WORDPRESS IN A DAY

WordPress seems to have been created for charities, voluntary groups and small businesses. It's cheap, simple to get started with, hugely expandable and immensly powerful. If you need to get your organisation online with a website then WordPress is the way to go.

But it's easy to start with WordPress, scratch the surface and not exploit its full potential.

This VANEL Masterclass will help you understand everything that WordPress has to offer. We'll explore all its possibilities in depth and give practical, experienced advice and tips.

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What will we cover?

The 27 March Masterclass will cover a wide range of topics...

What is Wordpress?
What are the alternatives?
Wordpress.com vs .org
The 5 minute install.
Build a website in 30 minutes.
Walk through the Wordpress feature set.
Inspiration – a Wordpress showcase
Step-by-step through all the main Wordpress features.
Using Wordpress for many different things.
Exploring Wordpress blogging.
Understanding Content Management with Wordpress.
Design work and using Themes with Wordpress.
Understanding Plugins and Theme construction and use.
Do’s and don’t. Tips and advice. Practical expertise and lessons on using Wordpress well.
Managing a Wordpress site well.
Wordpress as a tool for non-profit organisations.
Getting staff involved.
Getting management involved.
What’s free – what should you pay for?
How to manage your project properly.

Advanced techniques
backups and anti spam / building user communities / search engine optimisation and analytics / integration with Social Media tools / custom menus / custom post types / understanding theme frameworks / using CSS, PHP, HTML and more

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Latest News from the Blog

Next Masterclass is 27 March

Our first WordPress Masterclass in November 2011 was completely full with attendees both from Grimsby and from around the country.  Follow up with those attendees shows that many have made great progress in developing their WordPress based websites and have benefitted from the intensive training the Masterclass provided. Our next Masterclass is now scheduled… Tuesday [...]

by on February 29, 2012 in Masterclass news

Filling up fast

With just a couple of weeks to go until the Masterclass we’ve filled nearly two-thirds of our places. The size of the event will be kept small to ensure best quality of learning and networking on the day, and the past week has brought in quite a lot of bookings. So if you’re thinking of [...]

by on November 9, 2011 in Masterclass news