Create FREE Website – Create and Publish a FREE WordPress Website
At the end of this Workshop you will walk away with your own FREE-hosted website! This training is for anyone who doesn’t yet have a WordPress website and would like to create a free WorldPress website as well as have it hosted for free.
Assuming that you already have a self-hosted WordPress website, and assuming also that you have access to your WordPress Admin Area and you wish to learn how to customize and manage your website’s Admin Area, add/ edit pages and posts, photo galleries, widgets, menus, download and configure essential plugins and more, then you will be interested in attending the Training Course ‘Create and Publish a WordPress Website‘ >
If you don’t have a self-hosted WordPress website and your objective is to learn how to create a Free website on WordPress than you are on the right page. Read on…
Creating a website and then help people meet their needs whilst achieving your business goals is useful and fun. More so if everything is free:
• FREE easy-to-build professional website (free themes, plugins and widgets)
• and FREE hosting.
One can now create beautiful websites on the free version of WordPress.com.
What past participants are saying about this Training:
“So impressed! Tony is so patient in teaching and explains everything so well. My website is stunning – Dew Drops Diet Drops – best dieting drops ever! ” Val
“The internet made fun and I got new friends. Thanks!” Beatrice
“Yes, this was a really useful session. Thank you. I can’t wait to get started now” Lesley
More comments below…
These days, having a website is as important as having a phone. Thousands of people are online searching for products and services. Thousands more are on social platforms.
Whatever your business or social interests, with simple to use tools you can get your own website up and running in no time!
Simply choose your template, add a few details about your business and/ or hobbies, tell people how to contact you and press publish. Customers will be able to find your business in Google search results and on mobile devices.
Here’s what you get:
Do’s and Don’ts
A couple of “Golden Rules” to get you started.
Domain Name
How to search for a Domain Name
Web Hosting Companies
Which to use, which to avoid? Yahoo, HostGator, BlueHost, Google Sites, AfriHost, WordPress, Xneelo, Hetzner…
FREE Platforms
Which to use, which to avoid? Woza online (retired), Wix, Google, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla…
WordPress.com
Setup a WordPress.com Profile
Settings in the Admin Area
• General
• Writing
• Reading
• Discussion
• Media
• Rating
• Sharing
Users
• All Users
• Invite New
• Personal Settings
Gravatar
Setup a Gravatar Profile.
Pages
- Set Screen Options
- Add/ edit/ a couple of pages s.a Home, Contact Us, Gallery
- Page Attributes
- Set Featured Image
Posts/ Blogs
• Add New
• Add Photos/ Photo Gallery
• Categories
• Tags
Photos, Galleries and Photo Albums
Media Search
How to quickly search for a photo in the media library: it enables you to search by ‘item’, ‘date’, ‘keyword’.
Image Attachment Details
- URL
- Title
- Caption
- Alt text – let images help your Search Engine rankings
- Description
Image Attachment Display Setting
- Media File
- Attachment Page
- Custom URL
Gallery Type
- Thumbnail Grid
- Tiled Mosaic
- Square Tiles
- Circles
- Tiled Columns
- Slideshow
Wrap Text
Wrap text around Image
Embed Videos
Embed a YouTube, Vimeo or your own mp4 Video to a Page or Post; Embed a Video as a Widget
Google Maps
Easily add, customize and embed Google maps on pages and posts and… widgets
Themes
Choose a theme – you can change the look of your blog with over 380 attractive WordPress themes ranging from professional to fun to crazy, and you can switch themes instantly with just a click of a button. Each theme allows you to customize your sidebar using widgets, and several themes let you upload your own photo or image for the header bar.
Menus
Add a Nav Bar, Menus and drop-down Menus.
Widgets
• Blogs I Follow – display linked images for the blogs you follow
• Facebook like box – display a Facebook Like Box to connect visitors to your Facebook Page
• Follow button – add a WordPress follow button to allow people to follow your blog easier
• Gallery – display a photo gallery or slideshow as a widget
• Gravatar Profile – display a mini version of your Gravatar Profile
• Top Posts & Pages – shows your most viewed posts and pages.
• Top Rated – a list of your top rated posts, pages or comments.
• and more…
Site Stats
Days, weeks and months; Referrers; Search Engine Terms; Totals, Followers and Shares; Top Posts and Pages; Clicks; Enhanced Stats.
Mobile Theme
Enable mobile theme.
