WordPress Course Outline
Updated: May 9, 2010
We have developed a comprehensive two-day interactive WordPress training program, which starts at the basics, and works through to advanced topics.
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Day #1 – WordPress 101
WordPress Introduction
- What is WordPress?
- How can WordPress help me?
- How much does WordPress cost?
- How/where do I get WordPress?
WordPress Installation
- Preparation
- Reserving a domain name
- Choosing web hosting
- Installation
- Installing WordPress from scratch
- Basic WordPress settings
- Changing your password
Getting Started
- Anatomy of the Homepage
- Posts
- Pages
- Sidebar
- Search
- What is a post?
- Your first post
- Post categories
- What is a page?
- Your first page
Look and Feel
- What is a theme?
- Finding a great theme
- Theme directories
- Paid themes
- Installing a theme
- Customizing a theme
WordPress Plugins
- What are plugins?
- Finding plugins
- Plugin directory
- Plugin search
- Choosing a plugin
- Dos and donts
- Installing plugins
- Recommended plugin list for:
- Photo galleries
- SEO
- Contact and other Forms
- Web Statistics
- Anti Spam
- Social Networking
The SideBar
- What is a sidebar?
- What are sidebar widgets?
- Choosing and installing sidebar widgets
- Adding links
- Adding text and images
Day #2 – Advanced WordPress Topics
Review of Day 1
Working with Photos
- Inserting images to your posts/pages
- Adding a photo gallery to your posts/pages
- Editing photos with WordPress
Forms
- Creating and customizing a contact form
Anti Spam
- Preventing Spam in your comments
Social Networking
- Hooking in Twitter and Facebook
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Making your site more “Google Friendly”
Working with Posts
- Tagging posts
- Post Comments
- Custom Post Types
Maintenance
- WordPress Upgrades
- How to upgrade WordPress
- WordPress Backups
- Backing up your database