WordPress (Building Your Own Website)

This hands on full day workshop is aimed at non-technical web people, business owners, marketeers, entrepreneurs, directors and small business owners who are already running a WordPress web site or would like to build and/or run your own website using the world class WordPress platform.

• You will learn all the key controls and become very familiar with the WordPress interface and tools.
• You will understand how to organise, write and present your content in the most appropriate and powerful way.
• You'll be able to customise the look of your site and add important features and functions to make your site truly professional.

Outline:

• About WordPress
  • What is WordPress?
  • What can WordPress do?
  • WordPress supporting websites
• Getting Started
  • The WordPress interface
  • The admin bar and previewing your site
  • Working with the dashboard
  • Customising the screens
  • Content controls
  • Site admin controls
  • Getting help and support
• Adding and Editing Content
  • Planning your content
  • Pages vs Posts
  • Categories, sub categories and tags
  • Adding and structuring pages
  • Adding and structuring posts
  • Basic look and feel changes
  • Defining custom slug names
• Basic Site Configuration
  • Adding users and user roles
  • Changing site structure and permalinks
  • Changing other site settings
  • Managing post and page comments
• Working with Images
  • Uploading images to the media library
  • Inserting images into posts and pages
  • Controlling image position
  • Defining featured images
  • Advanced image settings
  • Adding a photo gallery
  • Adding videos
• Adding More Functions and Features
  • What is a plug-in?
  • Installing plug-ins
  • Anti-spam tools
  • Adding a light box to your photo galleries
  • Adding a contact form
  • Adding Google Analytics to your site
  • Adding SEO tools
• Customising the Look of your Site
  • What is a theme?
  • Changing visual theme settings
  • Adding a custom banner
  • Working with Widgets
  • Controlling and customising menu bars
  • Changing your theme
  • Using a premium theme