The Ultimate WordPress Boot Camp Course - Build 10 Websites

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Alexander Oni

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1 - Introduction

1 - Introduction.mp4

04:45

2 - Connect with Me.mp4

02:22

2 - Introduction to Web Hosting & Domains

3 - Introduction.mp4

03:40

4 - Try Siteground or Cloudways Hosting.html

5 - Installing WordPress Locally with Local by Flywheel.mp4

11:02

3 - Project 1 Build a Blog

6 - Section Preview.mp4

01:35

7 - Choosing our Theme.mp4

02:26

7 - twenty-minutes.zip

8 - Download 20 Minutes Theme.html

9 - Clean Up & Initial Setup.mp4

03:50

10 - Adding the Logo & Favicon.mp4

03:09

11 - Creating our Pages & Main Menu.mp4

01:42

12 - Exporting and Importing Content.mp4

07:28

12 - thevideobuff.wordpress.2018-11-03.zip

12 - videobuffpostcontent.zip

13 - Social Media Part 1 Share Buttons by Adder.mp4

04:50

14 - Social Media Part 2 Social Media Widget by Accurax.mp4

02:34

15 - Building our Mailing List with MailChimp.mp4

06:18

16 - Working with the Optin Forms Plugin.mp4

07:25

17 - Adding a Review & Rating System.mp4

07:00

18 - Building the About Us & Contact Pages.mp4

06:27

19 - Customizing the Comments Section.mp4

07:27

20 - Fighting Spam with Akismet.mp4

05:09

21 - Customizing the Main Menu.mp4

04:46

22 - Displaying our Widgets.mp4

03:29

23 - Displaying our Recent Posts.mp4

07:07

24 - Customizing the Recent Posts Widget.mp4

07:38

25 - Section Review.mp4

01:50

26 - Conclusion.mp4

00:35

4 - Project 2 Build a Business Website

27 - Site Preview.mp4

02:10

28 - Initial Setup themes plugins images.mp4

03:56

29 - Download the Images Used.html

29 - WebCoders-Images.zip

30 - Setting up the Header.mp4

06:20

31 - Displaying the Homepage Banner.mp4

13:52

32 - Adding the Who We Are Section.mp4

12:37

33 - Adding the Services Section.mp4

16:33

34 - Adding the Portfolio Section.mp4

18:45

35 - Adding the Testimonials Section.mp4

07:34

36 - Adding the Clients Section.mp4

06:29

37 - Adding the Contact Form.mp4

07:19

38 - Adding the Anchor Link.mp4

02:54

39 - Designing the Footer.mp4

05:43

40 - Building the Services Page.mp4

10:02

41 - Building the Team Page.mp4

09:18

42 - Building the Portfolio Page.mp4

01:34

43 - Building the Pricing Page.mp4

11:55

44 - Building the Contact Page.mp4

10:30

45 - Page Templates.mp4

02:14

46 - Conclusion.mp4

00:23

5 - Project 2 Build a Business Website

47 - Site Preview.mp4

01:53

48 - Choosing our Business Theme.mp4

05:28

49 - Download the BusinessX Child Theme.html

49 - businessx-child.zip

50 - Adding our Logo.mp4

02:41

51 - Setting up the Header and Main Menu.mp4

05:32

52 - Adding the Slides Section.mp4

07:10

53 - Adding the Our Services Section.mp4

06:15

54 - Adding the Who We Are Section.mp4

04:24

55 - Adding the Our Clients Section.mp4

03:21

56 - Creating the Portfolio Section.mp4

15:17

57 - Adding Testimonials.mp4

04:26

58 - Developing the Blog Section.mp4

10:33

59 - Setting up the Posts Sidebar.mp4

06:09

60 - Creating the Team Page.mp4

09:58

61 - Creating the Services Page.mp4

09:41

62 - Building the Contact Us Section.mp4

05:23

63 - Building the Contact Us Page.mp4

08:16

64 - Setting up the Footer.mp4

05:31

65 - Conclusion.mp4

00:38

6 - Project 3 Build a Membership Site

66 - Site Preview.mp4

02:15

67 - Installing our Plugins.mp4

00:59

68 - Creating our Member Role.mp4

01:47

69 - Setting up Registration Details.mp4

02:00

70 - Hiding the Admin Bar.mp4

01:16

71 - Creating the Registration Login and Edit Profile Pages.mp4

01:23

72 - Managing the Registration Form Fields.mp4

02:30

73 - Adding the Email Confirmation Field.mp4

03:32

74 - Creating Dummy Content.mp4

02:03

75 - Creating Members Only Content.mp4

06:44

76 - Choosing our Theme.mp4

02:29

77 - Theme Setup.mp4

02:49

78 - Creating our Custom Menu.mp4

02:16

