WordPress Fundamentals
Training for Your Group
- Private class for your team
- Online or on-location
- Fully customizable course material
- Onsite testing available
Training for Individuals
$875
- Live, Instructor-led training
- Expert instructors
- Hands-on instruction
Upcoming Dates
Course Overview
This course shows you how to use WordPress themes, widgets, plug-ins, and souped-up editing and multimedia tools to build just about any kind of site.
Course Length: 2 Days
Audience: Whether you’re a budding blogger or seasoned Web designer, WordPress is a brilliant tool for creating websites, once you know hot to tap its impressive features.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you have some working knowledge of your computers operating system.
What You're Going To Learn
This course provides a thorough A to Z look at WordPress. You will learn the basic skills and knowledge of WordPress including how to create, manage, maintain, and extend a WordPress site. This course is a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises that provide practical real-world experience.
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Course Outline
1 – WORD PRESS INTRO
- Intro to Content Management Systems (What is a CMS?)
- About WordPress
- Website hosting for WordPress
- Domain names
- Free online accounts
2 – INSTALL AND MANAGE YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
- Planning your site
- Setting up the website hosting and creating a database
- Install WordPress (w/Autoinstaller)
- Install WordPress (manually)
- Working with the interface
- Configure settings
3 – YOUR FIRST POST
- What is dashboard?
- The difference between a post and a page
- Creating your first blog
- Organizing your posts
- Dashboard tips and tricks
4 – COMMENTS
- Allowing comments
- How long should comments stay posted?
- Ongoing conversations
- Dealing with Spam
5 – WEB PAGES AND MENUS
- Creating your first page (Home page)
- Creating additional pages
- Templates
- Linking your site by building a site navigation menu
- Custom Menus
6 – MANAGING CONTENT
- Working with existing content
- Adding images to the media library
- Creating a Photo gallery
- Using featured images
- Tags and categories to organize your content
- Embedding video
- Playing audio
- Embeds and Short codes
7 – CUSTOMIZING CONTENT
- Changing the appearance of your WordPress site by customizing the theme
- Using Widgets
- What are Plugins?
- Mobile Themes
- Using Jetpack
- Ecommerce
- Theme code editing
8 – GETTING NOTICED
- Keeping the readers in the loop
- Having readers share
- Manage your sites feed
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Site statistics
9 – FINISHING TOUCHES
- Launching your site
- Setting up permalinks
- Updates
- Where to find additional plugins and themes
- Backing up your site
What to Expect at LeapFox
Knowledgeable Instructors
Our instructors are certified professionals. They are trained on the latest features and how to get the most out of software programs.
Hands-on Labs
No boring lectures! Our courses are designed to give students lots of time to practice what they are learning with hands-on exercises and projects.
Bounce Back Pass
Retake any course for up to 3 months. *Some limitations apply
Certificate of Completion
Receive a certificate of completion at the end of every course.
Up-to-date Curriculum
Each course comes with a helpful and up-to-date ebook which will contain instruction and practice exercises.
Time Saving Tips N Tricks
In each course, your instructor will show you tips and tricks that will save you time and make you more efficient.
Friendly and Helpful Staff
Our staff is dedicated to your success. Each team member is trained to provide the absolute best customer service possible.
Satisfaction Guarantee
If you aren't 100% satisfied with your experience at LeapFox, simply let us know, and we will make it right.