Course Overview
TOPThis two-day introductory WordPress course is for those who need to maintain or manage WordPress sites. This WordPress course starts at the foundation level, teaching the setup processes for managing a WordPress site and adding content, including text, images, and multimedia. Formatting and organizing content and creating links are also covered. The course also teaches adding pages and allowing user-generated content via comments if desired. Fundamentals of a WordPress site administration are also covered, including how to define user roles, adding users, and permissions. Participants also learn WordPress theme basics, understanding how to modify the standard theme or appearance. A complete list of WordPress course topics is available below the course dates. This WordPress course is helpful for those with no previous WordPress training who may already be working in WordPress and also for those just starting with WordPress.
Scheduled Classes
TOPWhat You'll Learn
TOPWhat you ll learn in this WordPress training course:
- How to get started in WordPress, and how to customize your options
- The difference between posts and pages, and how to create posts and edit them
- Uploading and manipulating media
- Adding links and categories
- Creating pages in WordPress
- Adding and removing comment capabilities
- Managing the appearance of your page
- Writing, reading, discussion, privacy and media settings
Outline
TOP- Getting started with WordPress
- Exploring the WordPress dashboard
- Updating your WordPress installation
- Posts in WordPress
- Media
- Links
- Pages in WordPress
- Comments
- Appearance
- WordPress plugins
- Users
- Tools
- WordPress settings
- Must have WordPress plugins
- Exploring the default WordPress theme
- Customizing WordPress themes
Prerequisites
TOPNo previous WordPress training is required
Who Should Attend
TOPThis WordPress training class is for professionals who want to build and maintain WordPress sites.
Next Step Courses
TOPWordPress Advanced