WordPress Training
Can You Really Learn WordPress in One Day?
You can find free WordPress training on YouTube and many other places online, but the questions are, can you really learn WordPress from instructions that are scattered all over the Internet? And what is the quality of that training? Do you really have the time to waste on poor quality or inefficient training?
There are basically 3 ways in which people try to learn WordPress…
The first way is from a book like “WordPress for Dummies”. Yes, those Dummies books are easier than most technical books and packed with content, but learning to use software from any book is extremely difficult to say the least.
You read page after boring page and by the time you get to chapter two you’ve already forgotten what’s in chapter one. Does anyone ever really make it all the way through any of those books?
There is a much faster and easier way…video, which leads us to method #2, YouTube videos. I’ve checked out many WordPress 
tutorial videos on YouTube and what I’ve found is that it’s very difficult to learn when the instructor speaks English as a second or third language. Or he may have clear English but the video quality is so poor you can’t really understand what he’s doing.
I also couldn’t find a set of videos that go in any kind of logical order. Even worse, some of the videos are just a mouse cursor moving around the screen with loud music and no explanation of what is going on. Of course, there are some very good videos made by someone who actually knows how to teach, but you have to dig through a lot of coal to find a diamond, so to speak.
The third type of WordPress training that people look for is paid courses or workshops. This can be an excellent way to learn, but the problem here is that most teach everything there is to know about WordPress including the code. This takes time and it’s great if you want to be a web developer for a living, but what I find is that people don’t want to spend weeks or months learning.
They just want to build a site for themselves or their business and get it up and looking good as soon as possible. They’d rather spend their valuable time doing what is most important and that is adding content to their site such as blog posts, articles, videos etc.
I’ve developed and refined a method that will help you learn WordPress in one day.
It’s called the WordPress Crash Course. What makes it different from other courses and methods is that It only teaches what is essential for you to get a site up and running as quickly as possible. The lessons are very detailed, professionally edited and refined so it’s super-easy and geared for non-technical people. It’s some of the highest quality WordPress training that you’ll find anywhere online.
I own several domain names. Do all web hosting site support WordPress web sites? Are there any specific limitations to having a WordPress web site? I need to get a web site up as soon as possible. I used to be quite proficient with HTML but have not used it for years.
How does WordPress assist you in setting up your website using templates? Are there templates which are customizable – which allow editing of text, addition of ? Do you need to know any coding languages in order to use WordPress to set up and maintain your website?
Can I have a place for users to sign a “Guest Book”? I thought that WordPress was used primarily for blogs – does WordPress offer all of the features including template integration or/and recommended places to obtain customizable WordPress templates?
I will be using blogs, photos and would like to have top placement in search engines – does WordPress use META TAGS like HTML and if not – how does WordPress get my web site placed high on search engine lists?
Thank you for your detailed response to my inquiry.
All of the major hosting companies support WordPress, but not all hosting companies provide Fantastico or Simple Scripts which make for easy semi-automatic installation. I use and recommend HostGator. I, also, used to use HTML and DreamWeaver to make my sites, but I’ve since converted all of my HTML sites over to WordPress.
You can do anything with WordPress that you can do with HTML sites. The difference is that with WordPress you can do it much faster and easier. WordPress started out as a blogging platform, but has since evolved into a complete content management system.
One of the ideas behind WordPress was to give users a fast and easy way to build blogs and websites without needing to learn code. Most users won’t need to learn any code. This is because out of the box (so to speak) WordPress enables you to make great looking sites; however, if you want additional functionality you can use plugins and themes to get WordPress to do almost anything you want.
Plugins are little pieces of software that you add to perform a function and themes are like templates. For example, you asked if the site can have a guestbook, well there is a plugin for that. There is also a plugin for search engine optimization that controls the meta tags and various other aspects of SEO. My WordPress training shows how to set up and use this plugin, but getting to the top of the search engines, depending on your competition, will probably require additional training.
If you plan to become a web developer or create websites and blogs for others then you would need to learn some PHP & CSS code. This is because there will always be the client that wants to push it to the limit with their site.
I am going to start a blog on WordPress and have been told Bluehost is good.Do you think HostGator is better? I will be purchasing Artisteer and crash course.
I think that BlueHost is just as good as HostGator, but I’ve been using HostGator for years, I use it in the course and I can get you a 25% discount on any HostGator plan. Just use code CrashCourse25 when you purchase your hosting.
John P
Artisteer & word press crash course training are very well put together ,programs,and are worth the investment .
Well done John Piteo .
I am anxious to start the course. Can I move it to a second computer so I can wath on that while I am going thru the course on main computer?
Larry
Yes, you can log in from up to 4 IP Addresses. Many of my members watch on a laptop while working on their main computer.
Hi I am a totally beginner with WordPress!
