Website Walkthrough Using WordPress: From Start to Finish

Building your own photography website does not have to be difficult or expensive in order to have one that looks really good. Join RC as he builds a photography website from the ground up using WordPress and learn just how easy it can be. No matter what theme or hosting site you use; the basics are still the same, so follow along and you will be up and running in no time! This class is a great companion to RC's bestseller, Get Your Photography on the Web.

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RC Concepcion

Release Date: 2011-04-21

Lessons

Go Daddy Go!

<p>RC starts at the very beginning by setting up a domain and web hosting account on Go Daddy.</p>

Duration: 3 mins 4 seconds

Adding WordPress

<p>How to install the WordPress app directly from the Go Daddy site into the hosting account to begin building the site.</p>

Duration: 4 mins 44 seconds

Access and Add

<p>Now that WordPress is installed, you will learn how to access the back end of the site and begin adding content and pages.</p>

Duration: 5 mins 9 seconds

Find Your Theme

<p>It is ok to use templates! RC shows how to upload a theme from ThemeForest.com (or any other WordPress theme provider).</p>

Duration: 5 mins 27 seconds

Make it Yours

<p>RC shows how any theme can still be personalized with a few quick changes in Photoshop.</p>

Duration: 6 mins 59 seconds

Adding Menus and Content

<p>The site navigation process takes shape by adding menus and content with pictures.</p>

Duration: 9 mins 9 seconds

Add a Slideshow

<p>Setting up the slideshow and setting up presets to make adding more pictures easier.</p>

Duration: 6 mins 45 seconds

Pulling Content and Adding Sidebars

<p>RC makes the site look fuller by pulling in content from other sites, like Flickr and Twitter, and adding them as sidebars.</p>

Duration: 9 mins 3 seconds

Making a Flash Portfolio

<p>Getting a Flash portfolio from FlashComponents.net &#8211; Choosing images, adding categories, configuring collections and more.</p>

Duration: 12 mins 6 seconds

Working With the Flash Portfolio

<p>RC continues creating the Flash portfolio by making an action to make the process flow.</p>

Duration: 10 mins 22 seconds

Finishing the Flash Portfolio

<p>Putting on finishing touches such as adding names, tags, titles.</p>

Duration: 4 mins 40 seconds

Adding the Flash Portfolio

<p>Adding the finished Flash portfolio to the WordPress site and linking it up.</p>

Duration: 4 mins 46 seconds

Finishing Up

<p>Redirects, finishing touches, turning components off and on as content is added.</p>

Duration: 8 mins 27 seconds