WordPress
This course provides a thorough understanding of WordPress. The participant will learn the basic skills and knowledge including how to create, manage, maintain, and publish a WordPress website. This course is a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises that provide practical real-world experience.
2 days - $1,295.00
Course taught by an expert WordPress Instructor.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of a personal computer is required.
Course Outline
Word Press Introduction
Intro to Content Management Systems (What is a CMS?)
About WordPress
Website hosting for WordPress
Domain names
Free online accounts
Install and Manage your WordPress Site
Planning your site
Setting up the website hosting and creating a database
Install WordPress (w/Autoinstaller)
Install WordPress (manually)
Working with the interface
Configure settings
Your First Post
What is the dashboard?
The difference between a post and a page
Creating your first blog
Organizing your posts
Dashboard tips and tricks
Comments
Allowing comments
How long should comments stay posted?
Ongoing conversations
Dealing with Spam
Web Pages and Menus
Creating your first page (Home or Landing page)
Creating additional pages
Templates
Linking your site by building a site navigation menu
Custom Menus
Managing Content
Working with existing content
Adding images to the media library
Creating a Photo gallery
Using featured images
Tags and categories to organize your content
Embedding video
Playing audio
Embeds and Short codes
Customizing Content
Changing the appearance of your WordPress site by customizing the theme
Using Widgets
What are Plugins?
Mobile Themes
Using Jetpack
Ecommerce
Theme code editing
Getting Noticed
Keeping the readers in the loop
Having readers share
Manage your sites feed
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Site statistics
Finishing Touches
Launching your site
Setting up Permalinks
Updates
Where to find additional plugins and themes
Backing up your site
