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WordPress Introduction

WordPress TrainingWordPress is an open-source content management system which allows users to create and manage beautiful websites or blogs.

Our WordPress Introduction courses is generally conducted over 2 days however can be customised to suit the needs of the participants.

Course Content

Introduction to WordPress

  • Setting up WordPress using a localhost
  • Exploring the WordPress Dashboard
  • Customise Settings

Themes

  • Working with Themes
  • Parent vs Child Themes
  • Activate a Theme
  • Using the Theme Customizer

Posts

  • Posts vs Pages
  • Create a post
  • Publishing Options
  • Using the Visual Editor
  • Change Post Layouts
  • Work with Categories
  • Work with Tags

Pages

  • Create a page
  • Parent pages and child pages
  • Page Attributes
  • Use Revisions

Menus

  • Create your own menu structure
  • Assign menus to different locations
  • Use different menu link options

Media

  • Understand the Media Library
  • Upload media
  • Add media details including alt text
  • Edit an image within WordPress
  • Understand Media Attachment Pages
  • Create an Image gallery
  • Upload audio and video

Hyperlinks

  • Create internal hyperlinks
  • Create external hyperlinks
  • Set hyperlink options

Update WordPress

  • Keep WordPress up-to-date
  • Strategies for updating multiple sites
  • Keep plugins and themes up-to-date

Commenting

  • Configure basic commenting options for posts
  • Use Comment moderation and blacklists
  • Set commenting for individual posts and pages
  • Use the Akismet plugin

Widgets

  • What is a Widget?
  • Use custom theme Widgets
  • Add a widget
  • Use built-in widget types

Accounts

  • Manage User accounts
  • Edit your own profile
  • Create a new user account

Plugins

  • Install and configure a plugin to Backup WordPress
  • Install and configure a security plugin to secure your site
  • Install and configure a simple form plugin

Customise your CSS

  • Introduction to basic CSS syntax
  • Finding the CSS code
  • Change CSS code site-wide

For more information or to inquire about availability or pricing please contact us.

A few testimonials from our happy clients

“This course was excellent. I have used Excel for a number of years but it was so helpful to have functions I have ignored explained to me.”

Julie M.

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