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How to design your website quick & easy with WordPress

Overview

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Your WordPress site with Divi 2023

Wordpress Home Screen

WHAT’S REQUIRED? 4 Main Steps

So, here’s the process to follow, regardless of the tools you’re using to design your website:

Step 1 . Installation

1.1 Installing Wordpress Theme - Divi by Elegant Themes
1.2 Setup A Child Theme

Step 2 . Configuration

2.1 Theme Options

2.1.1 Install API to Enable Updates
2.1.2 Site Logo Setup
2.1.3 Setup Color Palette

2.2 Theme Customizer

2.2.1 Site Identity - Favicon
2.2.2 Create a New Menu
2.2.3 Edit Default Footer

2.3 Theme Builder

2.3.1 Global Styles vs Custom Styles
2.3.2 Body Content Styling
2.3.3 Custom Header Styling
2.3.4 Custom Footer Styling

Step 3 . Design & Publish

3.1 Installing Prebuilt Templates
3.2 Updating Content
3.3 Adding Content
3.4 Removing Content
3.5 Undo / Redo function
3.6 Adding Pages to Menu

Step 4 . Maintenance

4.1 Back up, Restore, and Update

After installing WordPress, you now need to install the theme.  Free themes are good, but the drawback is there isn’t much to work with, and you’ll end up requiring one with more functionalities and support, or manually writing scripts (which I’m quite sure you wouldn’t want to do if you’re reading this post).  We recommend using Divi by Elegant Themes.  There are good reasons why we choose Divi especially for beginners, you can read more in this blog post, WHY Divi . A Premium WordPress Theme.

Let’s Get Started!  Step 1 . Installation

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