Overview
With a market share of 60%, WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) of choice for many of the world’s most high-profile websites.
In this instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote), participants will take their WordPress skills to the next level as they learn how to set up, customize and deploy a complex commercial-grade website based on WordPress.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Install and configure WordPress locally and in the cloud (single and multi-site.)
- Build a sophisticated, e-commerce website.
- Customize an existing website.
- Brand a website using custom themes.
- Enable booking and membership functionality.
- Set up and administer different user roles (editors, admins, etc.)
- Create a private or public social network
- Optimize a WordPress website for SEO (Search Engine Optimization.)
- Backup and restore a WordPress website.
- Maintain and troubleshoot a live, production WordPress website.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion
- Lots of exercises and practice
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment
Note
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
- To learn more about WordPress, please visit: https://wordpress.org/
Requirements
- Experience with WordPress
- Familiarity with programming concepts
- Basic knowledge of CSS
Audience
- Website designers
- Content creators with technical skills
- Business owners with technical skills
Course Outline
Introduction
Installing and Configuring WordPress
Overview of WordPress Features and Design
Introduction
Overview of Themes
Customizing an Existing Theme
Understanding the PHP Code Behind WordPress
Creating a Custom Theme from Scratch
Enabling E-commerce on a Website
Managing Events (calendars, bookings, etc.)
Enhancing Content with Types and Views
Setting up Users and Collaborative Workflows
Building a Social Network
Building a Membership Site
Integrating WordPress with Analytics, Mailing Lists, and other Marketing Tools
Deploying a Website
Optimizing for SEO
Setting up a Multi-site Website
Backing up and Restoring a Website
Maintaining and Troubleshooting a Live Website
Summary and Conclusion