Course Content
MODULE 1: Logging In & Overview
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1.1 How to Log In to Your Website Dashboard.
01:55
1.2 How to Change Your Password (Especially Important on First Login)
01:53
1.3 How to Reset Your Website Password (In case you forget it)
02:31
1.4 Overview of the Website Dashboard + Definitions
05:20
1.5 How to Unlock Hidden Technical Modules (Like Plugins, Appearance, and More)
03:02
MODULE 2: Editing Photos
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2.1 How to Source License Free Stock Photos
09:18
2.2 Image Sizes to use in Different Places on your Website
04:31
2.3 How to Start Editing Your Pictures
04:11
2.4 How to Brighten Dull Photos
01:34
2.5 How to Sharpen Blurry Photos
00:53
2.6 How to turn a Picture into Black and White
00:27
2.7 How to Export Your Images So That They Load Quickly on Your Website
01:55
2.8: How to Set a Transparent Background (for Your Logos and Client Logos)
03:45
MODULE 3: Global Fonts and Colors
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3.1 How to Change Your Fonts and Colors (Across the Whole Website)
09:27
3.2 Editing Global Button Colors
04:08
MODULE 4: Editing Headers & Footers
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4.1 How to Change Your logo on your Home Page
07:55
4.2 How to change your Logo across All Other Pages
06:38
4.3 How to change your Phone and Email and Social Media Links on the Header and Footer
08:07
4.4 How to Edit the Menus (Navigation Bars) On the Headers and Footers
13:40
MODULE 5: Editing Your Pages
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5.1 What Are Pages?
01:32
5.2 How To Open A Page For Editing
01:08
5.3 How Your Page is Laid Out on The Backend + Intro to Containers
07:47
5.4 How To Edit Text + Headings on your page
06:14
5.5 How to Add / Edit Photos on your Page
12:01
5.6 How To Edit Buttons + Links
13:45
5.7 How To Edit Case Wins Slider
02:34
5.8 How To Edit the Testimonials Section
03:14
5.9 How To Edit The Client Logos Section
01:55
5.10 How To Edit The Statistic Numbers (That Animate)
02:10
5.11 How To Edit Animation Effects
03:03
5.12 How To Edit Icons Lists
02:30
5.13 – How To Edit Icons
01:17
5.14 How To Change Your Location On The Map
02:07
MODULE 6: Managing Blog Posts
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6.1 How to Add a New Blog Post
05:29
6.2 How to Edit an Existing Blog Post
02:59
6.3 How to Unpublish Your post and make it a ‘Draft’
01:54
6.4 How to Delete a Post or Restore it from Trash
01:31
6.5 How to Add, Edit, and Delete Categories
02:37
MODULE 7: Site Maintenance Essentials
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7.1 How to Back Up Your Website ⚠️
05:08
7.2 How to Restore Your Website from a Backup ⚠️
03:58
7.3 How to Restore an Earlier Version of a Page or Post ⚠️
02:48
7.4 How to Update Plugins or Themes ⚠️
05:43
7.5 How to Add a User to your website ⚠️
05:33
7.6 How to remove a user from your website ⚠️
01:00
MODULE 8: Getting Additional Support
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8.1 Support Options – When to Contact Us
Tweak It Yourself (TIY)

Restoring a backup is your safety net. If something breaks, your site is hacked, or you need to undo changes—this is how you get back on track.

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • When and why to restore a website

  • How to restore using UpdraftPlus

  • What happens after the restore

  • What to watch out for

🧠 Why Restore?

You may need to restore your website when:

  • The site is broken after a plugin/theme update

  • Your site has been hacked

  • You want to roll back to a clean or earlier version

  • Something just isn’t working right

💬 “Sometimes restoring is faster than fixing. That’s why we back up!”

🔧 Tool Used: UpdraftPlus Plugin

🛠️ How to Restore a Backup (Step-by-Step)

✅ Step 1: Access UpdraftPlus

  • Log into your WordPress dashboard

  • Go to Settings > UpdraftPlus Backups

  • You’ll see a list of existing backups

✅ Step 2: Choose the Backup to Restore

  • Find the backup you want (check the date)

  • Click Restore
    🕓 Pick a backup from before the issue began

✅ Step 3: Select What to Restore

You’ll be prompted to choose what to restore. Select:

  • ✅ Plugins

  • ✅ Themes

  • ✅ Uploads

  • ✅ Others

  • ✅ Database

💡 Most of the time, select everything to fully restore the site
Click Next

✅ Step 4: Download from External Storage

UpdraftPlus will download the backup files from your external storage (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox). This may take a few minutes.

✅ Step 5: Confirm Restore

  • Click Restore to proceed

  • Wait for the restoration process to complete
    ✅ You’ll see a message like: “Restore successful”

✅ Step 6: Log In Again (If Needed)

You may be logged out after the restore.
If your password has changed since the backup:

  • Click “Lost your password?” on the login screen

  • Follow the recovery process

🔍 What to Check After Restoring

Once you log back in:

  • Visit the front end of your website

  • Confirm your theme, fonts, layouts, and plugins are working

  • Check that any recent posts/pages (added after the backup) are still there
    ⚠️ Anything created after the backup point will be gone

⚠️ Important Caution Before You Restore

🔄 Restoring a backup will overwrite your current website — including all posts, changes, or updates made after the backup date.
Double-check the date of the backup to avoid losing important work.

  • ✅ Consider downloading a current backup first before restoring

  • ✅ If in doubt, talk to your web developer before proceeding

  • ✅ Always test key pages after restoring

✅ You’re Done!

You now know how to:

  • Restore a full backup using UpdraftPlus

  • Verify that everything is working

  • Re-access your site if you get locked out

💪 “Restoring a website shouldn’t be scary. It’s just going back to a working version.”

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