WordPress for End Users Course



Course Details:

Length: 2 days

Price: $1,190/person (USD)

Group Price: Request Quote

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Course Features:

Live Instructor Teaching

Certificate of Completion

Digital Badge

Courseware: Print

Free 6 Month Online Retake

Hands-On Learning?: Yes

Software Lab Included: N/A
(Cloud Based)

Delivery Methods:

Live Online

Individuals and Groups
@ Your Location

Onsite for Teams

Group Teams
@ Your Organization

This is an instructor-led course. It is taught by an instructor live online or at organizations for groups.
For WordPress team training, we can teach onsite at your office or private it live online.

 


Course Overview

Unleash Your Inner Website Creator: Master WordPress for End Users

Empower yourself to build beautiful, functional websites – no coding required!

This comprehensive WordPress for End Users course equips you with the skills and knowledge to create professional websites that thrive on any device. WordPress is your key whether you dream of a captivating blog, a powerful business platform, or a dynamic hybrid site.

What you'll gain:
  • Master the basics: Learn the core functionalities of WordPress, from setting up your domain and hosting to navigating the user-friendly dashboard.
  • Become a design pro: Discover how to customize your website's look and feel with themes and plugins, ensuring a visually stunning and engaging experience for your visitors.
  • Content creation made easy: Craft compelling blog posts and web pages, utilizing the power of Gutenberg, WordPress's intuitive block editor.
  • SEO optimization: Equip yourself with fundamental SEO practices to boost your website's ranking in search engine results.
  • Mobile-friendliness guaranteed: Build websites that seamlessly adapt to any device, ensuring a smooth user experience for all your visitors.
  • Confidence and control: Take complete ownership of your website, empowering yourself to make updates and modifications easily.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
  • Launch a fully functional website: No coding required!
  • Craft captivating content: Engage your audience with well-structured posts and pages.
  • Design a website that reflects your brand: Express your unique style with a variety of themes and customization options.
  • Optimize your website for search engines: Increase your visibility and attract organic traffic.
  • Manage comments and user interactions: Build a community around your website.
  • Feel empowered and confident: Take control of your online presence and make updates with ease.
Who is this course for?
  • Entrepreneurs looking to build a strong online presence.
  • Bloggers eager to share their voice with the world.
  • Anyone who wants a beautiful, user-friendly website for any purpose.

Ready to take control of your online presence? Enroll today and transform your website vision into reality!

 


Course Notes

Register Early: Registration Deadline is 2 Weeks Prior to Class Start.

Important Course Information
Course Taught with Courseware: WordPress 2024.
Not Appropriate for: Wordpress Programming or Development. (Please see our 5-day PHP Programming with MySQL course for these topics.)
Course Objectives
  • Master WordPress Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of the core functionalities of WordPress, including setting up a domain and hosting, navigating the dashboard, and managing content.
  • Website Design and Customization: Learn how to personalize the look and feel of your website using themes and plugins, creating a visually appealing and engaging experience for visitors.
  • Content Creation with Gutenberg: Become proficient in using Gutenberg, the block editor in WordPress, to craft compelling blog posts and web pages.
  • SEO Basics for Improved Search Ranking: Equip yourself with fundamental SEO practices to optimize your website for search engines and increase its visibility.
  • Mobile-Friendly Website Development: Build websites that adapt seamlessly to any device, ensuring a smooth user experience for all visitors.
  • Website Management and Confidence: Develop the skills and confidence to manage your website independently, making updates and modifications as needed.
Target Audience
Delivery Method

 

Course Topics

WordPress for End Users

Course Duration - 2 Days

A Little Bit of History
  • Updates & Changes to WordPress?
  • A Note About UK v US English.
  • Found Typos in This Book?
What is WordPress?
  • Some of the Features That Make WordPress Great.
  • WordPress.com v WordPress.org.
    • WordPress.com.
  • Do you still want to use WordPress.com?
    • WordPress.org.
The Costs of Owning a Site
  • The Website Domain.
  • Website Hosting.
  • Registrar & Web Hosts
The Domain Name
  • The domain TLD.
Domain, Host, Registrar & Installing WordPress