79 - Adding the Logout Link.mp4

02:11

80 - Modifying the Content Restriction Message.mp4

02:36

81 - Testing out the Membership Site.mp4

05:45

82 - Premium Membership Site Preview.mp4

01:22

83 - The Paid Members Subscription Plan Plugin.mp4

08:57

84 - Creating the Subscription Plans.mp4

02:23

85 - Creating the Thank You Page.mp4

01:54

86 - Editing Messages and Payment System Settings.mp4

02:26

87 - How to Create PayPal Sandbox Accounts.mp4

05:30

88 - Testing Payments.mp4

06:58

89 - Fixing Bugs.mp4

04:08

90 - Restricting Premium Content.mp4

02:18

91 - Update.mp4

07:16

92 - Pro Addons Part 1.mp4

05:55

93 - Pro Addons Part 2.mp4

05:55

94 - Review.mp4

02:38

95 - Conclusion.mp4

00:29

7 - Project 4 Build a Job Board Website

96 - Section Preview.mp4

01:32

97 - Choosing our Theme.mp4

06:25

98 - The WP Job Manager Plugin.mp4

07:23

99 - Adding Google Maps API Key.mp4

05:04

100 - Adding Recaptcha.mp4

03:29

101 - Submitting a Sample Job.mp4

05:30

102 - Creating the Log in and Log out Links.mp4

02:44

103 - Menu Items Visibility Control.mp4

04:22

104 - Customizing the Login Page.mp4

06:37

105 - Hiding the Admin Bar & Dashboard.mp4

05:23

106 - Importing Jobs Part 1.mp4

15:12

107 - Importing Jobs Part 2.mp4

05:24

108 - Importing Jobs Part 3 Indeed.mp4

04:19

109 - Importing Jobs Part 4 Monster.mp4

08:45

110 - Adding Regions.mp4

06:08

111 - Adding the Job Application Contact Form.mp4

12:05

112 - Clean Up & Design Changes.mp4

08:06

113 - The Go Fetch Jobs Premium Plugin.mp4

03:39

114 - The Application Deadline Addon.mp4

02:26

115 - The Resume Manager Plugin.mp4

03:01

116 - Resume Manager Settings.mp4

07:36

117 - Submitting a Sample Resume.mp4

05:49

118 - Job Manager Premium Addons.mp4

02:55

119 - Conclusion.mp4

00:31

8 - Build an Events Website

120 - Section Preview.mp4

02:34

121 - Setting up our Events Website.mp4

03:24

122 - Installing our Events Plugins.mp4

01:56

123 - Events Calendar Plugin Settings.mp4

03:06

124 - How to Create Events.mp4

06:42

125 - Connecting to Stripe & PayPal.mp4

07:14

126 - How to Create Tickets.mp4

03:28

127 - Testing Payments with Stripe.mp4

04:24

128 - Creating our Homepage with Events.mp4

12:06

129 - Creating the Timeline Page.mp4

03:24

130 - Adding the Contact Form.mp4

04:12

131 - Update.mp4

00:50

132 - Template Setup.mp4

02:17

133 - Building our Footer.mp4

06:36

134 - Building our Header.mp4

01:39

135 - Single Template Addon.mp4

02:49

136 - Events Calendar Pro.mp4

05:37

137 - Section Conclusion.mp4

00:25

9 - Project 5 Build a Forum

138 - Section Preview.mp4

01:46

139 - Domain Setup & Initial Setup.mp4

02:45

140 - Why bbPress.mp4

02:32

141 - bbPress Preview.mp4

04:21

142 - bbPress Default Roles.mp4

02:35

143 - Creating our Forums.mp4

04:29

144 - Creating Sample Topics.mp4

05:28

145 - Creating the Registration Page.mp4

03:18

146 - Customizing our Welcome Message.mp4

06:20

147 - The BBPress Log Out Link Issue.mp4

02:46

148 - Creating the Log in and Log out Links.mp4

10:13

149 - Customizing the Login Page.mp4

06:55

150 - Choosing our Theme.mp4

02:07

151 - Editing the Theme.mp4

08:40

152 - Disabling the Admin Bar.mp4

04:56

153 - Changing the Default Login URL.mp4

04:58

154 - Activating User Avatars.mp4

05:59

155 - Activating User Attachments.mp4

06:04

156 - Adding the LIKE Button.mp4

04:47

157 - Activating Spam Protection.mp4

04:13

158 - Creating New Users.mp4

02:04

159 - Adding the Forum Sidebar.mp4

04:57

160 - Review.mp4

03:49

161 - Conclusion.mp4

00:31

10 - Project 6 Build a One Page Event Website

162 - Section Preview.mp4

01:36

163 - The SiteOrigin Page Builder Plugin.mp4

04:28

164 - The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle.mp4

02:35

165 - The SiteOrigin North Theme.mp4

02:30

166 - SiteOrigin Theme Preview.mp4

01:39

167 - Setting up the Front Page.mp4

02:28

