Course Overview
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Software You will Use
Don't get nervous about this list. I will show you how to do everything.
You don't need to know this stuff already!
This course will teach you how to build your own website on the WordPress platform. We will walk you through the entire process of building your own website from start to finish. We will use the following software to build this website.
Here is what you can expect in this course
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How much will this course cost?
$49/month until you cancel
And guess what - you get 2 other courses included in your membership: Toto Coaching Full Web Building Course and DIY SEO 201!
And then you will have some other costs related to building a website. But the good news is all of these items together total less than $500/year! I will walk you through purchasing the following items and you will own each of them:
- Domain Name Registration (appx $12/year)
- Hosting (appx $150/year)
- Beaver Builder Theme and Page Builder (appx $199/yr)
- Gravity Forms (appx $59/yr)
- Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder (optional) (appx $199/lifetime or $59/yr)
Follow a Proven Process
Build Your Website
The straightest line to getting a website built is following a proven process. We have perfected this process over 25 years on hundreds of websites and we have provided it to you in this course. The website building course is broken up into the following Chapters:
Get Set Up
Here we will walk you through registering a domain name and setting up hosting
Create a Site Map
In this chapter we will get you organized and plan out our new website
Get Your Theme and Page Builder Installed
Time to purchase the software we need and get it installed
Create Pages and Menus
Now we want to get the structure of your diy website created
Configure WordPress
This one is easy - let’s make sure we have some basic settings covered
Start Thinking About Design
We won’t be designing just yet, but let’s get our colors and fonts all set, as well as decide if we want to purchase additional software
Install Additional Helpful Software
You don’t have to use these pieces of software, but we always do so we’ll walk you through getting these installed
Set Up Global Settings
In this chapter we will get some global settings set up to make our lives easier
Get Your Content Ready
Now it is time to get all of your content written and your images all set.
Add and Style Content
Here is where your website comes together! Time to get down to business and put everything together
Go Live
Pop the champagne!! It’s time to celebrate and go live!