WordPress Training Course Beginners Peterborough

Peterborough Beginners WordPress Course Overview

Stuart House - East Wing
St John's Street
Peterborough PE1 5DD
United Kingdom

This business centre is a strategically located headquarters office building in central Peterborough, in the heart of the business district. It is within walking distance of the bus and railway stations and close to all shopping facilities, including Marks & Spencer and the Queensgate Shopping Centre where tenants include John Lewis, Waitrose and Boots. It is within a quarter mile of junction 5 of the Peterborough Ring Road. Convenient for your Beginners WordPress Training Course.

Alternatively if you live in and around Peterborough and wish to have your training on-site the we can provide all the equipment, included laptops & projector, required. All we ask is that you provide a little space for the trainer to set up.

Looking for another training courses? Have a look at the other training courses in Peterborough.

Peterborough features a stunning cathedral and a mix of urban and rural landscapes.

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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