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WordPress: Create a Website or Blog

Learn how to create and maintain your website with WordPress, even if you have no web design or coding experience. Discover the functionality and flexibility that makes WordPress the platform of choice for 40% of all websites. Take the first step towards building your online presence with this beginner-friendly course.

  • Beginner
  • 18 and older
  • $695
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  • Interactive Online Classroom
  • 14 hours over 2 sessions

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What you'll learn in this wordpress class:

Anyone Can Make a Website with WordPress!

WordPress enables you to create and maintain a website, even if you have no web design background or knowledge of the code that makes website works. Whether you want to create a new website/blog or manage an existing WordPress website, this class is for you. This course is geared for anyone, so you do not need prior experience with computer graphics or coding.

40% of all websites are made with WordPress because it provides loads of functionality and the ability to create themes (templates) to control the look and feel and functionality of a website. In this class you’ll learn how to create pages, edit content, and see how you (or the people you make websites for) will interact with WordPress when creating and editing content.

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Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Also available in-person in NYC

Syllabus

Getting Started with WordPress

Creating a WordPress Site (Installing WordPress)

  • Installing WordPress with a Web Host’s “1-Click Install”
  • Manually Installing WordPress

Logging Into the WordPress Admin & General Site Settings

  • Logging Into the WordPress Admin
  • General WordPress Settings
  • Editing Your Profile
  • Setting Your Profile Picture (Gravatar)

Writing Posts & Formatting Text

  • Posts versus Pages
  • Creating a New Blog Post
  • Using the Visual Editor
  • Pasting Without Formatting & Clearing Formatting
  • Formatting Headings
  • Formatting Bulleted & Numbered Lists
  • Formatting Quotes
  • Publishing a Post
  • Deleting a Post
  • Restoring a Post from the Trash (or Deleting it Delete Permanently)

Publishing a Post (Making it Live)

  • Publishing a Post (Making it Live)
  • Status
  • Visibility
  • Publish Date & Time

Adding a Read More Link to a Post

  • Adding the Read More Tag
  • Changing the Text in the More Tag

Creating Links (Hyperlinks)

  • Linking to Another Website
  • Opening a Link in a New Tab
  • Linking to a Page Within Your Site
  • Editing & Removing Links

Adding Images & Managing the Media Library

  • Adding an Image to a Post or Page
  • Editing Images (Manually Resizing, Cropping, & Rotating)
  • Media Settings (Customizing the Size of Thumbnail, Medium, & Large)
  • Adding a Featured Image
  • Uploading Images & Files Directly Into the Media Library
  • Editing & Deleting Images in the Media Library
  • Deleting Unused Images (Cleaning Out the Media Library)

Adding an Image Gallery

  • Adding an Image Gallery
  • Editing an Existing Image Gallery

Adding Video

  • Embedding YouTube Videos
  • Uploading a Video File

Diving Deeper into WordPress

Categories, Tags, & Reading Settings

  • Categories & Tags Explained
  • Creating & Editing Categories
  • Changing the “Uncategorized” Default Category Name
  • Setting the Default Category
  • Creating & Editing Tags
  • Changing Categories/Tags for Multiple Posts
  • Reading Settings

Widgets

  • Editing & Adding Widgets

Making Pages

  • Pages versus Posts
  • Creating a New Page
  • Publishing a Page (Making it Live)
  • Deleting a Page
  • Changing the Page Order

Menus

  • About Menus & Locations
  • Adding & Removing Links in Menus
  • Creating Submenus
  • Opening Menu Links in a New Tab

Installing Themes

  • What Are WordPress Themes?
  • Where Do I Get WordPress Themes?
  • Installing & Activating a Theme
  • Manually Uploading & Activating a Theme
  • Deleting a Theme

Customizing Theme Appearance

  • Customizing Appearance
  • Customizing the Site Identity (Logo, Title, & Tagline)
  • Adding a Site Icon (Favicon)
  • Customizing the Header
  • Customizing Colors

Changing the Template Layout for a Page/Post

  • Changing a Template Layout

WordPress Plugins: About, Installing, & Updating

  • About WordPress Plugins
  • Installing a WordPress Plugin
  • Updating Plugins

WordPress Plugins You May Want to Install

  • Recommended WordPress Plugins

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

  • Creating SEO-Friendly Permalinks (URLs) for the Site
  • Customizing the URL of an Individual Page/Post
  • Setting Titles & Meta Descriptions with an SEO Plugin

Customizing WordPress

Page Builders: Customizable Page Layouts

Theme Builders: Control the Website’s Look

Child Themes

Custom Post Types

Advanced Custom Fields

WordPress Best Practices

Automated Backups

WordPress Security

Refund Policy

  • Students may cancel up to 14 days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price). 
  • Cancellations within 14 days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to three business days before the class start date.
  • For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Hello, Do you have to bring your own device? What materials are provided? Workbook etc.
Answer from Georgia C. CourseHorse Staff
Hi there! No, you do not have to bring your own device. The school has workstations set up for all students with either Mac or PC, based on student's preference. They also provide a workbook, an eBook, and downloadable files for the class.
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