Social Media Website Design
Your Complete Guide to Professional Social Media Site Design
What you'll learn
- Prepare WordPress and the platform requirements
- Install the social networking platform system
- Set up the general settings, the personal profile page and groups
- Set up the settings for activity, notifications and interaction
- Add interface elements and create the main menus
- Set up the registration and privacy options
- Customize the platform interface
- Enable posting photos and video clips
- Add multiple languages to the platform
About this course
This course explains how to design a social networking website similar to Facebook using WordPress, step by step. It starts with an introduction and the steps of building a social networking platform, then getting the main requirements of the platform, preparing WordPress and installing the platform system on it. Next you set up the general settings, the personal profile page and groups, along with the settings for activity, notifications and interaction. Then you move on to adding interface elements and creating the main menus, setting up registration and privacy options, and customizing the site interface. In the last part you enable posting photos and video clips in posts, support the platform with WordPress features, and add multiple languages to the site. This course suits anyone who wants to create their own community or social network, whether you are a business owner, a web designer or a beginner. You do not need a lot of experience, because the explanation starts with preparing WordPress and moves through hands-on practice until launch. By the end, you will be able to build a complete social networking website and manage and customize it yourself.
Expected outcomes
- Create a fully customizable social media platform.
- Add interaction and registration tools to enhance user experience.
- Manage and publish content on the platform easily and professionally.
- Activate multiple features to improve platform performance and attract users.
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Course content
1Social Media Website Design
13 lectures
- Course IntroductionOutlines the course on building a social network on WordPress: installing plugins and themes, customizing design and the timeline, controlling posting and permissions, private messages and notifications, with no coding experience.1:37
- Steps to Create a Social Media PlatformExplains the steps to build a social platform: choosing a management system such as WordPress, preparing hosting and domain, choosing the plugin, and setting up appearance, posting, groups, notifications and a store.6:03
- Getting Main Platform Requirements and Setting Up WordPressExplains choosing a hosting company and its effect on site speed and stability, plan types, cost and bandwidth, then setting up WordPress online and on a local server for hands-on practice.25:15
- Installing the Social Media Platform System on WordPressExplains choosing a WordPress theme for a social platform, comparing paid and free options, reviewing the BuddyBoss theme demo, and installing the theme with the BuddyBoss Platform and Pro plugins.14:28
- Configuring General Settings, Personal Page, and GroupsExplains configuring general BuddyBoss settings: permalinks, member registration, email activation and password confirmation, profile settings and cover images, and group creation permissions.21:11
- Configuring Activity, Notification, and Interaction Settings on the PlatformExplains configuring activity settings in a BuddyBoss platform: editing posts, link previews, comment and reaction settings, and choosing which activity notices appear on the timeline.16:41
- Adding Social Media Platform Interface ElementsCovers adjusting the platform's home page elements, such as adding image, video and group widgets with their tabs, and editing the sidebar and the social media links.16:33
- Creating Main Social Media Platform ListsExplains creating the platform's main menus, showing them in the sidebar or header and on desktop or mobile, and adding items such as the members page, terms and conditions, and registration links.7:00
- Configuring Page Registration and Privacy OptionsCovers controlling registration options, such as email and password confirmation and agreeing to terms, and setting privacy so the platform is open to everyone, visible only to members, or restricted on specific pages.13:05
- Customizing the Social Media Platform InterfaceCovers final customization of the platform's interface, from the profile and sidebar to the mobile logo, colors, and adding a footer with its display options, then reviewing the final look.28:04
- Activating Image and Video Sharing in Platform PostsExplains setting up publishing options on the platform, such as allowing photos, videos and files in posts, albums and messages, and limiting the maximum file size, number of files and allowed types.12:45
- Enhancing Social Media Platform with WordPress FeaturesExplains integrating WordPress with the social platform by showing articles on its front end, installing the online store plugin, adding products, and setting how products appear in the sidebar.12:52
- Adding Multiple Languages to the Social Media PlatformCovers translating the platform into Arabic or another local language with a plugin, switching text direction, editing texts and titles, and making the site multilingual so visitors can pick their language.11:47
Instructor
Eng. Ahmed Abbas
This course is part of the diploma
