Training and Certification
WordPress User
Overview
A professional-quality website is vital for any business, and great copy that’s freshly updated is key to attracting new and returning visitors. For many businesses this means that more members of the team need to be able to update and add content to the website, so using a content management system such as WordPress is ideal.
This two day training course teaches you how to set-up a new website from scratch using WordPress, a free-to-use Content Management System. At the end of the first day you will have a professional website that is content-managed using WordPress – meaning that you can add, update and delete copy including text, photos, and video.
How will I benefit?
On completion of this course you'll be able to:
- Take ownership of your website and implement the changes you want to grow your online business
- Use Wordpress to set up a professional site
- Update the content, to include text, photos and videos
- Optimise your website so potential clients can find you easily
- Use Wordpress plug-in's to enhance your website to your requirements
What will I learn?
- Getting started - set up your web site and domain
- How to Download and Install WordPress
- Creating, edit and deleting the content on your new website
- Using WordPress Themes to give your website the design that you want
- How to use Search Engine Optimisation so that visitors can find your website (for example using relevant keywords)
- Installing plug-ins, - why these are used, how to select which ones are suited to your requirements
- How to backup your website
Course Outline
| Day 1 | ||
| Lesson | Description | |
| 1 | Getting Started | The background to WordPress' widespread use and adoption; how to get started - installing WordPress and setting up your site |
| 2 | Next steps - Managing Content | WordPress settings; pages and posts; managing posts, pages, categories images, video and links |
| 3 | Themes | How to find the right theme; installing and un-installing themes; manually editing themes |
| Day 2 | ||
| 4 | Plugins | How to research, select, install update and uninstall plug-ins; using plug-ins for SEO; a look at some of the most useful plug-ins |
| 5 | Marketing your web site so that visitors come to it | Analytics; Feedburner; sitemaps; Google Keyword Tool |
| 6 | Summary of useful things you need to know | Blogging; WordPress as a CMS. |
| 7 | What next? | Useful resources for you to use in the future |
Course Dates
June 2012
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Old Broadcasting House, Leeds
September 2012
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Old Broadcasting House, Leeds
November 2012
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Old Broadcasting House, Leeds
More information about this course
Attending the course:
- The course starts at 9:30 am on the first day and 9:00 am on the second day. Each day finishes at 5:00 pm.
- We're open from 8:30 am for coffee, papers and magazines and WIFI.
- Important things like great coffee, tea, water, biscuits, mints and lunch are provided.
- The course takes place in our training centre so all equipment is provided.
Our Prices
- The price published is fully inclusive.
- We dont charge VAT (we're part of Leeds Metropolitan University so our courses are zero rated)
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