168 - Adding our Header & Logo.mp4

03:47

169 - Adding a Video Part 1.mp4

03:19

170 - Adding a Video Part 2.mp4

05:58

171 - Adding our Headline.mp4

02:46

172 - Adding our Text Block.mp4

05:21

173 - Adding the Image Gallery.mp4

06:51

174 - Creating a row inside of a row.mp4

03:57

175 - Adding the Second Headline.mp4

03:08

176 - Creating the Speakers Text Block.mp4

10:02

177 - Creating the Pricing Table.mp4

08:06

178 - Adding the FAQs Section.mp4

07:59

179 - Adding our 2 Column Row.mp4

02:41

180 - Adding Google Maps.mp4

03:45

181 - Adding the Address Block.mp4

03:21

182 - Adding Social Media Links.mp4

05:02

183 - Introduction to Anchor Links.mp4

01:36

184 - Creating the Main Menu.mp4

04:11

185 - Clean Up.mp4

03:04

186 - Introduction to Pre Built Layouts.mp4

02:50

187 - Section Review.mp4

01:14

11 - Project 7 Build a One Page Website with Elementor

188 - What We Shall Build Together.mp4

01:58

189 - Initial Setup.mp4

01:40

190 - Download All the Content Used in the Course.html

190 - Elementor-Images.zip

191 - Elementor General Settings.mp4

06:10

192 - Setting up the Elementor Home Page.mp4

03:56

193 - Setting up our Global Values.mp4

06:00

194 - Adding our First Section Headline Text Background Video.mp4

11:10

195 - The Second Section Who We Are.mp4

07:28

196 - The Navigator and History Tools.mp4

02:09

197 - Creating Advanced Structures.mp4

04:33

198 - Elementor Challenge 1.mp4

00:56

199 - Adding the Our Services Section.mp4

08:32

200 - Adding the Why Work with Us Section.mp4

09:31

201 - Adding the Meet the Team Section.mp4

06:15

202 - Adding the Our Clients Section.mp4

03:56

203 - Adding the Testimonials Section.mp4

05:50

204 - Working with Margins and Paddings.mp4

06:40

205 - Working with the Spacer Element.mp4

03:51

206 - Working with the Number Counter Element.mp4

02:56

207 - Creating the Footer Section.mp4

06:49

208 - Creating the Header Part 1 Anchor Links.mp4

10:52

209 - Creating the Header Part 2 Adding our Menu & Logo.mp4

04:30

210 - Responsive Mode.mp4

07:44

211 - Working with Page Templates and Blocks.mp4

05:10

212 - Round Up.mp4

01:58

12 - Build a Travel Blog with Elementor

213 - What We Shall Build Website Preview.mp4

04:23

214 - First things First.mp4

02:22

215 - Download Images & XML File.html

215 - images-2.zip

215 - xml-2.zip

216 - Installing Elementor & General Settings.mp4

09:57

217 - Elementor Overview.mp4

09:38

218 - Sections Columns Margins & Paddings.mp4

07:49

219 - Setting up Our Global Values.mp4

11:38

220 - Building our Custom Headers.mp4

13:19

221 - Building our Global Footer.mp4

12:19

222 - Adding the Homepage Banner.mp4

08:09

223 - Blending the Header and Homepage Banner.mp4

02:35

224 - Alternative Video Background.mp4

02:42

225 - Building the Homepage Part 1.mp4

06:23

226 - Building the Homepage Part 2.mp4

05:18

227 - Adding the Homepage Gallery.mp4

04:49

228 - Adding the Blog Section.mp4

09:28

229 - Adding Our Call to Action.mp4

02:59

230 - Adding the Testimonials Section.mp4

05:31

231 - Home Page Review.mp4

01:30

232 - Building the Blog Page.mp4

12:12

233 - Building the Contact Us Page.mp4

09:00

234 - Introduction to Responsive Design.mp4

03:04

235 - Responsive Header Part 1.mp4

07:32

236 - Responsive Header Part 2.mp4

09:55

237 - Responsive Footer.mp4

03:58

238 - Responsive Homepage.mp4

15:32

13 - Project 8 Build an ECommerce Site

239 - Introduction.mp4

01:11

240 - Site Preview.mp4

00:53

241 - The Easy Digital Downloads EDD Plugin.mp4

03:15

242 - EDD Overview.mp4

02:22

243 - EDD General Settings.mp4

03:00

244 - EDD Email Styles Settings.mp4

03:00

245 - EDD Tax Settings.mp4

01:50

246 - EDD Misc Settings.mp4

04:49

247 - Creating a Simple Digital Product.mp4

04:56

248 - Creating a Variable Digital Product.mp4

03:38

249 - Creating a Bundle of Digital Products.mp4

03:33

250 - The Checkout Process.mp4

