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Beaver Builder Developers Course

Beaver Builder is the powerhouse drag and drop WordPress page builder that allows you to build beautiful WordPress websites in minutes, not months. During this live, interactive online Beaver Builder training course, Nathan Ingram will team some of the critical skills you need to become a Beaver Builder expert. Go deeper in your understanding of WordPress & leverage the power of Beaver Builder to supercharge your ability to customize WordPress websites for your clients.
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Day One: Foundations

We will assemble a solid theme and plugin stack for a WordPress starter site that you can use as the basis for all of your future development.

  • We will create a WordPress install and explore the wp-config file
  • We will consider theme options for our base theme
  • We will consider recommended plugins for our starter site
  • We will create a custom functions plugin with helpful code snippets

Day Two: Build

We will use Beaver Builder and Beaver Themer to create a basic content structure for our starter website.

  • We will create header and footer structures
  • We will diuscuss whether to use the theme’s own header and footer or use Beaver Themer to customize them
  • We will design a basic home page template
  • We will create commonly used content pages
  • We will create a custom 404 page and a search results page using Beaver Themer
  • We will package the starter site for deployment
  • We will consider a checklist for deploying and customizing the starter website for each client project
  • We will consider a strategy for dealing with Gutenberg
  • We will examine ways to optimize website speed when using Beaver Builder

Day Three: Customize and Launch

We will leverage the power of Beaver Themer and Pods to create customized content and prepare the site for management by a client.

  • We will create a staff listing using Pods and Beaver Themer’s
  • We will examine Beaver Themer’s conditional logic
  • We will use Pods and Beaver Themer to create nonstandard content to display on the front end of the website (if time)
  • We will consider a strategy for client access and streamline the WP Admin area
  • We will add a Dashboard Help Widget for client support
  • We will create a Dashboard Help Widget powered by Beaver Builder
  • We will consider a checklist for launching the website

About Nathan Ingram

Nathan is the Host at iThemes Training where he teaches WordPress and freelance business development topics via live webinar.

He is also the creator of >ADVANCE Coaching, working with WordPress business owners individually and in groups to help them become more successful in their businesses.

Nathan has been a web business owner since 1995, and is based in Birmingham, Alabama where he an organizer for WordCamp Birmingham.

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