Programming & Web Development
WordPress Fundamentals
Launch your own website with WordPress.
2 daysFoundation9 modules
About this course
Launch your own website with WordPress. Over two days you will plan your site, set up hosting and install WordPress, write posts and pages, moderate comments, build menus, manage media and galleries, customise the design with themes, widgets and plugins, then go live with clean permalinks and keep everything up to date.
What you'll learn
- Navigate and configure the WordPress dashboard
- Create and manage pages, posts, and menus
- Customize site appearance using themes and widgets
- Install and manage plugins for added functionality
- Troubleshoot common WordPress issues
Curriculum
9 modules
- Understand what a Content Management System (CMS) is and how WordPress fits in
- Explore WordPress capabilities and typical use cases
- Learn about website hosting options for WordPress
- Understand domain names and how to register one
- Set up a free online WordPress account
- Plan your site’s purpose and structure
- Set up website hosting and create a database
- Install WordPress using an autoinstaller
- Perform a manual WordPress installation
- Navigate the WordPress admin interface and configure basic settings
- Navigate the dashboard and understand its components
- Distinguish between posts and pages
- Create and publish your first blog post
- Organize posts with categories and tags
- Use dashboard tips to streamline content management
- Enable or disable comments on posts and pages
- Determine how long comments should remain active
- Moderate ongoing discussions
- Identify and deal with comment spam
- Create a homepage and additional website pages
- Apply templates to customize page layout
- Build a site navigation menu
- Create and manage custom menus
- Edit and update existing content effectively
- Upload images and manage the media library
- Create photo galleries and use featured images
- Embed videos and audio files
- Use shortcodes and embeds for dynamic content
- Customize the appearance using themes and layout tools
- Add functionality with widgets and plugins
- Explore mobile themes and responsive design
- Install and configure Jetpack for added features
- Introduce eCommerce options and basic theme code editing
- Use tools to keep your audience updated
- Enable sharing features to expand reach
- Manage your site’s RSS feed
- Improve visibility through SEO techniques
- Track performance with built-in site statistics
- Launch your WordPress site publicly
- Set up user-friendly permalinks
- Perform updates for plugins, themes, and core WordPress
- Discover and evaluate additional plugins and themes
- Learn best practices for site backups and recovery
Who it's for
Small business owners, marketers, bloggers and staff who manage website content.
Before you start
- Basic computer literacy
- Basic PC operating system navigation skills
- Basic Internet usage skills
- Basic IP address knowledge
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