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WordPress Fundamentals

WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) for website and blog design.
After successfully completing this course, you will know how to build a simple WordPress website or blog. Topics include introduction to CMS, WordPress installation and setup, page and content creation, administration, themes (selection, purchase, installation and setup), working with widgets and plugins, and more.

Four week course; Andy Helmi, instructor. One ten-week (three part) certificate.

Agenda

Unit 1
WordPress Introduction
- Content management systems
- WordPress installation
- Creating pages and content
- Blogging and widgets

Unit 2
Themes
- Where to find themes,
- How to analyze themes,
- Reviewing themes main features

Unit 3
Plugins
- What plugins do
- How to find and install them
- Reviewing a few popular and required plugins

Unit 4
WordPress Maintenance
- Updates
- Security check
- Backup
- Users

$495 for all three courses (only available as a Certificate)

Next offering(s):

WordPress Certificate
April 1 - June 28
June 3 - August 30

Certificate Price: $495.00 USD

Ave. hours 16, 1.6 CEUs/ILUs

About Your Instructor

Andy Helmi is a graphic and website designer, technical consultant and an online marketing specialist located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His education background includes over ten years of academic training in electronic/computer engineering, graphic and web design, music and digital photography.

Andy’s professional experience in digital media started in 1996. He has worked for a few companies and also has been running his own freelance design business ever since.

Andy also has passion for teaching. He is an Adobe certified instructor and has completed “BC Instructional Skills” certification. He has been developing courses/programs and teaching at several local colleges and universities including Vancouver School Board, Vancouver Community College, Langara College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Course Objectives

Course objectives are for students:

To understand what WordPress is and how to simply install it
To learn how to build a simple WordPress website and blog
To learn about WordPress widgets and plugins
To address WordPress theme specifications and features
To learn how to update and maintain a WordPress website

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

Install WordPress
Search, find, choose and purchase WordPress themes
Install and configure standard or premium WordPress themes
Build, administer and update a website or blog using WordPress
Add and configure WordPress Plugins and Widgets
Manage WordPress site users

Completion Requirements