Web Design for WordPress Users

Master WordPress web design with responsive layouts, UX, SEO, and real-world skills to build stunning websites.

What you'll learn
- Understand core web design principles for creating user-friendly, visually engaging websites.
- Use visual hierarchy and typography to enhance readability and design structure.
- Apply color psychology and color schemes to influence user behavior and appeal.
- Implement responsive design using Gutenberg and Elementor for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
- Optimize site structure, metadata, and images for improved SEO and discoverability.
- Plan and structure websites by defining goals, target audience, and content layout.
- Build real-world website features like headers, footers, and hero sections.
- Design with Gutenberg FSE and Elementor to create custom layouts and templates.
- Set up and manage a local WordPress environment for safe design experimentation.

Requirements
- Good working knowledge of WordPress
- Good working knowledge of the Gutenberg Editor to follow the Gutenberg section
- Good working knowledge of Elementor if you plan to follow the Elementor section.

Description
Web Design for WordPress Users: Master Visual Design Principles with Gutenberg and Elementor

Are you a WordPress user already familiar with the platform and looking to elevate your web design skills? This comprehensive 9.5-hour course is designed to teach you how to implement essential web design principles using Gutenberg and Elementor, two powerful tools in WordPress. Through 71 in-depth videos, you’ll learn how to create aesthetically pleasing, functional, and user-friendly websites that are optimized for performance.

Course Overview:

In this course, we don't teach you WordPress, Gutenberg, or Elementor. Instead, we focus on Web Design principles, and then how to implement them on WordPress sites.  We cover everything from typography and color theory to advanced concepts like whitespace, layout, and responsive design. By the end of the course, you'll have the tools and knowledge to create professional-looking websites that perform well on all devices, and you’ll know how to optimize them for search engines.

What You Will Learn:

Web Design Fundamentals: Understand the core principles of web design, including what makes a website visually appealing, functional, and trustworthy. Learn how to avoid common mistakes in design that can hinder your site's performance.

Designer vs Developer Roles: Learn the distinction between designers and developers, how to identify your target audience, and how to adapt your design decisions, such as color and font choice, to suit the needs of your users.

Getting Started with WordPress: Learn how to set up a local development environment, explore WordPress theme options (block vs traditional themes), and grasp SEO basics to make your site visible and discoverable.

Whitespace & Layout: Discover how to use spacing effectively, understand the box model and grid theory, and implement visual hierarchy, proximity, and balance for a cleaner, more user-friendly design.

Typography Fundamentals: Dive into typography, learning how to pair fonts, adjust font sizes and units, and create a readable and visually cohesive design.

Color Theory: Understand the psychology of color, learn about hex codes and color schemes, and master the process of creating a color palette that enhances your design.

Planning Core Content Structure: Learn how to wireframe and structure your content, as well as how to create a reference document to keep your design consistent and organized.

Responsive Design with Gutenberg & Elementor: Learn how to apply the web design principles you’ve learned to create responsive layouts using both Gutenberg and Elementor. The course includes practical examples where you can follow along as I build templates and complete a homepage for two fictional websites (one with Gutenberg and the other using Elementor).

Accessibility and Launch Checklist: Download my checklists to help you audit your site for accessibility and ensure your site is ready for launch with a detailed checklist.

Who is this course for?This course is ideal for WordPress users who already have basic knowledge of the platform and are looking to improve their design skills. Whether you are a small business owner, a blogger, or someone interested in creating more professional-looking websites, this course will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to design high-quality websites using WordPress, Gutenberg, and Elementor.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to confidently implement modern web design principles and create user-friendly, visually appealing, and responsive websites using the power of WordPress.

Who this course is for:
- Competent WordPress users that want to learn Web Design and apply it to their own site building efforts.
- Full Site Editor users, or Elementor users that want to implement web design principles in their work.
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