Wordpress Introduction

Who is this course for?

This course is for website owners or anyone who wants to manage their own webpages through this user-friendly interface. No experience with computer graphics or coding is required.

Objectives

On this course you will learn how to:

• create a simple blog and website using WordPress
  
• set up an account on wordpress.com
  
• create your own site
  
• use the many WordPress settings and options
  
• create pages and posts, draft, publish and upload images and formatting content with HTML and CSS.
  
• select and activate a theme, adjust available options, set menu items and ensure the site is optimised for search engine results.
  

Introduction and Set-up

Review of WordPress
Installing WordPress

Overview of WordPress Interface

Overview of interface and dashboard
Adding users
Assigning different user roles
Setting up reading options - homepage and how posts work
Menus: Creating, adding, updating and assigning
Creating SEO friendly URLs

Template File Structure

WordPress page structure
WordPress Theme structured
Breaking up the HTML
Building the sidebar
Creating a custom home page
Introducing custom fields

Working with WordPress Themes

Installing a theme
Adding a theme to your website
Where is the theme located
Editing themes and templates
Compulsory changes to the CSS in order to make themes work
Activating & deactivating themes

Working with WordPress Templates

Targeting and identifying which templates update which sections
How templates pages fit into the WordPress structure
Compulsory template pages
Compulsory CSS files
Compulsory naming conventions when customising your own themes
Creating a new template page and the basics required on the page
Assigning a template to a page
Editing themes through the editor view in WordPress
Overview of how PHP is coded for WordPress
Overview of PHP functions required for WordPress
What is required to do advanced template work
Creating your own WordPress template page

Face-to-face training

Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.

Modern-spec IT, fully networked with internet access

Lunch, breaks and timing

A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:

• Bloomsbury
• Limehouse

Courses start at 9:30am.

Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.

Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).

Refreshments

Available throughout the day:

• Hot beverages
• Clean, filtered water
• Biscuits

Online training

Regular breaks throughout the day.

Learning tools

In-course handbook

Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes

Reference material

Available online. 100+ pages with step-by-step instructions

24 months access to Microsoft trainers

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