Join me and learn the basics about using WordPress.
Sign up now. Class is limited to 15 people.
If you have any questions, please contact me. My goal is to make this simple, and easy to understand. I teach in plain language, no geek speak.
- Each class attendee will be given a test site, already set up with plugins and ready to use, so the class will be able to learn at the same pace.
- I will send all attendees their test site login for your own test site. You will use this in our training.
- You will have access to your WordPress test site for for 60 days after class to continue to practice or refresh what you will learn.
- This class includes an online follow up set of 6 video lessons covering what you learned.
- You will have access to those for 1 year.
- Class starts promptly and we will take one 15 minute break.
We will have 30 minutes at the end for Q and A.
**You must bring a computer that can connect to the internet.
Not a tablet.
*I highly recommend you bring a mouse. Working on a website with a touch pad is slow and cumbersome.
In our half day bootcamp you will learn the topics below.
1. Logging In
Several ways to login, and how to get to the dashboard.
2. The Dashboard Part One
Media, Links, Pages, Posts, Comments.
3. Themes and Menus
Custom Themes, Upgrade, Use free themes, search themes by color or layout.
4. Custom Menu Section, Parent and Child Pages Explained
How to set up a custom menu, and what are parent and child pages?
5. General Settings Dashboard | User Section
6. General Settings Dashboard | Writing | Reading | Discussion
7. How to create and publish a Post or a Page
8. Adding tags or keywords and categories
9. Working with Images Part One
10. Working with Images Part Two | Resizing and finding images
What is the difference between WordPress.com and a self hosted WordPress website?
Bonus Download Handout, click below for the PDF download. How to make your website sticky- 10 ways to keep your readers coming back
Free 30 minute consultation with me about your website or online presence.
Please go here and fill out my pre-planning sheet. I will contact you and set up a time to chat.
Products that I use and recommend.
I use AWeber for my email program. I find AWeber easy to use, they have templates if you want to use those for your newslettter. They are very helpful and you can call them or use their help section. This is important to me because when I need help I want to be able to call a company and also not be charged extra for help. Here is a free trial sign up, so you can actually try it first before you commit.
Another Product I mentioned is Snagit by Techsmith. They also make Camtasia, which you may of heard of. Snagit is a fast and easy way to work with images, “snag” things off the internet, resize and work with images you already have, and now they have built in a recorder that allows you to use your web cam or record your desktop and upload it to youtube or they will give you a free Screencast account to keep videos on. Here is their website, and a video on the features.
WebHosting– I run my own web hosting company for clients and it is only 95 a year. This includes unlimited bandwidth, emails and two stat programs in your hosting control panel, unlimited sub-domains and add on domains and is very easy to use and understand. I manage and oversee all my clients accounts and I am on call 24/7 if any issues come up. Which I can happily say rarely occurs. The reason people choose to go with me is personal service and I am always there to help. If you are interested in using me for hosting, please contact me at 510-582-2837.
GravityForms-
Click here to visit rocketgenius. Gravity Forms is simply the best form program I have ever used. All my clients are using it now. It works with paypal, authorize.net and slide. It is like having on online file system. You can make extensive multiple forms and every submission has a copy of it saved on your site under entries. You can then export whatever fields you want, such as email, names, event special orders, and it will export to an excel file or format and basically you have a lifetime of records always on your site. Also with companies work with, it allows for you have you VA or assistants login and handle thing and see who has paid or signed up. The San Francsico Writers Conference is now using this sytem to register atteendees, Womens National Book Association for membership and many many organizations I work with. To see how it works, you can watch my youtube video I made for clients already using the system.
A great FREE and fast tool if you need to check
your html or codes you are bringing over from other places. Ever had html codes that just would not work? Drop them in here and see if they work. If they do , then you know it is something else, not the code. I can’t live without this little tool. Practice Board. Click here. Super easy and so helpful, I use it all the time for over a decade now.
FREE -Struggling with Colors for your website? This is a fun place to look at color schemes. http://www.colorcombos.com/
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