Convert an HTML Site to WordPress for Better Search Rankings

Convert a static HTML site into a beautiful responsive mobile-friendly Wordpress site for better search engine rankings.

Created by: Andrew Williams
Wordpress, SEO & Self-Publishing Expert, teacher and author

What Will I Learn?

• Convert a static HTML site into a Responsive, mobile-friendly Wordpress website.
• Understand why it is important to make a site mobile-friendly
• Check a site for broken links and fix them.
• Create 301 redirects in the htaccess file.
• Preserve the rankings of the old site, with the new site.
• Stop the search engines finding the new site until ready.
• Complete an HTML to Wordpress conversion with ZERO site downtime.

Requirements

• Students do not need prior knowledge of Wordpress to use this course. Everything you need is included in the course.
• It can be a benefit if you know how to use FTP to upload/download files to your server.

Target audience

• This course is for anyone that is worried about the upcoming changes to Google's algorithm, specifically relating to mobile-friendly websites.
• This course is for anyone that wants to update an old HTML site to a content management system offering mobile-friendly design.
• This course is for any HTML site owner that wants a simpler way to manage their site.
• This course is not for people wanting to learn Wordpress.