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With WordPress, you can create brilliant, highly customizable websites and blogs with just a few clicks. Thousands of plugins and a personal publishing system provide everything you need to create stunning webpages. Our WordPress course provides you with basic knowledge of how the software is structured, how to organize your webpage or blog as well as themes for creating the perfect look and feel for your content.

* You have 4 weeks to complete this course from date of your enrollment.

Wordpress Part 1 course content

The Wordpress Part 1 course consists of 4 modules:

WordPress Part I Module 1 Chapters 1 - 2 WordPress Basics

Module one provides the beginner with an introduction to the WordPress platform, an overview of the differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com and hosting capabilities. WordPress gives the user the ability to interact with readers several different ways and this module will show you how to create RSS feeds to enhance the readers’ experience when visiting your blog.

Choosing a WordPress Platform
Self-Hosting with WordPress
Blogging and Content Management Basics
Comments, Publishing and Archiving
Interacting with Readers

WordPress Part I Module 2 Chapters 3 - 4 Navigating WordPress

Module two introduces the navigation system called the WordPress Dashboard. By using the Dashboard, you can completely customize what is displayed on your blog or webpage. This module also covers creating and inserting images and videos into a post, as well as creating blog drafts and monitoring statistics.

Creating an Account
Using the WordPress Dashboard
Creating Drafts and Statistics
Inserting Media and Graphics
Publishing Public and Private Pages

WordPress Part I Module 3 Chapters 5 - 6 Themes, Widgets and Upgrades

Thousands of themes, widgets and WordPress features allow creative freedom and complete customization – module three introduces you to all of these. It also covers establishing proper domains and finding web hosting. Finally, techniques for manual installation of programs and brushing up on FTP are introduced.

Customizing the Look of your Blog
Changing the Background Color and Images
Navigation Menus and Mobile Display
Establishing Your Domain
Hosting, Bandwidth and Manual Installation

WordPress Part I Module 4 Chapters 7 – 8 WordPress Dashboard

The time has come to compose your first blog post! Module four covers the writing, reading, media and discussion settings for publishing a post correctly. You will also be able to identify appropriate techniques for implementing permalinks and creating new categories to organize posts. More features of the WordPress Dashboard will also be addressed.