Details
WordPress is a free publishing platform that allows you to create a blog or web site in a short period of time. Launched in 2003, WordPress has taken the web by storm, and it now runs millions of sites worldwide. WordPress is quick to set up, and highly customizable. This class is a practical, hands-on introduction to WordPress in which we will create a new account at WordPress.com, create a simple blog, customize its appearance — and by the end of the day, convert our blog into a functional web site. This class is designed for people with little or no experience in WordPress who want to get up and running fast. Some knowledge of HTML and other web technologies is helpful, but not necessary.
Prerequisites
Basic computer skills (Click here to show a list of these)
Some basic knowledge of HTML and CSS are helpful but not required
who should take this class?
- You! If you want to to create and maintain a web presence with minimal headaches
what we cover
- Introduction
- what is WordPress?
- creating a free blog through WordPress.com
- logging in and managing your account
- using WordPress to manage your blog
- using WordPress as a content management system (CMS) for your website
- Basics of Blogging
- creating a new post
- adding text
- adding images
- adding URLs and links
- publishing a post
- editing the HTML
- categories, tags, excerpts
- Customizing the Appearance
- changing logo and tagline
- changing the banner image
- widgets
- adding custom sidebars and footers
- creating a custom menu
- Pages
- understanding posts and pages
- creating a page
- modifiying a page
- creating page hierarchies
- creating a custom menu
- Themes
- finding themes
- swtiching themes
- customizing themes
- Media
- managing images and other media
- adding video from sources such as YouTube and Vimeo
- Shifting to self-hosting
- thinking about self-hosting
- requirements for self-hosting
- transferring a WordPress.com hosted site to a self-hosted one
- Plugins
- 10 powerful plugins every WordPress site should have
- adding SEO functionality
- adding a contact form
- web stats at you fingertips
- social media plugin for integration with Facebook, Twitter and others
- image galleries
- translating your site into other languages
- searching for plugins that add powerful functionality with one click
- Customization Beyond the Dashboard
- limits to theme customization through the Dashboard
- purchasing third party themes and installing them
- creating your own themes visually using tools such as Artisteer