WordPress Training Courses

Course Content

What should you expect from our four-hour course?

Davco Media’s four-hour training course is designed to ensure delegates can use WordPress confidently at the end of the session.

The course isĀ 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!

Our next public training course is being held in London, on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010. The venue is directly opposite Southwark tube station.

The itinerary is as follows:

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’ to your website
  • Managing the WordPress Media Library
  • Updating Your WordPress Profile (includes changing your password)
  • WordPress ‘Comments’ explained
  • Managing WordPress Comments

Coffee/Tea: 11.45am

Configuring WordPress

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

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

WordPress Administration

  • WordPress ‘Users’ explained
  • Managing Users
  • How to back up your site

Summary

  • Questions & Answers

Course ends: 2.00pm

NEXT PUBLIC COURSE…

Davco Media’s next public training course is being held in London, on Wednesday, September 8th, 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.