WordPress training course outline
- Time 10am – 4pm
- Please note that you will need to bring a laptop (PC or Mac) as the course is ‘hands-on’
- Attendees get a WordPress training site to learn on during the day
- All attendees get electronic copies of the training materials used throughout the day
- The course is great if you want to learn how to build a new website, or learn how to update and improve your existing one
- No experience required. As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a great looking website with WordPress
How to set up WordPress
- Introduction to WordPress
- How to set up a WordPress website in 15 mins
How to publish posts, pages, images and video
- How to manage content in WordPress
- An explanation of content management in WordPress
- How to create professional looking pages and posts
- How to add links
- Inserting and embedding media – images, video, audio
- How to create and arrange menus
Comment moderation
- How to monitor and moderate comments
- How to stop spam
How to make your site look great with WordPress themes
- Themes and how can you use them
- How to install themes
- Recommended themes
How to add functionality to your site with WordPress plugins
- Overview of plugins
- How to install plugins
- 5 top WordPress plugins and what they do
- How to use plugins and widgets to improve your website’s functionality
Search Engine optimisation
- How to make sure your website is optimised for Search Engines
- Use ‘pretty url’s’ that will improve ‘click through’ rates
- Tagging and categorising your posts – how to do it and why it’s important
- How to add meta descriptions in your content to improve ranking
- Best practices when linking
Security
- How to make sure your WordPress website is secure
- How to back up your WordPress website
How to take advantage of the social web
- How to sharing your content on other social networks
- Auto-posting to Twitter
- Adding ‘Share’ buttons
- How to add a newsletter
- How to integrate your content with Twitter and Facebook
- How to add an online community to your website
Following this course you will be able to:
- Create a WordPress website
- Manage, update and improve a WordPress website
- Use WordPress to manage your website content
- Integrate social media content into your WordPress website
- Promote your website
- Manage comments
- Understand WordPress themes, plugins and widgets
Attendees receive:
- Our beginners guide to WordPress with full instructions for future reference
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