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WordPress in 1 Day, the program
WordPress in 1 Day, the program
- Start time 10.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 17.00 (Central European Time)
- Bring your laptop (PC, Mac or Chromebook) as the WordPress course is ‘hands-on’
- You will get video tutorials of the WordPress course
- You will get a training WordPress website to practice on for one month
- This WordPress in 1 Day course is great if you want to learn how to build a new website or if you have an existing website and you want to learn how to maintain and improve it.
- No experience required. This WordPress course is great for beginners and for those that have some experience with WordPress.
- As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a great looking website with WordPress.
The set up of a WordPress website
- Introduction to WordPress
- What is needed for a self hosted WordPress website?
- Set up a website on your domain name
- The costs involved in building a WordPress website
- What is the best hosting for WordPress
Content creation with WordPress
- How to use the new WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)
- How to create professional-looking pages and posts
- How to add links into your pages
- How to insert images, youtube video, audio
Content Management
- WordPress content management explained
- The difference between Pages and Posts
- How to do maintenance, updates and upgrades
- The importance of Categories and Tags to organise your information
Structuring your WordPress website
- How to structure your information
- How to create and arrange the navigation
- How to use WordPress widgets
- How to create a blog with WordPress
- How to create a portfolio website
Comment moderation
- How to turn off reader comments
- How to monitor and moderate comments
- How to stop spam
WordPress plugins
- An overview of WordPress plugins
- How to install WordPress plugins
- 5 popular WordPress plugins explained
Search Engine optimization (SEO)
- How to the ranking for Google works
- How to make sure your website is optimized for Search Engines
- Tagging and categorizing your posts – how to do it and why it’s important
- How to add meta descriptions in your content to improve ranking
- How to SEO optimize your images
What about 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 share your content on other social networks
- Adding ‘Share’ buttons or not
- How to add a newsletter
Following this WordPress course you will be able to:
- Manage, update and improve your website
- Use the WordPress CMS to manage your website content
- Promote your website
- Manage comments
- Understand and use your WordPress theme, plugins and widgets
You will get:
- A full video recording of the Day
- Step by step instruction and video tutorials of the course
