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Bespoke WordPress - 2 Day Introduction

Key Course Details:

Level:

Introduction to Intermediate

Location:

UK Centres, Online, Onsite

Class, Online, Onsite

Duration:

2 Days (10am-5pm)

Price:

From £1,095 + VAT

Dates:

Dates to suit you

Get up and running with the web's leading blogging and site creation tool with this 2 day course targetting your site requirements. Learn how to install and configure a simple setup that will get your content online in no time developing skills further to customise and enhance your web projects with themes and plug-ins.

This course can be based around our base outline or part/fully customised according to your level & requirements. Our bespoke WordPress training is offered either Online, Onsite at your offices or at one of the XChange centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow.

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Bespoke WordPress - 2 Day Introduction

Course Details

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 2 day introduction course will provide you with the skills and best practice approach needed to successfully create and run your own website or blog.

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.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:

This course is designed for those who are new to web design and development and who want to get started with WordPress.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. An understanding of HTML and CSS would be useful but is not essential. Ideally, you will have taken our HTML & CSS Combo Essentials Introduction 2 Day course.

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Full Course 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
- Installing 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
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-ins
- 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
Training Location Options
Online ↓ London ↓ Manchester ↓ Glasgow ↓ Onsite ↓
This course is offered for your convenience at one of our bespoke training centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow, Remote Online, or Onsite at your offices anywhere in the UK. Just let us know what would work best for you or your team.

Remote Online

Delivered Online to your location

Live online training offers an extremely flexible and convenient way of covering the same content as our bespoke classroom based courses. You will receive professional, certified design training from one of our experienced instructors direct to your screen, offering the perfect solution for those wishing to learn without having to travel.
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Remote Online Training Courses

Central London

5 St John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, 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 just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
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London Training Centre

Central Manchester

Piccadilly House, 49 Piccadilly, M1 2AP

Piccadilly House is located in central Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
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Manchester Training Centre

Central Glasgow

Centrum Business Centre, 38 Queen Street, G1 3DX

The Queen Street training centre is located in central Glasgow within easy walking distance of the 3 local train options of Central Station, Queen Street and Argyle Street offering excellent transport connections.
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Glasgow Training Centre

Onsite

Onsite at your Offices/Premises

If you have the required set up and would prefer to have the training at your location we will be able to deliver the same session onsite at your premises as in our training centres. This will provide you with the same tailored training but without the need to travel and less disruption to you or your teams work schedule.
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Onsite Training
Related Courses

Below are related bespoke courses for alternative tailored training options.

Bespoke WordPress Training Courses
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Client Reviews

''Great content and excellent instructor - really useful course.''
Heather Grimes, FMC, WordPress - 1 Day Introduction
''Excellent course. I have a better understanding of WordPress and feel confident to make greater use of it by improving the website my company currently has. I only booked a one day course but will certainly consider booking the second day at a later stage.''
Angela Russell, Decision Lab, WordPress - 1 Day Introduction
''Well paced. I would recommend the course for anyone who is starting with WordPress''
Bob King, Department of Health, WordPress - 2 Day Introduction
''Great course - very useful. Excited about using what we've learnt and applying it to the content I'm currently working on/creating...''
Jim Ottewill, PRS For Music, WordPress - 2 Day Introduction
''Very enlightening and resolved the immediate issues I was having with WordPress. ''
Gillian Bardsley, Ferranti Technologies, WordPress - 1 Day Advanced
''The course was packed with information and insider tips I would never have known about without attending. I'm brimming with information!''
Lucy Lund, Getty Images, WordPress - 3 Day Masterclass with SEO Optimisation
''The course was well structured and the small class size was great. The tutor managed to tailor it to our needs too which was great.''
Jessica Croome, The Creative Clinic, WordPress - 1 Day Advanced
''Excellent course, I picked up a lot of information and tips which will be really useful. ''
Stephen Baldwin, NRL, WordPress - 2 Day Introduction
''This is the second course provided by XChange that I've taken and both were excellent. Our trainer was an expert in Wordpress and I've learned a great deal from this course. Thank you very much! ''
Danielle Macedo, University of Westminster, WordPress - 2 Day Masterclass
''Very good and extremely informative. Complicated enough to be challenging yet explained well enough to not put me off. Thanks!''
Will Jobbins, Freelance, WordPress - 2 Day Introduction

Frequently Asked Questions:

What dates are available for this course?

As a bespoke course the date arrangement is based around your requirements and availability in our schedule. With your guide of when you are looking for the training we will advise suitable date options ahead of finalising the planned date(s).

Can the content be tailored to my requirements?

Yes we are flexible about tailoring content and can adapt to be fully based on your requirements, a mixture of content from different levels of our base courses or a base outline with some additional focus areas.

Can this course be delivered live online?

Yes we can provide the same bespoke course as a live online session connecting to you or your group with either Zoom or Microsoft Teams if preferred.

What is the cost to deliver the course onsite?

We are equally able to deliver our bespoke training onsite at your premises and the cost to deliver this is the same structure as classroom with the addition of basic expenses depending on your location. Onsite courses in and around London, Manchester and Glasgow are usually without additional costs.

Can the course include my work samples?

It is often possible to review and include consideration towards sample files however the main course content is usually structured around prepared examples which are best suited to the planned content and structure of teaching the required skills in the best format.