Log In and Out of Your Dashboard

WordPress Web Pages
  • Pre-Installed WordPress Themes.
    • Delete Un-Used Themes.
      • Whoops, I've Deleted the Wrong Theme.
An Overview of the Dashboard
  • The Sidebar.
  • Screen Options, Help, Profile & Logout.
  • The Main Screen.
Cleaning Out the Pre-Installed Stuff
  • Deleting the "Hello World" Post.
    • Something to try.
    • Before We Delete It.
  • Deleting the Sample Page.
  • Deleting Widgets.
    • A Note About Sidebars.
  • Deleting Plugins.
  • Tasks to Complete.
Dashboard Updates

WordPress Settings
  • General Settings.
  • Writing.
  • Reading.
  • Discussion.
  • Media.
  • Permalinks.
  • Privacy.
  • Tasks to Complete.
RSS Feeds
  • WordPress Has Multiple RSS Feeds.
  • RSS Feeds Can Help Pages Get Indexed.
  • Posts Only.
User Profile
  • Gravatars.
Tools

Appearance Menu
  • Customize Live Editor.
  • Widgets.
  • Menus.
  • Background
  • The Theme Editor Menu.
  • Tasks to Complete.
Plugins
  • Deleting Plugins.
  • Plugins that Modify Menus.
  • Installing Important Plugins.
    • UpdraftPlus
    • Ninja Forms Contact Form.
    • WP-Insert for "Legal Pages.”
    • Yoast SEO.
    • WordPress Security.
    • Akismet Anti-Spam.
Comments
  • Moderating Comments.
    • What Kinds of Comments Should You Send to Spam/Bin?
Media Library
  • How to Upload New Media.
Pages v Posts
  • When to Use Posts and When to Use Pages.
Categories & Tags
  • A Few Guidelines for Using Tags.
  • Setting Up Categories & Tags in Your Dashboard.
  • Adding A New Category.
    • Parent Categories & Hierarchy.
    • Adding Tags.
Writing Posts
  • Choosing the Classic Editor or Gutenberg.
The "Classic" WYSIWYG Editor
  • Adding Images.
  • Post Formats.
  • Post Category.
  • Post Tags.
  • Post Excerpt.
  • Publishing the Post.
The Gutenberg Editor
  • Using the Forward Slash to Add Blocks.
  • Paragraph Block Properties.
    • Patterns as Reusable Blocks.
  • Moving a Block in Gutenberg.
  • Inserting Blocks in Between Existing Blocks.
  • Delete a Block.
  • Available "Building" Blocks.
    • The Table Block.
    • The Buttons Block.
    • The Columns Block.
  • Patterns.
  • Yoast SEO Settings for the Post.
    • The SEO Tab.
    • The Schema Tab.
    • The Social Tab.
    • Post (Document) Properties.
    • The Process for Publishing a Post.
  • Using the HTML Editor to Edit Your Post.
Editing Posts
  • Revisions.
  • Why Use Revisions?
Differences with Pages

Making it Easy for Visitors to Socially Share Your Content

Internal Linking of Posts
  • Related Posts With YARPP.
The Homepage of Your Site - Blog or Static?

Navigation Menus
  • Menu Hierarchy.
    • Other Menu Item Settings.
    • Edit an Existing Menu.
    • Navigation Menu Widgets.
Viewing Your Site While Logged In

WordPress Security

Monitoring Website Traffic

Building the 3 Site Models
  • A Business Site.
    • The Posts Page.
      • Creating a Posts Page.
    • Steps to Create this Business Site.
  • A Blog.
    • Steps to Create this Blog Site.
  • A Hybrid Website (Typical Site).
    • Steps to Create this Hybrid Site.
The Gutenberg Full Site Editor - A Primer

Appendix I. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Where to Go from Here?

Useful Resources

WordPress Glossary

 

Course FAQs

This course is taught by a live instructor and is available in two class formats:

  1. Live Online for Individuals
  2. Onsite/Online for Private Groups

 



 


Related WordPress Information:

Public instructor-led WordPress course prices start at $1,190 per student. Group training discounts are available.

Self-Paced WordPress eLearning courses cost $300 at the starting point per student. Group purchase discounts are available.







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