Beginners Guide to WordPress – Setting Up Your Own Website (Day 2 of 2)

This is the second day of a two day programme organised by Local Enterprise Office, Galway

DATES:

9th and 21st April 2015 – Contact Susan to book your place.

Training Aims

On completion of this programme, the participants will have:

• Secured their domain and/or installed WordPress and purchased hosting.
• Secured professional emails for their business if necessary.
• Created a Website plan – and created a plan for content generation.
• Published their site.
• Be familiar with Google Analytics and been introduced to Search Engine Optimisation.
• Considered how to integrate Social Media into their website.

Programme Delivery

– Donncha Hughes
Areas of expertise: Document preparation and Message Communication, Website Creation, Digital Marketing, Start Your Own Business, Business Plans and Business Planning, Sales & Marketing, Social Media, Elevator Pitches, Customer Research, Enterprise Agency Supports

The Workshop Specification

Part 3

• All about Plugins
  • Contact Form
• Social Media Integration
• Images for your Site
  • Adding a Gallery
  • Slideshows
  • Free images, clipart and free icons

Part 4

• WordPress roles – Administrators, Editors and Users
• Optimising your Site
  • Permalinks

• SEO (Yoast)
• Cache Plugin / 404 Errors / Disqus

• Working with Google*
  • Google Maps
  • Google Places
  • Google Analytics
  • Webmaster Tools
  • Google Authorship

* Working with Google … technical setting up of these services rather than in-depth how to use them

Feel free to check out my WordPress Training Page on this site for videos and more background information.