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Gregg’s style is very good too, generally encouraging you to try and complete many of the steps, before walking things through the way he’d do them. I suspect my next step will be to try and develop some more advanced HTML and CSS skills, which would come in handy when it comes to tweaking and fine tuning some of the more complex things you might want to do. That said, I’ve still got lots to learn about using WordPress, and with the right themes and plugins, most things can be achieved without any additional code. A number of the lessons use the Genesis framework and themes, which I really liked using, but which would also be a $500 investment to get into. Maybe if I get around to developing a few websites, I might go back to them, but for the time being, and after quite a lot of research, I invested $80 in the Elegant Themes Divi theme and plugins. This provides much more functionality that the basic free themes available, and most things can be done through a graphical builder so you can actually see what things look like as you build them. I’ll probably do a separate blog on Divi over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Anyway, just thought I’d provide an update having mentioned this previously. Even if you have no interest in WordPress, check out Udemy and see if there’s something that interests you. It’s a cheap way to learn something new or develop some basic skills you already have. I’ve already bought my next one, so expect a blog about Excel VBA at some point in the future \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
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