. You're videos are wonderful. Very helpful.
Maryjames You are welcome, thanks for the compliment!
Thank You For this I have never set a website blog up before I spent some time building it and the help of this video thank you
You are very welcome Rick, thanks for commenting!
That did it! Thanks Josh.
Great step by step instructions, thanks very much for the time you take to do this so the rookies like us can learn.
Paul, you are most welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Great video tutorials. Just by following your instructions, I made my website. Thanks
Awesome, I love hearing that! Thanks for letting me know!
Love your vids man
Thank you so much Marly! Feel free to share the video with as many people as you can!
Thank you for this video. I was struggling linking the blog to a page while keeping the home page with the slider and the featured pages.
Your video clarified this to me.
Good deal Eloy, thanks for letting me know!
You are great. This video clarified me many that was very confusing. Again thank you.
Thanks so much! I'm so glad I could clarify some things for you!
Very good tips you put in here. You went above the usual wordpress training videos by including an overview of Google webfonts and web design tools, like online image editors and color wheels.
Thanks Nathan! I appreciate that.
Awesome info! Remind me of Tyler Moore! Very cool.
Great tutorial. I learned so much! Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate you letting me know and you are very welcome.
Thank You wpSculptor. Very clear and informative. This video was a tremendous help and thanks for hostgator discount.
Vincent, you are very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to let me know!
Absolutely the best WordPress training video I've seen! Great Job!
Thank you Burt!
You're very welcome! I am applying your information on my sites. Very helpful! Thanks! :-)
Amazing Video.... Great job due... The best video for kickstart on wp. Captured amazing information in one tutorial. You have saved lot of time for us. A million thanks...
Thank you so much Akhil! I really appreciate it!
Thank you very much. You are an excellent teacher! I have a website now, thanks for your help. Edgard.
Hi , your education is powerful learning. i love and appreciate what you have done to public.
thanks again
Thanks David, I appreciate you letting me know!
Absolutely awesome tutorials! Even with a certificate in Software & Database Development, WordPress was a bit confusing until I watched this Tutorial, Now I'm wondering why i went to school?? lol Thanks so much great job I'm going to view all your Tutorial and am passing the links on to my associates!
Thank you so much Pat, I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know! I also appreciate you passing the videos along to others!
Awesome video. Thanks so much. Your detailed explanations helped me solve a few problems on another WP Theme. Great work.
Thank you so much, I appreciate you taking the time to comment!
You are AWESOME!!! This was extremely helpful. You are the man...Thank you :)
Thank you so much Tee! I really appreciate it!
Fantastic video, thank you very much !
I take it all back. I came back an hour later and it is there.
thanks josh for that helpful video it really helped me to create my first worldpress site
You are very welcome Ayad! I'm glad to hear it!
Thanks! I'm so glad you found it!
Very nice and concise set of instructions, brilliant!
Thank you so much Mark!
Great tutorial!! Helped me out a lot, thank you!
Thank you very much and I'm so glad to hear it! You are most welcome.