How To Build A Free WordPress Website For A Wedding (2020) | [From Scratch]

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to build a free WordPress website for a wedding. The only costs involved are for hosting and domain registration just like any other website.

To create a perfect website for your marriage, we will be using one of the fastest provider called Siteground, and the most installed Content Management System (CMS) called WordPress.

Furthermore, we will be installing the popular Astra theme, starter templates and easy to use Elementor Page Builder that accompanies these.

In this video you’ll also find an overview of all settings and possibilities with the contact form and how to configure the Google Maps Element.

Also, I’ll guide you through the process of editing and creating a perfect website for a wedding without using HTML, PHP or Javascript coding.

Perfect means: visually appealing with all basic functionalities in the field of wedding ceremonies. If you still have any questions after creating the website, don’t hesitate to ask.

Lastly, underneath you’ll find all the important links associated to this tutorial, and timestamps. Oh, before I forget, post your end result down below so I can check it out!

External links

Timestamps:

Intro
00:06 Summary of the video
00:52 Playback speed
01:25 To do list

Domain name and web hosting
01:50 What is a domain name & web hosting?
02:30 Siteground services
03:23 Register domain name and web hosting

WordPress, Email Account & SSL
05:48 Install WordPress and Email Account
06:36 Install SSL Certificate

WordPress overview
07:38 WordPress CMS explanation
08:14 WordPress dashboard overview
09:44 Change Site Title & Tagline
10:19 Change your site’s language
10:25 Default website cleanup
11:10 Change personal information
11:45 Change permalink settings

Elementor, Astra Theme & Starter Templates
12:11 Install Astra theme
13:30 Install Astra Starter Templates & Elementor

Edit WordPress website with customizer
14:42 How to use the customizer
14:47 Change site icon (favicon)
15:07 Change sites typography
15:52 Change website colours

Edit WordPress website with Elementor
16:46 Edit WPForms contact form
17:28 Explanation Elementor Page Builder
18:01 Responsive mode (mobile, tablet, desktop)
18:22 Add social media icons with Elementor
18:42 Add ‘Fade in’ effect
19:04 Change header component
20:23 Change the ‘Event Attractions’ component
22:14 Create a page for your wedding photo’s
23:47 Create button & redirection
24:30 Create a menu section
26:08 Configure Google Maps element

Outro
26:30 Final overview
26:38 End talk

Overview

1): Register domain name and web hosting at Siteground

2): Install WordPress, SSL certificate and Email Account

3): Overview of the basic settings in WordPress

4): Install Astra theme, starter templates and Elementor Page Builder

5): Create and edit WordPress website

Music

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Disclaimer:

This tutorial contains affiliate links, but the video is not sponsored. All external software used in this tutorial are my personal recommendations. I only endorse products that I personally use. For each referral, that results in a transaction, I receive a commission, without additional costs to the consumer. I use the commissions to create these videos. Thank you for your support!

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