02:58

251 - Setting up the Downloads and Category Pages.mp4

04:51

252 - Customizing the Downloads Page.mp4

08:01

253 - The PayPal Payment Gateway.mp4

05:13

254 - The Test Payment Gateway.mp4

02:51

255 - The Buy Now Button.mp4

02:27

256 - Customer Accounts in EDD.mp4

02:29

257 - Setting up the Login & Registration Pages.mp4

05:17

258 - Setting up the Edit Profile Page.mp4

01:29

259 - Setting up the Logout Page.mp4

04:25

260 - The Vendd Theme.mp4

05:06

261 - Customizing the Menu.mp4

04:16

262 - Hiding the Admin Bar.mp4

02:40

263 - Setting up our Pages.mp4

03:48

264 - Setting up the Homepage.mp4

08:24

265 - Designing our Main Menu.mp4

02:11

266 - EDD Extensions.mp4

03:59

267 - Conclusion.mp4

00:40

14 - Project 9 Build a Photo Gallery

268 - Section Preview.mp4

01:45

269 - Photo Gallery Websites An Introduction.mp4

02:07

270 - Where to find Thousands of FREE Images.mp4

03:13

271 - Choosing our Theme.mp4

04:53

272 - UPDATE Get the Portfolio Theme.html

272 - portfolio-gallery.zip

273 - The NextGen Gallery Plugin.mp4

03:06

274 - Download Images.html

274 - Pixabay-Photos.zip

275 - Creating our Galleries.mp4

04:50

276 - NextGen Gallery Settings.mp4

08:13

277 - Gallery Display Settings.mp4

08:25

278 - Setting up the Theme & HomePage.mp4

08:26

279 - Creating our Gallery Pages.mp4

01:08

280 - Optimizing our Images.mp4

11:05

281 - Adding Watermark Protection.mp4

06:23

282 - Disabling Right Click.mp4

03:34

283 - How to Display Gallery Albums.mp4

04:15

284 - Working with Photo Tags.mp4

04:34

285 - Building the About Us & Contact Me Page.mp4

07:05

286 - Website Review.mp4

01:29

287 - Pro vs Plus vs Free Options.mp4

04:28

288 - Working with the Additional Gallery Options.mp4

08:08

289 - Setting Up ECommerce Options Part 1.mp4

04:55

290 - Setting Up ECommerce Options Part 2.mp4

05:09

291 - Creating Price Lists.mp4

10:53

292 - Creating PayPal Sandbox Test Accounts.mp4

04:50

293 - Testing Payments.mp4

04:47

294 - Working with Coupons.mp4

02:12

295 - Other Payment Gateways.mp4

02:07

296 - Conclusion.mp4

00:35

15 - Plugin Section 15 Plugins

297 - Section Introduction.mp4

01:30

298 - Akismet Plugin.mp4

05:51

299 - WP Optimize Plugin.mp4

06:26

300 - Duplicator Plugin.mp4

12:46

301 - Formidable Forms Plugin.mp4

10:31

302 - W3 Total Cache Plugin.mp4

07:32

303 - Shareaholic Plugin.mp4

15:46

304 - Shield WordPress Security Plugin.mp4

14:38

305 - WP Live Chat Support Plugin.mp4

08:32

306 - Broken Links Checker Plugin.mp4

09:22

307 - 404 Error Page Plugin.mp4

05:14

308 - WP Optimize Plugin.mp4

06:26

309 - Launcher.mp4

06:03

310 - Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin.mp4

06:16

311 - Accordion and Collapse Plugin.mp4

04:52

312 - Foo Gallery Plugin.mp4

12:30

313 - Max Mega Menu Plugin.mp4

10:43

314 - PayPal Donations.mp4

03:57

315 - Popup Maker Plugin.mp4

08:13

316 - White Label CMS.mp4

05:00

317 - Image Recycle PDF & Image Compression.mp4

08:01

16 - Conclusion

318 - Getting your Certificate.mp4

03:00

319 - Conclusion Thank you.mp4

00:27

Description

Master the art of using WordPress to build a full portfolio of different types of websites

What You'll Learn?

Build a wide variety of WordPress websites
Implement best strategies and techniques for building WordPress websites
Identify the best plugins and themes for building different types of websites
Improve your overall WordPress skills
Work with the most powerful and sophisticated WordPress plugins

Who is this for?

Students who want to master the art of building websites with WordPress

Students or Web developers who want to build a portfolio of WordPress websites

More details

Description
Welcome to one of the most intensive WordPress course you will ever find
