About This Course
If you’re new to RapidWeaver then this is the place to start. This collection of FREE tutorials will get you up and running in no time. You’ll learn about how to create and publish your first RapidWeaver project.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1
Run Time 04:40
Adding Pages
Learn about pages & plugins in RapidWeaver, and how to add them to your site.
Lesson 2
Run Time 06:59
Page Inspector
Learn about the Page Inspector, one of the most powerful parts of RapidWeaver's interface. You can choose to use page-specific titles, slogans, sidebar content, and theme styles all within the Page Inspector.
Lesson 3
Run Time 01:07
Choosing Themes
The starting point for the design of any RapidWeaver site is the theme. Learn how to quickly preview and change the theme used in your project.
Lesson 4
Run Time 01:41
Publishing Projects
Learn how to prepare and publish your project using the new Publish menu in RapidWeaver.
Lesson 5
Run Time 01:27
General Site Settings
In this video we'll take a look at how we can customise your site title, slogan, footer text, and more, using the General Settings area.
Lesson 6
Run Time 01:13
SEO Health Check
Health Check in RapidWeaver 7 analyses your site and provides you with a list of suggested changes to make your site load quicker, and be more-easily indexed by search engines.
Lesson 7
Run Time 00:38
Google Analytics
Learn how to add Google Analytics tracking code to your RapidWeaver site.
Lesson 8
Run Time 03:25
Basic Theme Customisation
Themes are awesome, but your RapidWeaver site needs to match your client's branding, or your sports team's logo. In RapidWeave you can make changes to any theme by using the built-in theme customisation feature, let me show how.
Lesson 9
Run Time 02:44
URL Customisation
You can easily control the URL of each page of your RapidWeaver site by changing the folder name. You can even nest page several levels deep. In this video I'll show you how to easily create a clean, uniformed URL structure for your site.
Lesson 10
Run Time 05:12
The 5 Minute Site
In this lesson I'll show you how to build and publish a three page site in less than five minutes! We'll cover all the basics, add a contact form and photo gallery, and then publish it online. All in under 5 minutes! So what are you waiting for? Let's do this!
Teacher
Ben Counsell is a full-stack web developer who has been working on RapidWeaver for all of his professional career. His unique insight in to web development, design, and RapidWeaver will inspire you to build amazing websites.