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WordPress Level 1 Training Class

Class Description, WordPress Level 1

This Introduction to WordPress class will teach you everything you need to know to get started with WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system for blogs and websites. This Introduction to WordPress class is a practical, hands-on introduction to WordPress in which we will create a functional website and blog from scratch.  This class is designed for people with little or no experience in WordPress who want to get up and running quickly. Some knowledge of HTML and other web technologies is helpful, but not necessary.

Who should take class?

  • New WordPress users
  • Web Designers, Web Developers, Web Masters, Content Creators, Digital Marketers and anyone else responsible for creating and managing websites
  • No prior experience with WordPress is necessary, though you should have basic computer skills

What’s Included?

  • Instruction from an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI), who is also an experienced web and graphic designer
  • Detailed notes
  • Lesson files and hands-on exercises
  • Follow up sessions with the instructor by phone and email

What You Will Learn

  • How to install and set up WordPress
  • The main features of WordPress
  • Managing your blog
  • Managing your website
  • Adding menus and contact forms
  • Choosing a theme
  • Adding plugins
  • Much more

Detailed Curriculum, Introduction to WordPress

Note: The following is the standard curriculum for the class, and is always customized to meet the needs of the students who attend.

Getting Started

  • What is WordPress?
  • Domain names
  • Web hosting options
  • WordPress.com and WordPress.org
  • Installing WordPress

Basics of WordPress

  • Logging in
  • Managing accounts and users
  • Understanding the Dashboard
  • Basic WordPress Settings

Blogging Basics

  • Creating a new post
  • Adding text
  • Adding images
  • Adding URLs and links
  • Aublishing a post
  • Editing the HTML
  • Categories, tags, excerpts

Creating and Managing Pages

  • Understanding posts and pages
  • Creating a page
  • Modifiying a page
  • Creating page hierarchies

Managing Menu

  • Default WordPress menu
  • Creating a custom menu
  • Creating multiple menus
  • Adding/removing buttons from menu
  • Creating drop-down menus
  • Custom links

Media Management

  • Managing images and other media
  • Adding video from sources such as YouTube and Vimeo
  • Adding PDF documents
  • Adding downloadable files
  • Image galleries

Working with WordPress Themes

  • Finding themes
  • Choosing the right theme
  • Installing a theme
  • Free vs. Premium themes
  • Switching themes
  • Customizing themes
  • Theme best practices

Customizing the Appearance

  • Changing logo and tagline
  • Changing the banner image
  • Widgets
  • Adding custom sidebars and footers
  • Creating a custom menu

WordPress Plugins

  • What is a plugin?
  • Most popular plugins for WordPress sites
  • Adding SEO functionality
  • Security Plugins
  • Adding a contact form
  • Web stats at your fingertips
  • Social media plugin for integration with Facebook, Twitter and others
  • Image galleries
  • Translating your site into other languages
  • Searching for plugins that add powerful functionality with one click

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