This course is for any aspiring WordPress student/developer who would like to learn how to build any type of website using the most powerful CMS available - WordPress.Â Complete with more than 250 lectures and over 20 hours of video content, this course has been designed to expand your knowledge of WordPress and give you the necessary skills and confidence to either start a career as a WordPress developer or build your very own portfolio of websites.
In this course you will learn how to build the following types of websites:
Blog
Business website
Membership site
E-Commerce site
Forum
Job board website
One page website
Portfolio/Gallery
Event Website
In addition you will also learn how to use some of the most popular and powerful WordPress plugins including:
Elementor
SiteOrigin
Easy Digital Downloads
NextGen
WP Job Manager
Yoast SEO
bbPress
MailChimp
Beaver Builder
Akismet
and much much more
Curriculum Breakdown
Project 1 - Build a Blog
You will learn how to build a full blog. You will learn how to import and export data to and from your WordPress website. You will learn how to build your mailing list using Mailchimp and also how to add social media functionality. Comments are a big part of any blog and I will show you how to customize your comments section and even more importantly, IÂ will show you how to fight against spam comments using one of the most powerful anti-spam plugins. We will also cover how to spice up your blog by adding a review system and how to customize your widgets.
Project 2 - Build a Business Website
For our second project, you will learn how to build a great looking website for a fictional company known as Web Coders Inc. You will learn how to add every major feature of a business website such as the 'our services', 'the team' and also the 'our clients' sections. I will show you how to add the portfolio section to showcase previous projects to potential clients and also some testimonials. We will round up this project by building a contact us page.
Project 3 - Build a Membership Site
Want to build a membership site so you can charge subscribers for premium content? this project is perfect for you. You will learn how to configure and use one of the most powerful plugins known as Membership pro. You will learn how to create and restrict premium content while also learning how to create subscription packages. I will show you how to configure payment systems so you can accept payments via PayPal and Stripe.
Project 4 - Build a Job Board Website
In this project you will learn how to build a job board website similar to monster or Indeed. You will learn how to work with the WP Job Manager plugin to create and publish jobs. I will show you how to also populate your website by importing jobs from other job board websites. IÂ will also teach you how to customize your menu items so they are visible or hidden depending on certain conditions.
Project 5 - Build a Forum
Here you will learn how to build forum using one of the most popular social networking plugins known as bbPress. You will learn how to create forums and topics and also how to setup a registration page so subscribers can register and login to use the site. I will show you how to truly enhance the functionality of your forum site by teaching you how to add custom user avatars, user attachments and even the 'LIKE' button. You will also learn how to apply basic security to protect your site from spam.
Project 6 - Build a One Page Event Website
In this class you are going to learn how to use a very powerful free page builder known asÂ SiteOriginÂ to build a full one page website.Â SiteOrigin is one of the most popular page builder plugins with more than 2.5 million downloads already.
The website we are going to build together will be for an event known as the 'Black Hat Convention'. The purpose of the website will be to market and promote the event to potential attendees.Â This website is going to be a full one page website complete with a video, image gallery, text blocks, pricing tables, FAQ section and much more.