How does it work if I want to create a site do I first need to get a host to be able to down load the program, and work?
I have used Dream weaver in the past, but would like to switch.
Pls advise
Selene
Yes, you would need hosting and a domain name. I show you how to set up hosting and choose a good domain name in the course.
I hope you come out with more of this programs because you have help me out alot
This program as worth every penny and I wholeheartedly recommend it. It was such a struggle and so time-consuming until I found your website. The eight “How to do WordPress” books I purchased cost 3 times more than your program and I couldn’t make heads or tales of most of what was in them. They might as well have been written in Chinese! Thanks so much for doing it so well.
Whether you want to power through all the lessons in one sitting or do just one or a few at a time this program works pretty well. It’s easy to come back to and pick up where you left off as long as you actually go step by step and set up a site that you can practice on, which as John shows you costs less than $15 or $20 for the domain name and a month of hosting. I have a big monitor and ran the videos in one window and built my site side by side in another, or you could use two monitors and do the same thing. John goes pretty fast in the videos so if you already know some WordPress it doesn’t take forever to get through them, but if you are a beginner or he starts getting ahead of you it’s easy enough just to pause the video, back it up if needed, and work on your site as he runs through the video. He also gives you a lot of great WordPress resources so you can create a site with the look and feel that you want.
So far I have watched the first 6 videos after signing up tonight. I already have 3 domain names and hosting on Hostgator and Blue host but understand a whole lot better what I should have done and can change when I renew. I created a website a couple years ago with iWeb and transferred it to my domain. I want to change it to a blog now and then a combination. I downloaded wordpress the other day and was wondering where to find the instruction on how to install it. Now I know where it is on the cpanel. As far as I am concerned, this is the best investment I have made recently. I need to organize all my passwords and accounts and eventually consolidate all domains on a single host. Now I will have the knowledge to be able to do that much easier.
As a beginner, I’d like to start an affiliate marketing website, will this crash course help me?
Thank you.
Hi Hilda,
There are basically two sides to affiliate marketing, the technical side (building your sites) and the marketing side (choosing affiliate products and persuading people to click your links).
The course will teach you how to quickly build websites and blogs from scratch. This is an essential skill for affiliate marketing so while the course doesn’t teach the marketing side I’ve got the technical side covered.
This is one of the best courses I have ever had the pleasure of buying, I have been a member for years and it is always updated to reflect the changes in WordPress. Even now that Im quite experienced I still come back to be updated.
Many Thanks to you John
Folks if you want to start life on the internet with WordPress no better place, the step by step layout is a joy.
Best investment ever,
Brian
PS. I learned the hard way forget the free WordPress layouts, get Artisteer it produces great layouts and is easy to use
I watched the seven free videos so far so good. This is exactly what I needed Thank you!
Sincerely,
JOyce
I totally recommend paying for any course just to have the structure. I tried learning web stuff just by free videos on YouTube and it was difficult and annoyining. When I bought an online course everything seem to fall into place and I understood it a lot faster. I love online courses because you can save a ton of money by doing them instead of going to school and spending thousands.
Your course is worth its weight in gold. Nicely done. I first tried learning wordpress with the book and got nowhere. I basically open your course in 1 tab and open my wordpress dashboard in another tab and click back and forth as the lesson plays. At first there were lots of pauses and rewinds, but now it’s like riding a bicycle.
Hello JohnP
My world is that of a Real Estate Agent. I am an army of one. That is to say, I do everything from Marketing Myself, Marketing Homes, Finding Buyers, Finding Sellers, and, oh yeah, the Website ! ( or what ever marketing channel etc )
I believe strongly in Internet Marketing.
What do you have in your arsenal of internet marketing for realtors ?
Thanks
Rob in Sunny Phoenix Arizona
Hey Rob,
I’m also a “one man show” I have several online business and I do everything myself, for now anyway. My piece in your Internet marketing puzzle would be to help you build and maintain your own Website or blog through my WordPress Crash Course Videos.
Great !! Thanks for your quick response. As an “army of one” you understand the challenges we face in growing.
I need to learn about screen capture. I’ve heard of Jing. Do you cove screen capture in your course material ?
Thank You
is this just the video’s or is their some kind of help if we get stuck at a certain point in the video’s
It is a self-study course so there is no personal coaching included. The Trouble Shooting video does show you where you can find help if you need it or want to do something that is beyond the scope of the course. I’ve trained over 1800 student so I know all of the basic questions that beginners ask. I’ve answered just about all of these questions when making updates to the videos.
I spent weeks on the internet looking for a good video course on
using word press. I’m so glad that I came across this website.
I watched the first 7 videos and followed the steps exactky as
it was taught. The quality of the content and tutorials are top shelf!
I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to start using
word press.