WordPress Courses available to Volunteers on Silloth Green
WordPress courses are available to Silloth Green volunteers free of charge. These courses will provide skills to develop websites that support and market events on the Green. The courses are being run by the Chamber of Trade. The first is due to take place at Newton Rigg, Penrith on 3rd February and is for Absolute Beginners, while the second will take place at Newton Rigg on 17th February and is for Beginners. Each course covers different facets of WordPress and will run from 10.00am until 4.00pm. . To arrange your place on either or both courses, please contact the Community Engagement Officer Anna Malina at anna.malina@silloth-on-solway.co.uk or via the Silloth Green Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/SillothGreen
Time is short as are places, so don’t miss out and contact Anna asap.
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From: Cumbria Chamber
Sent: 12 January 2015 15:15
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: WordPress for Absolute Beginners 3rd February / WordPress for Beginners 17th February – Newton Rigg Conference Centre – Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
Good day
If you are wanting to create a website or blog for free, WordPress is the ideal solution. Over 75 million websites around the world now use WordPress, with 6 new posts being published every second. But if you haven’t got any experience with web design and CMS this can be a bit daunting, so where and how do you start? And if you already have a WordPress website are you managing it effectively?
Over these two days David Kinsella of Incorporate Digital will help you to learn how to install a WordPress site, how to add new content and how to begin to interact with the people who view your site or blog. You will also pick up new skills in customising how your site looks and making your WordPress site work the way you want it to.
A blank WordPress site will be provided for attendees to be able to use on the day and for 1 month after the course completes so that they can experiment with their new skills without making changes to their existing website.
WordPress for Absolute Beginners – 3rd February, Newton Rigg Conference Centre, Penrith – 10am to 4pm
This course will be relevant for organisations and personnel who are either looking to create their own WordPress website or are running a WordPress site and want to train staff on how to create new pages, blog posts and media content. It will also be relevant for personnel who are beginning to take over the management of a WordPress site as they will be shown how the admin section of WordPress operates.
If you are running a WordPress blog managed by WordPress or use another Content Management System for your website then this course will not really be relevant for you.
The course content for the day includes :
- The difference between WordPress and WordPress.com
- What does a WordPress website look like. Headers, Footers and Sidebars
- Creating pages and
- Being a WordPress Admin: Logging in and looking around
- What can you publish using WordPress: Posts, pages and more
- Publish your own content
- How to add a basic image.
- How to get support for WordPress through the forums and useful sites.
WordPress for Beginners – 17th February, Newton Rigg Conference Centre, Penrith – 10am to 4pm
This course will be relevant for organisations and personnel who are either looking to create their own WordPress website or are running a WordPress site and want to train staff on how to start to change the look and feel of a WordPress website. Attendees should have a basic familiarity with the WordPress platform by either attending the Absolute Beginners course or they are already creating and editing content in a WordPress website.
The course content for the day includes :
- Dealing with comments and how to administer them
- Creating a contact form
- Modifying the sidebar
- What is a theme and why are they so important
- Installing a theme
- Changing a theme’s options
- What is a plugin and why they are so important?
- How to find and install a plugin.
- Important plugins you should install and why.
- Tracking hits and visitors – SEO and analytics
- How to get support for WordPress through the forums and useful sites.
The delegate rate for these full day workshops is £75 +VAT members / £120 +VAT non-members however if you are looking to book on both sessions the rate is £110 for members and £200 for non-members – to book your place(s) email bookings@cumbriachamber.co.uk . For questions and queries please contact catherynn@cumbriachamber.co.uk.
To secure your place payment must be made when booking, a card payment can be taken by our Carlisle office. Any cancellations must be received at least three working days before the event, otherwise you will be charged for non-attendance.
Kind regards
Catherynn
| Catherynn DunstanEvents Development ManagerCumbria Chamber of Commerce / Made in Cumbriacatherynn@cumbriachamber.co.uk07841 743067 | ||||||
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