Go to XChangeTraining Home Page
Main XChange Training Logo White

0845 363 1130 • info@xchangetraining.co.uk

Book a creative publishing course by clicking here Desktop Publishing Training Resources Learn more about us and our training centre in central London, UK Contact XChangeTraining
Spacer
Spacer between logo and content
Arrow style bullet pointView all WordPress training courses

WordPress Introduction Masterclass 2 Days - London

WordPress offers a powerful & flexible solution for designing a website or blog and is available as a free resource. The main software is built by hundreds of community volunteers and there is a wide range of plug-ins and themes available to enhance any site. This two day introduction Masterclass course will provide you with the skills and best practice approach needed to successfully create and run your own website or blog including advanced theme customisation techniques.

On completing this 2 day course, you will be confidently using WordPress to create and implement visually exciting web sites. The course will take you right from installing and setting up WordPress through to customising WordPress with plug-ins and using themes to further enhance the design look of your site.

Upon successful completion delegates will learn:
-Installation & setting up of WordPress
-Skills to design and build professional websites
-Blogging techniques with WordPress
-SEO methods to bring new customers to your site
-Using Google Analytics for your site
-Full customisation of WordPress themes
-Adding functionality with plug-ins for CNS, eCommerce or blogging

Arrow style bullet pointTarget audience and pre-requisites for this course
Arrow style bullet pointFull course location and map information
Arrow style bullet pointDifference between scheduled and bespoke courses
A bespoke version of this scheduled
course is also available to suit
your requirements & timeframe.

 
WordPress training at XChangeTraining
 

Price:

£395
 

Duration:

2 Days
 

Course Location:

Central London
 

Course Dates:

 
29 May - 30 May
 
1 Aug - 2 Aug
 
20 Sep - 21 Sep
 
7 Nov - 8 Nov
 
17 Dec - 18 Dec
 

 

  A copy of this quality manual is available to all attendees of this course:
 
 

WordPress for Dummies

  Price listed is per delegate and excludes VAT.
 

XChange Training limit class size (4-8 delegates max) to ensure an excellent quality of training is provided so courses can fill up quickly. Please book up early to guarantee your place.
 

View Current Offers and Promotions available in conjunction with this course including Half Price Training!

 
Horizontal Red Line

WordPress Introduction Masterclass 2 Days - London Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Getting Started - Installation and Upgrades
-WordPress in five minutes
-Upgrading WordPress
-New features of WordPress
-Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
-Importing and exporting data

Configuring your WordPress site
-General settings
-Discussion settings
-Permalink settings
-Privacy settings
-Reading settings
-Writing settings
-Miscellaneous settings

Uploading and maintaining the right content
-New features in WordPress
-Creating content: Posts vs. Pages
-How to write a Page in WordPress
-WordPress categories explained
-Using the WordPress Content Management System (CMS)
-Managing Pages
-Managing Links
-Managing WordPress Tags
-Managing your WordPress Media Library
-Updating your WordPress Profile

Blogging with WordPress
-Writing a blog Post
-Managing Posts
-Managing comments
-Fighting SPAM with Akismet

Make sure your customers find your site
-Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
-Making your content search-engine friendly
-Using analytics to deliver accountability and insight
-Adding Facebook and Twitter buttons

WordPress Administration
-Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
-Managing WordPress users
-Permission levels and log-ins
-WordPress User Roles explained
-Managing files
-The WordPress Dashboard

Spacer image

Detailed Wordpress Theme Overview
-Anatomy of a Wordpress Theme
-How Themes work
-Template files
-Typical Template files/folders included in a Theme
-The Wordpress Loop
-The Functions File
-Template Tags
-Conditional Tags

Modifying a Wordpress Theme: Getting started
-Choosing a Wordpress Theme to modify.
-Category Templates
-The Template Hierarchy

Plug-in
-Understanding what to look for in plug-ins
-How to view plug-in files with the editor and read the TXT files for instructions
-Downloading and activating plug-ins
-De-activating and deleting plug-ins

Security and Login
-Admin roles and permissions
-Security with Wordpress

Menus
-Creating custom menus.

Wordpress Theme Compatibility and Upgrades
-Upgrading a Wordpress Theme
-Theme compatibility with Wordpress Upgrades
-Theme compatibility with Plug-in


Horizontal Red Line

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is designed for those who are new to web design and development and want to develop skills to use WordPress to build great looking and accessible websites and blogs.

Ahead of taking this course the trainee must have basic PC or Mac skills, including a fundamental understanding of a computer's operating system, how to launch an application and create and save files, as well as how to copy files from CDs and other media. For the more advanced part of the course an understanding of HTML and CSS is useful but not required as editing HTML/CSS elements are covered within the theme customisation section.


Horizontal Red Line

Location information for this scheduled course

This course will be offered at the main XChange Training London training centre at:

5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH

St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is a few minutes away and the office can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes.

Courses are run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

 

Training Centre address
Central London

Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

Arrow style bullet pointCourse Location Map Link

Horizontal Red Line

Advantages of learning WordPress with XChange Training

-Our WordPress trainers are experienced web design professionals with excellent knowledge off all aspects of internet technology and graphic design.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-Free Course manual provided for each trainee as excellent post-course reference material.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course included in the price.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.

 Read client testimonials...

Horizontal Red Line Spacer

Contacting XChange Training

To Book a course simply click on the link below to book online or contact us by email or phone.

Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

Enquire about or
book this course here

Tel: 0845 363 1130
Spacer
Horizontal Red Line


All prices offered for business users and exclude delivery and VAT. E&OE
©XChange Training 2012. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy