Learn WordPress in ONE day

Our course will give you the knowledge and confidence to setup, create, edit and manage a WordPress website

Only £150 per person

WordPress training course outline

• Time 9am - 5pm
• Please note that you will need to bring your own laptop (PC or Mac)
• A WordPress training website is provided for attendees to learn on during the day
• Attendees get electronic copies of the training materials used throughout the day
• Refreshments provided, tea, coffee and biscuits
• The course is ideal if you want to learn how to build a new website, or learn how to update and improve your existing website
• No experience required! As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a WordPress website
• Small class sizes - keeping numbers down makes sure you get the most out of the course

 

How to set up WordPress

• Introduction to WordPress
• How to set up a WordPress website in 15 mins

 

How to publish posts, pages, embed images and video

• How to manage and edit content in WordPress
• A breakdown of managing content within WordPress
• How to layout professional looking pages and posts
• How to add links to your content
• Inserting and embedding all kinds of media such as images, audio & video
• How to create, arrange and edit menus
• How blog comments work
• How to monitor and moderate comments
• How to stop spam (both comments and contact forms)

Need help deciding if this is right for you?

We are happy to run through your queries. Call us on: 01666 500873

How to make your site look attractive & professional with themes

• What are WordPress themes and how to use them
• How to install WordPress themes
• Recommended WordPress themes

 

Adding specific functionality to your site with WordPress plugins

• Overview of plugins; what are they and how they work
• How to install  WordPress plugins
• 5 top WordPress plugins and what they do
• How to use plugins and widgets to improve your website’s functionality

 

SocialMedia and your website

• How to sharing your content on other social networks
• Auto-posting to Twitter
• Adding ‘Share’ buttons
• How to add a newsletter

 

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

This course will enable you to:

• Create a WordPress website
• Manage, update and improve an existing WordPress website
• Use WordPress to manage your website content
• Integrate social media content into your WordPress website
• Automate posts to Social Networks
• Promote your website
• Manage comments
• Understand WordPress themes, plugins and widgets

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Attendees receive:

• Electronic copies of all training materials to use on the day and to keep for future reference
• Complimentary refreshments throughout the course

 

Who's running the course?

WordPress training courses are run by me Duncan Michael-MacGregor. WordPress is a passion of mine and I have been using it from the early days when it was just a modest blogging platform.

Over the past 12 years I have trained lots of people and have a good reputation within the WordPress community.

If you have any questions regarding the course please get in touch with me directly at: [email protected] or call: 01666 500873.

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Location of courses

Courses take place at The Growth Hub Cirencester. This fantastic venue has:

• Free on site parking
• Large 4k conference display
• High speed internet