Website Training Course Cork

We will teach you the fundamentals of using the WordPress content management system to create, edit and update your website or blog.

Requires No Prior Knowledge Of WordPress

WordPress Training Cork Website Training Made Easy Baldwin Digital have over 15 years experience in web design. We provide WordPress training courses in Cork for anyone looking to build a website or blog or want to update the content of their existing website themselves. The WordPress training is available for individuals, groups or even if you wish to train a member of staff to take care of your website content.

The training provided requires no prior knowledge of the WordPress content management system. Some of the areas we look at are the creation of web pages and including them in the main menu, publishing blog posts and have them appear on your blog page as snippets, customising your website or blog with both free and premium themes, use of widgets, adding media and editing text and enhancing your WordPress site by installing various plugins.

In addition, we will show you how you can optimise the speed loading times of your website, optimise your website keywords to be found in the search engine results page (SERP), adjusting the settings and installing plugins that can keep your website safe and secure for the future. We also offer on-going SEO services to get your webiste ranked on page one of Google driving traffic and sales for your business.

Content Management System or CMS for short, is a program that is 100% web-based, therefore you don’t need to install any software. A Content Management System allows a person without any programming experience to update and maintain the content of their website.

Having a nice website is very important, however keeping your website content updated and current is far more important and with some many users now using smartphones and tablets it is very important to have a website that is optimised for all internet connected devices.

Who Is This Training For?

The WordPress training provided by Baldwin Digital is best suited for beginner users, whether your a small business owner or sole trader looking to maintain the content of your business website yourself. We provide this training on a one to one basis.

How Much Does It Cost?

As we provide this training on a one to one basis, we do not provide certification after the training has been completed. The training is provided to solely help small business owners or sole traders to get trained up on WordPress in a cost effective way without procuring heavy costs due to offical courses and certification. The training is charged on an hourly basis and travel time is taken into account also.

You can decide to meet at your place of work, a convenient place nearby or travel to meet the trainer in our office in Cork City to save you the cost of the trainers travel time. The duration of the training usual takes between 4-8 hours depending on the individual’s current setup and knowledge. This can be arranged either over two half days or one full day but we do recommend two half days.

WordPress Training Essentials

Getting Started

  • Choosing WordPress.com vs WordPress.org

  • Purchasing a domain name

  • Find the best WordPress hosting

  • How to download and install WordPress

WordPress Account

  • How to use the WordPress dashboard

  • How to manage your settings

  • How to setup your profile

  • How to setup an avatar

Getting Things Ready

  • Choosing a good template (free and premium)

  • Pages vs Posts: when to use each

  • How to create a new page (home and blog)

  • Choosing from your static page and blog page

Customising Your Site

  • How to customise your theme

  • How to install and use WordPress plugins

  • How to use widgets

  • Integrating social media plugins

Creating Content

  • How to write a post in WordPress

  • How to write a page in WordPress

  • Save as draft, publish and update posts and pages

Working With Media

  • How to use the WordPress media library

  • Adding images to a post

  • Creating a photo gallery

  • Adding video to posts

  • Adding maps to posts

  • Adding PDF download

Organising Content

  • Adding menus and adjusting

  • Adding widgets and sidebars

  • Creating and using RSS Feeds

  • Catagories vs Tags

  • Combating spam comments and disabling

Optimising Your Site

  • Installing and optimal settings for SEO plugin

  • How to use WordPress permalinks for better SEO

  • Installing and using Google Analytics

  • Basic on-page SEO techniques

  • Preventing duplicate content

  • Sharing your blog posts on social media

  • Mobile friendly websites

WordPress Site Management

  • How to upgrade WordPress

  • How to upgrade your theme

  • How to upgrade plugins

  • WordPress user roles explained

  • WordPress disaster recovery

  • WordPress backup plugins

  • WordPress security

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