Private WordPress Training Course
In London, UK

Work Exclusively On Your Own Website While Learning

Provide yourself or your team with the best training with a bespoke, private WordPress course, focused on your exact requirements

UNIQUE BENEFITS OF PRIVATE TRAINING

• Customise the course to cover the right topics to suit your needs
• Individual attention allowing you to learn at your own pace
• Work exclusively on your web site and materials
• Freedom to stop and ask as many questions as necessary
• No-one is held back or overshadowed by a larger group
• No external participants mean 100% focus on your business requirements
• Focus and relevance means cost-efficient training time
• Flexibility on timing, group size and location gives added convenience

INTRODUCTION TO WORDPRESS - COURSE SUMMARY

A one-day, private wordpress course, designed to equip you with the knowledge and confidence needed to create and run your own WordPress site or blog.

• Installing and setting up WordPress
• Designing and building professional websites and themes
• Blogging and copywriting techniques
• Optimise your site's Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
• Optimise your site's Conversion Rate (CRO)
• Improve your site's Social Media presence
• Integrate advanced plugins and other tools

Plus Fantastic, Exclusive FREE Offers For Every Participant:

• FREE WordPress cheatsheet
• After sales telephone and e-mail support

ABOUT ME

I have been designing and coding websites since 1994 and teaching since 1998. I have taught over 170 blue chip companies, lots of start-ups and individuals. Past clients include the BBC, Disney, RNIB, The Post Office and The M.O.D. You can see more of my clients here. I have experience in search engine optimisation, internet marketing and landing page optimisation to improve conversions and sales. All the new sites I build are HTML5, CSS3 and WordPress, you can see some of them here

CONVENIENT LOCATION

My flexible approach means your private training can be held at the most convenient location for you. I will be happy to come to your offices or home or if you want to get away from any distractions, We can meet in central london. If the location is a problem or if you are outside of the uk then we can do training over the internet with screen sharing and the session can be recoreded.

ADVANCED WORDPRESS COURSES

Take your WordPress skills on to the next level with an Advanced WordPress course. Learn more about specific topics from your introductory training session or develop expertise on key plugins and additional systems. I also offer Advanced WordPress CMS training for Web Designers who wish to develop their own Themes and use WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS). Find out more here

Duration: 1 day.

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. I build all my clients basic websites and blogs in WordPress.

This private '1 on 1' training course teaches how to setup your website or blog in WordPress. You will also learn how to increase visitors to your site or blog using Social Media (Facebook and Twitter) and Search Engine Marketing (Google Adwords).

COURSE CONTENT

Getting Started - Installation and Upgrades

• Installing WordPress in five minutes
• Upgrading WordPress to the latest vesion
• 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
• Using analytics to deliver accountability and insight
• Adding Facebook and Twitter buttons

Get more from your site by customising WordPress

• Installing and activating WordPress Themes
• Using WordPress plugins
• Working with WordPress Widgets
• Reviewing CMS and eCommerce plugins

WordPress Administration

• Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
• Managing WordPress users
• Permission levels and log-ins
• WordPress User Roles explained
• Managing files
• The WordPress Dashboard