What should you expect from our courses?

Davco Media’s one-day training courses are designed to ensure delegates can use WordPress confidently at the end of the day’s training.

The courses are ideal for those who have never used WordPress or have very limited experience. If you have zero knowledge of how to build your own website but would like to learn – we can teach you!

All courses have a MAXIMUM of 10 delegates.

Our next public training course is being held in Milton Keynes on Wednesday, March 17th. The cost of attending the course is £175.00 (no VAT) per attendee and includes lunch and refreshments. Discounts are available for additional delegates. BOOK HERE.

Courses typically follow the format below:

Registration & Coffeee/Tea: 9.30am

Course begins: 10.00am

Working with WordPress

  • WordPress explained
  • Installing WordPress in a couple of clicks
  • Creating Content for your website
  • The difference between ‘Posts’ and ‘Pages’
  • Managing your content
  • Managing WordPress Posts and Pages
  • Creating and managing WordPress links
  • WordPress ‘Categories’ and ‘Tags’ explained
  • Managing WordPress Categories and Tags
  • Adding ‘Media’ (pictures, video and audio) to your website
  • Managing the WordPress Media Library
  • Updating Your WordPress Profile (includes changing your password)
  • WordPress ‘Comments’ explained
  • Managing WordPress Comments
  • How to fight SPAM on your website

Coffee/Tea:  11.15am

Configuring WordPress

  • WordPress Settings explained
  • Discussion Settings
  • Permanent Link Settings
  • Privacy Settings
  • Reading Settings
  • Writing Settings
  • Miscellaneous Settings

Lunch: 12.30pm

Customizing WordPress

  • Installing and Activating WordPress Themes
  • WordPress ‘Plugins’ explained
  • Working with Plugins
  • WordPress ‘Widgets’ explained
  • Working with Widgets
  • How to make your Wordpress website search engine friendly

Upgrading WordPress

  • Best Practices for Upgrading WordPress
  • How to Upgrade WordPress
  • How to import and export Data

Tea: 3.15pm

WordPress Administration

  • WordPress ‘Users’ explained
  • Managing Users
  • Managing Files
  • How to back-up your WordPress website

Summary

  • Questions & Answers

Course ends: 4.15pm

NEXT PUBLIC COURSE…

Davco Media’s next public training course is being held in Milton Keynes on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Book your place here.

PRIVATE COURSES

WordPress training courses can be conducted at your own place of work or home if preferred. Details, including current availability, can be found here.