You will master the art of using the SiteOrigin page builder plugin to work with columns, rows, widgets and addons. You will learn how to build all the previously mentioned content by utilizing the full power and features of the plugin.Â
I will conclude this class by teaching you how to work with the pre-built layouts available with the plugin.
Project 7 - Build a One Page Website with Elementor
Similar to the previous section, here you will learn how to use another extremely powerful page builder known as Elementor.Â With more than a million downloads already, Elementor is one of the veryÂ best and most popular plugins for building pages in WordPress. TheÂ plugin is extremely fast and comes with a variety of widgets andÂ elements making it very easy to build any kind of web page imaginableÂ without using any code.Â
In this project you will master the art of using this page builder to build a full one page website.
Project 8 - Build an E-Commerce Site
If you are looking to build a virtual store that sells downloadable products likeÂ music files, images and e-books then you are going to love this section. I will show you how to build the store using the Easy Digital Downloads plugin.Â The EDD plugin is one of the very best plugins for building virtual stores and you will learn how to use it to its maximum abilities. You will learn how to how to create bundled virtual products and how to manage downloads from your customers.
Project 9 - Build a Photo Gallery
In this project, you are going to learn how to build a complete photo gallery using WordPress. We will be making use of one of the most popular WordPress gallery plugins known asÂ NextGen GalleryÂ to build our fictional gallery.
The website we shall be building is calledÂ snapshooterÂ and is a website containing several different photo galleries dedicated to themes like war, nature, people, sports etc.
With the NextGen gallery plugin, I am going to show you how toÂ
Build and publish photo galleries and albums
Optimize your images to improve website performance
Protect your images by adding watermarks
Display your images and galleries using a variety of display formats
Create pricing lists for your images so you can charge customersÂ
Set up payment systems to accept payments
and much more
By the end of this master course, your confidence as a WordPress user willÂ soar. You'll have a thorough understanding of how to use different types of plugins and themes so you can use them to build a portfolio of websites and start a profitable WordPress career.Â
My satisfaction guarantee...
I have aÂ 30-day 100% money back guarantee, so if you aren't happy with your purchase, I will refund your course -Â no questions asked!
I can't wait to see you in the course!
Enroll now, and you will become a true master at using WordPress to build websites.
Who this course is for:
Students who want to master the art of building websites with WordPress
Students or Web developers who want to build a portfolio of WordPress websites

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My passion is teaching people through online courses in a fun and entertaining manner. I have been teaching online for about 5 years now and during this period, I have created over 25 different courses with more than 132,000 students registered worldwide.What would you like to learn? Would you like to learn how to build and manage your WordPress website?Would you like to learn advanced skills that will make you a true WordPress developer?Would you like to learn how you can establish a successful career as a web developer?Would you like to learn the basics of information and cyber security? If you want to do any of these things, just enroll in the course and I'm always improving my courses so that they stay up to date and the best that they can be. Check them out, and enroll today!MORE ABOUT ALEX:We all have one shot at life and as such, I believe in living life to the fullest. This means constantly stepping out of my comfort zone by visiting new places and trying out new things. My relative success on Udemy has given me both financial freedom and the ability to be location independent. I am currently travelling around the world spending about a month in one city (current location is Chiang Mai, Thailand) before moving on to the next. My hobbies include watching movies, sports and playing chess. I am also a huge Dead by Daylight gamer.

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