{"id":10,"date":"2014-03-10T00:37:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T00:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/build-a-beautiful-website-using-wordpress\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2021-04-26T03:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:09:37","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/build-a-beautiful-website-using-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1: Welcome Message: Build a Beautiful Website from Scratch Using WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by FirmBee\" src=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/build-a-beautiful-website-using-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/357\/2014\/03\/ef35b40a28f71c3e81584d04ee44408be272e1d61eb2124890f3_640_website.jpg\" alt=\"website photo\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Published: August 2018 by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patrick Carpen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last updated: April 26, 2021 at 3:09 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course was designed for the complete beginner &#8211; even if you don&#8217;t know <a href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/build-a-beautiful-website-using-wordpress\/lesson-1-what-is-a-domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what a domain name is<\/a> and you&#8217;ve never written a line of code, you can build a beautiful WordPress website following these step by step tutorials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even if you know a thing or two about domain names, HMTL, and websites, you will still find this course useful. 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Take advantage of this amazing free course in WordPress website design today &#8211; from PC &#8211; brand of excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you in Lesson 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/build-a-beautiful-website-using-wordpress\/what-is-needed-to-complete-this-course\/\">What is Needed to Complete this Course.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have Fun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Tutor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patrick Carpen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Published: August 2018 by Patrick Carpen. 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