About Course

This course shows you how to build a simple portfolio site with WordPress. You will register a domain, set up hosting and install WordPress on your own. Then you will add pages for your work, your contact details and your story. Pieter van der Merwe walks you through each step with short lessons. By the end, you will have a clean site to share with lecturers and employers.

What Will You Learn?

  • Practise your new skills with short exercises and worked examples
  • Plan your work and keep it organised using simple checklists
  • Get friendly and fast support from your tutor on the course forum
  • Downloadable notes, files and worksheets for every task

Course Content

Introduction to WordPress
A short summary to prepare you for the lessons in this topic. Read it first so you know what to expect, then work through each lesson in order and finish the quiz.

  • Domain registration
    03:54
  • WordPress hosting purchase
    04:33
  • Creating a logo for your website
    02:44
  • WordPress Setup
    04:05
  • Quiz -Portfolio Site Basics

WordPress Setup

Install and explore the block editor

Creating the Legal Pages

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