WordPress Training Course Beginners

Beginners WordPress Course Overview

WordPress is a web-based free to use by anyone to build a website. It is easy to customise and along with the many plugins and themes makes it extremely easy to use.

This WordPress training course will get you up and running with your own domain name and hosting. This will allow you the greatest amount of flexibility.

Course Duration: 2 Day

Complete Course Outline

An Introduction to WordPress

• What makes WordPress a good choice?
• WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
• The elements of a WordPress website

Your Domain and Hosting

• Choosing a domain name
• Registering a domain name
• Choosing your hosting
• Linking your domain and hosting

Planning your Website

• What kind of site are you planning to build?
• What''s the purpose of your site?
• What content do you need on your site?
• Finding and Using Images
• Video and Audio

Setting up WordPress

• The one-click install
• Setting up using WordPress.com

Step-by-Step: Creating a Basic Model Website

• Introducing the default WordPress theme
• The live site and admin area
• The admin area
• First steps
• The header
• The background
• Creating pages
• Choosing your home page
• Working with the text editor
• Adding pages to the menu
• Adding images to your site
• Adding video and audio to your site
• Your blog or news area
• Your widgets
• The plugins you need
• Basic site completion checklist

Selling from your website

• Using Paypal
• Paypall buttons and shopping cart

Exploring Themes

• Free or premium?
• How to choose a theme
• Where to find themes
• How to install a theme

Your Live Site

• Growing your audience
• Maintaining relationships with your visitors
• Tracking your visitors
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Integrating Social Media with your Website

Useful Things to Know

• Legal Issues
• Maintaining your WordPress site
• My site isn''t showing in Google
• Working with other users
• Getting Help
• Word Press in other languages
• Adding functionality with plugins
• Going further with WordPress

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