This Hestia Theme Tutorial will help you, a WordPress newbie, build your first website. Hestia is one of the most popular WordPress themes. It looks great, and it’s easy to use. If you’re ready to get started, let’s begin.
Hestia Video Tutorials
These Videos Get You Started
Watch over my shoulder as I build a website using Hestia theme.
Hestia Text Tutorials
Quickly Find Info You Need
After the videos, deep dive into the text tutorials.
Read More Tips & Tricks In My Blog
I keep adding information that I hope will fill in any blanks I left when writing the initial guide. After reading my tutorials, make sure you read my blog posts.
I built Just Enough WordPress as a Hestia theme tutorial. First I provide a general overview of Hestia theme and then I provide in-depth instructions that guide you through the process of building your own great-looking website.
Why Choose Hestia Theme?
I’ve been building websites for 30 years and most of that time I’ve also been teaching newbies how to build their own first website. I know from experience that keeping it simple delivers the best chance of success for WordPress newbies. This Hestia theme tutorial shows you how to keep it simple while producing a professional-looking website.
Overwhelm Is Your Biggest Enemy.
It’s tempting to start with a powerful theme such as Divi or GeneratePress. However, these themes have a massive learning curve. That learning curve leads to you, the site builder, becoming overwhelmed, disillusioned, and giving up out of frustration.
Hestia Theme Is Designed For Newbies Like You.
Hestia is one of the easiest WordPress themes to use and for a newbie, ease of use trumps almost everything. Combine that ease of use, with Hestia’s professional looks, and you’ve got a winner. For a WordPress newbie, Hestia theme is a dream come true.
Add-ons Built With Hestia In Mind.
Themeisle built Hestia theme. They provide two of the most popular themes in the official WordPress theme directory, Hestia and Neve. You can build your website using just WordPress and Hestia. But it’s easier if you install a few WordPress plugins. I often recommend Hestia users install two WordPress plugins made by Themeisle. Those plugins are Otter Blocks and Orbit Fox. These plugins provide many useful extras, including ready-made page templates and a cookie notice banner.
Why Good Training Is Hard To Find.
Before 2018, most WordPress websites used the same easy-to-use interface called the classic editor. Using the classic editor was like using a word processor. It had few design options such as headlines, lists, bold and italic.
After 2018, WordPress encouraged every theme developer to include their own propriety page design and layout system in the themes they built.
Now, learning WordPress is a two-step process because every WordPress theme works differently. First, you learn how to add pages, posts, and navigation bars to your website using WordPress, then you learn how to add content to those pages using the tools included with your specific theme.
Does Your Theme Provide Good Enough Training?
I built this Hestia theme tutorial to provide just enough WordPress training to help newbies get started building their first Hestia website. Most, WordPress theme developers do not provide adequate training for the WordPress newbies who would like to use their themes. Too often, new users must figure it out for themselves. This website, Just Enough WordPress, helps you figure it out, find your feet, and get started using WordPress and the Hestia theme.
This Hestia Theme Tutorial Includes.
Hestia Theme Tutorial Videos.
Learning a new skill involves a lot of theory. However, by watching over my shoulder, you can get an initial understanding of how things work. That’s why I recorded a set of videos using WordPress, Hestia, and a few other tools you’ll need to learn to build your own website. The videos will prepare you to better follow the written tutorials.
In-depth Written Guides and Tutorials.
For every important step in your website building process, I provide a written tutorial that helps you get started. You’ll start by setting up your logo, site title, tagline and navigation bar. Move on to inserting web page content. Then organise your web pages and posts using navbar links, categories, and tags. You’ll finish up by adding content to the footer of your website. By following my guides and tutorials from start to finish, you’ll learn just enough WordPress to build your own professional website. And most importantly, you’ll avoid the frustration and overwhelm that comes from having to figure everything out yourself.
The Website Navigator Page.
I want to help you find the information you need when you need it. So I wrote a web page that lists the tutorials in the order I recommend you read them. After reading the main tutorials read my blog posts. Because, I keep adding information that I hope will fill in any blanks I left when writing the initial guide. I add new blog posts as and when I have time.
Your Journey Starts Here.
Dive in, watch the videos and read the tutorials. Building your first website is an exciting adventure. With the information on this website and a bit of time and effort, you’ll soon build your web design skills and your WordPress confidence.
Welcome aboard fellow web designer, the new you starts here.