FAQs
- How to create links and have them open on new pages
- How to edit URLs on pages and posts
- And more…
What you need to have to attend this Online Training
Online Training from the comfort of your own home or office: convenient, effective and safe! Skype is easy to use and very user-friendly. Should you not have downloaded Skype yet, I will send you a Skype invitation link in order for us to communicate (you don’t need to download Skype). All you need is a desktop or laptop and headphones with microphone.
Hands-on
This is hands-on training.
Time
9 am – 2 pm.
During this workshop you will be creating your own free-hosted website!
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Wendy Ford and Terrence Vlotman (L to R) attended ‘Create Free Website’ Joel Miller and Martin Volker (L to R) attended ‘Create Free Website’ Nokuzola Ehrens attended ‘Create Free Website’ Megan Thorpe attended ‘Create Free Website’ Kerry Holmes attended ‘Create Free Website’ Jonathan Ridley and Christopher Ridley attended ‘Create Free Website’
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Meet new Friends and Learn how to Create a Free WordPress Website
Tony’s WordPress training was a great learning experience. He is very good and a patient teacher.
Thank you very much Nompumelelo and Kabelo. It was most enjoyable giving you Training. I am looking forward to the follow-up session.
Happy to say that I am that much closer to being a master of my own website! Thanks for the sessions, Tony. I look forward to more!
Thank you very much Nompumelelo and Kabelo. It was most enjoyable giving you Training. I am looking forward to the follow-up session.
Thank you Tony, the training was very informative and most helpful. I enjoyed it very much and I look forward and am excited to getting started on my blogging. I never thought I could learn so much in 5 hours.
The course is so interesting that time flew by, I will be back to learn more.
Thank you Tony for a great course. My son and I learnt a lot and I personally feel a lot more confident in enhancing and improving the value of the web sites that I am managing.
Hi Jonathan, it was a great pleasure giving you and your son training on WordPress. Thank you for attending. I wish you great success with the websites you are managing.
Many thanks for your Teaching Tony! Excellent knowledge and experience which you shared. Best wishes!
Thank you Lawrie. May you enjoy working on your new website and may it contribute to your continued success.
Tony your style of training is so insightful, simple and could make anyone a genius with no time. Honestly I’m impacted and ready to take the world by storm.Thank you Tony, I definitively will be coming for more training.Cheers
Thanks you Sir. You are an incredibly fast learner. Best wishes with your website.
Great WordPress Training. Now I’ve got the tools to run my business efficiently. Thanks Tony….
A great learning experience, Top of the Top. Excellent trainer. Thank You ever so blessed . A new journey begins….
Hi Maria, thank you for your comment. A new journey has definitely began for you. Thank you for attending ‘Create Free Website’ and I am looking forward to great content on your new site. I am also looking forward to giving you Training this Wednesday on ‘Create Beautiful Blogs and Pages with the Gutenberg Block Editor’. TT
WordPress training made easy with Tony, awesome!!! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Wendy. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow at the Day 2 of the Training. Your website is looking good. Best wishes. TT
I am so over the moon with my newly found joy. My own Blog. Thanks Tony!!!!
It was an absolute pleasure giving you Training on WordPress Nokuzola. May you enjoy Blogging for a very long time… TT
I’m loving it!
It was absolutely fantastic having you here Kerry. Look forward to seeing you at the upcoming ‘Create free Website 2’. TT
Wonderful learning experience! Thank you.
Thank you very much Kamo. It was fantastic having you here and I look forward to seeing you again this time for ‘Create Free Website – Part II’ this coming Thursday. TT
Tony took all the frustration out of trying to make sense of WordPress on my own! I learned a great deal in a short time. Great!
Thank you Marion. It was abolutely fantastic having you and your husband here. Best wishes with your work. TT
Thank you for a very informative course, I am overwhelmed with information but cannot wait to extend my new website . Tony you are a great teacher and thank you for your patience. I look forward to doing future courses.
Thank you so much Anthea. It was absolutely fantastic having you here. Best wishes with your work and the Fitness Studio. I am certain you will be having many interesting articles to write and I look forward to start reading your fitness posts. TT
Thanks Tony. Appreciate the great training and helpful tips!
Thank you very much Marc. You have an interesting topic and best wishes with your work. TT
Thanks Tony, Awesome course. Really recommend this.
Thank you Jana. Best wishes with your new website. TT
Fantastic Hands-On training! Thank you Tony. So proud of my new site!
Dear Lyra, thank you so much for your comment and yes, you should be proud of your new website. Well done! Best wishes with your work. TT
Tony was a great teacher, and I learnt so much, I shall be back!
Thank you very much Jennifer. Best wishes with your new website and I look forward to seeing you at the next Training. TT
Thank you Tony for helping me.
