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WordPress for Real Clients

Build a website a business can actually run themselves — then hand it over, keep it safe, and get paid monthly for doing so. Builds on the HTML and Digital Branding courses.

Instructor: Stephen Adeniyi

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Module 1

Set Up WordPress Without Spending a Naira

  • 1.1What a CMS actually is, and why your client needs one▶ Watch free preview
  • 1.2The honest difference between the site you built in HTML and this one
  • 1.3Install WordPress locally so learning costs nothing
  • 1.4The dashboard, without the tour — the six things you actually touch
  • 1.5Break it on purpose, then put it back
  • A Working WordPress, and Your Own Recovery NotesAssignment

Module 2

Put a Real Site on a Real Domain

  • 2.1Domains, hosting and DNS, explained once and properly▶ Watch free preview
  • 2.2Choosing a host from Nigeria — what to check before you pay
  • 2.3Install on live hosting and point the domain
  • 2.4HTTPS, and why a padlock is not optional for a business
  • 2.5Move your local site to the live one without breaking it
  • A Hosting Recommendation You Could Defend to a ClientAssignment

Module 3

Structure the Site Around the Business

  • 3.1Turn the creative brief into a page list▶ Watch free preview
  • 3.2Pages, posts and why confusing them ruins a site later
  • 3.3Menus, hierarchy and what a visitor is actually looking for
  • 3.4Write the pages in the client's voice, not yours
  • 3.5Permalinks and URLs you won't regret in a year
  • A Site Map, a Menu, and One Page RewrittenAssignment

Module 4

Make It Look Like the Brand

  • 4.1Choosing a theme you won't have to fight▶ Watch free preview
  • 4.2The block editor, one layout at a time
  • 4.3Apply the real colours, fonts and logo from the brand guide
  • 4.4Custom CSS for the last 10% the theme won't give you
  • 4.5When a page builder earns its keep — and when it traps your client
  • The Home Page, Branded, With the Font Question AnsweredAssignment

Module 5

Build the Parts That Earn

  • 5.1A contact form whose messages genuinely arrive▶ Watch free preview
  • 5.2Put WhatsApp where customers expect it
  • 5.3A product or service catalogue with real prices
  • 5.4Bookings, enquiries and opening hours
  • 5.5Google Maps, directions and being findable in person
  • The Parts That Earn, Built and Proven to WorkAssignment

Module 6

Fast on Nigerian Data, Findable on Google

  • 6.1Why the site feels slow on a phone on mobile data▶ Watch free preview
  • 6.2Images: the single biggest thing making sites heavy
  • 6.3Caching and what it actually does
  • 6.4SEO that isn't snake oil — titles, descriptions, structure
  • 6.5Test on a real phone, on real data, and fix what you find
  • A Before and After You Could Put in Front of a ClientAssignment

Module 7

Keep It Alive

  • 7.1Why abandoned WordPress sites get taken over — and how it happens▶ Watch free preview
  • 7.2Updates, and the order to do them in
  • 7.3Backups you have actually tested restoring
  • 7.4Logins, roles and not giving the client's nephew admin
  • 7.5Selling maintenance: the monthly fee that outlasts the build
  • A Maintenance Service You Could Sell on MondayAssignment

Module 8

Capstone: Build and Hand Over a Real Site

  • 8.1Scope and price this specific site before you touch a keyboard▶ Watch free preview
  • 8.2Build it against the brief
  • 8.3Load the client's real content, not lorem ipsum
  • 8.4Train the client to update their own site
  • 8.5Hand over: files, logins, documentation, final payment
  • 8.6Write the case study and the maintenance offer
  • Capstone: A Real Business Website, Built and Handed OverAssignment

🔒 Assignments open once you've finished the lessons and quizzes in their module. They're marked by an instructor and count towards your certificate.