Learn WordPress in one day
Our course will give you the knowledge and confidence to setup, create, edit and manage a WordPress website
Only £80 per person
| Dates | Location | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
WordPress training course outline
- Time 9:30am – 1pm
- Please note that you will need to bring a laptop (PC or Mac) as it’s a very much a hands on course
- 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 website
- No experience required! As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a WordPress website
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 content in WordPress
- A breakdown of managing content within WordPress
- How to create professional looking pages and posts
- How to add links to content
- Inserting and embedding al kinds of medial images, audio & video
- How to create, arrange and edit menus
- How comments work
- How to monitor and moderate comments
- How to stop spam (both comments and contact forms)
How to make your site look attractive & professional with WordPress themes
- What are WordPress themes and how to use them
- How to install a 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 a WordPress plugin
- 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 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
Attendees receive:
- Step by step video tutorials of the course
- Electronic copies of all training materials
Course Tutor
WordPress training courses are run by me Duncan Michael-MacGregor. WordPress is something of a passion of mine and I have been using it from the early days when it was a modest blogging platform.
Since 2007 I have helped hundreds of individuals, small organisations and large companies.
I have trained hundreds of people over the past 11 years and have a good reputation within the WordPress community.
If you have any questions regarding the course please do get in touch with me directly at: duncan@duckonwater.co.uk or call: 01666 500873.
WordPress training course dates
| Dates | Location | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
| Coming Soon | Tetbury | TBA |
