Getting Started With WordPress For Business (and Serious Bloggers!)

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The next WordPress workshop has been scheduled!  If you would like to learn how to use WordPress to create your business site or blog, but prefer to learn in-person rather than via online tutorials, this is your chance!

Have an idea for a business or blog and need to get a website up and running at minimal expense? This hands-on workshop will provide step-by-step instruction for using self-hosted WordPress and plenty of hand-holding where necessary! Get all your questions answered in a friendly,comfortable environment.

Sunday, March 27th – 1:30pm – 5:30pm – $75

@ Blankspaces
5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea)
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Bring your laptop, this is a hands-on workshop!

Space is LIMITED so register early. There will be a max of 11 attendees.

If you have any questions about the workshops, please email me: lucy @ webtrainingwheels.com

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Curriculum:

Installing and Using WordPress

To get the most out of the workshop you will need:

A domain name registered and a webhosting account, and the usernames/passwords for your account. (Contact me if you need help setting up these things before the workshop). If you don’t already have a domain and hosting, I recommend signing up with Bluehost.com

If you use GoDaddy hosting, we’ll need to install WordPress about 2 days before the event (because they have long processing times) so please contact me if GoDaddy is your host.

The workshop will cover:

• How to install WordPress on your server
• Explanation of WordPress settings and options

• How to create content
• posts vs. pages
• categories, tags
• using images & media
• best practices for search engine optimization

• Themes
• how to choose a theme
• resources for finding themes
• considerations, what to look for in a theme

• Plugins
• what are plugins?
• how to use and install plugins
• key plugins you’ll need

• Widgets
• Essential Features
• Setting up RSS subscription options for your site
• Setting up Google Analytics to track web traffic
• Integrating your blog with your social media channels

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