It was a great pleasure Elize. Best wishes with your work. TT
Wildly useful. Details you will never find out unless you are guided by an expert. Brilliant. A day that should not be missed by any entrepreneur in Johannesburg.
Thank you so much Kay. It was an absolute pleasure having you here. Best wishes with your new website. TT
A well structured course. It inspires confidence especially if you are a novice. Many thanks T.
Thank you very much Pierre. It was an absolute pleasure having you here. Best wishes with your work. TT
Great course. Opens up so many avenues. Feeling empowered!
Thank you very much Frederick. It was an absolute pleasure having you here. Best wishes with your work. TT
Had a fantastic time. Learned an incredible amount.
Thanks Tony
See you again soon.
Thank you Peter. It was a great pleasure having you here and I look forward to seeing you again soon. Best wishes with your website. TT
Thank you so much Tony! This was awesome! You made it so easy!
Thank you very much Nicolien. It was an absolute pleasure having you here. Best wishes with your new website. TT
It was a very nice and informative Saturday, thank you Cool Tony!
Thank you David, best wishes with your new website. TT
It was a very nice and informative Saturday, thank you Cool Tony!
Thank you Roger. Best wishes with your 2 websites (free hosted and the self hosted). TT
This is a great short course on how to create a free or hosted website. You leave the intense personalized class knowing how to create a website from scratch and navigate the admin panel effectively understanding all the necessary features. I did not realize how simple it can be to setup a basic website. Tony has devised an excellent course.
Thank you very much Robin. Fantastic having you here and best wishes with your work endeavours. TT
Thank you Tony for cramming so much learning into one session!
Alwyn, “cramming so much learning…” is this good or bad news? Just kidding – I realise we covered a great deal of material. Thanks for attending ‘Create Free Website’ and best wishes with your new website.
Tony! You are simply amazing. AGAIN you made learning so incredibly accessible. I think you are so inspirational. Thank you!
Wow, so kind of you Sarah. Much success with your business and best wishes with your new website. TT
Thanks, Tony, for another insightful class!
Welcome back Sebe. Great seeing you again. Best wishes with your new ‘Beauty’ website. TT
Marvellous teacher and a very helpful course! We really appreciate all your patience! I am definitely coming back for more.
Very kind of you Tippie and Santie. It was great having you here. Best wishes with your new ‘Adventure Travel’ website and I look forward to seeing you again. TT
Thank you, the training was very helpful. I look forward to my weekly updates 🙂
Thanks Tony. I already had my own WP site but I learned so much today that will save me so much time updating my site in the future.
Thank you very much Rick. Best wishes with your website. TT
Had a wonderful learning experience with Tony. Thank you so much. A must if you are looking to create your own website.
Very kind of you Ann, thank you. Best wishes with your new website. TT
Thanks Tony I had so much fun learning to work the wordpress website, this morning. Your approach is “learner” friendly.
Very kind of you Estelle, thank you. Best wishes with your new website. TT
Thank you Tony for a very informative learning session.
Your patience and teaching skills are exceptional !
Very kind of you Anne. Best wishes your new website. TT
What an informative morning Tony !! Thank you very much for your time ! I will definitelly be coming back for more training 🙂
Thank you Pavli. Best wishes with your new website. TT
Thank you for the awesome training Tony. I learned a lot and highly recommend this to anyone wanting to learn WordPress.
Thank you Faith. Best wishes with your new website. TT
Today’s Training was excellent. Tony is very good in WordPress and he knows well what he is doing.
Thank you Nkosinathi. Best wishes with your website. TT
I am very pleased to have come across to the teaching of Tony. He is one of the very few teachers who really cares about his students.
Thank you Tony for sharing with me your priceless knowledge.
Thank you Sir. I look forward to visit your website. TT
Great introduction to wordpress, look forward to designing my website with the tips you gave us at training.
Thank you very much. Look forward surfing your new site. TT
Thank you so much Tony! what an awesome learning experience – definitely helped me build up enthusiasm for my business venture.
Hi Carmin, thank you. Best wishes with you new website and business. TT
Tony, this was an informative session, it opens up new opportunities and areas to discover, and it helps to integrate with the world most modern tools to interact with people, share knowledge and share experiences.
Thank you Sameh.
This was such an awesome experience. I feel so empowered. I will definitely recommend it.
Thank you Lihle.
The wordpress training was very useful. Tony is a great teacher and the session was pleasant.
Thank you Sevan.
Fantastic, Tony-opened a whole new perspective & had such fun!
Thank you Allison.
Very informative and fun learning session.
Thank you Londiwe.