WordPress for Beginners

Saturday January 24, 2015

10am – 4pm

*lunch included

Centre for Social Innovation

215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto

Instructor: Linn Øyen Farley

Workshop Description:

Learn how to build a website using WordPress – the popular blog and website publishing software. Whether you’re trying to set up a simple website for your small business, a personal blog, or perhaps you use WordPress at work and would like to learn more, this workshop is for you. From pages to posts, widgets to plugins, you’ll learn all about how to customize and maintain WordPress on your own website.

We will cover:

- the difference between WordPress.com and hosting WordPress on your site

- selecting and installing a WordPress theme

- building webpages and your site’s menu bar

- adding a blog to your website

- plugins and widgets – how to customize WordPress

- best practices for backing up and protecting your website

Included in the Workshop:

- high quality instruction by a professional WordPress expert

- small class size

- a testing website for you to keep, so you can build your own website

during the class (and then we’ll help you launch it)

- a take-home WordPress reference guide

- a chance for you to network with other business owners and marketing professionals

- delicious catered lunch

- goodie bag full of fun Camp Tech swag

- official recognition for your participation (that you can share on LinkedIn or your resume)

Note: Laptop computers are required for this class.

*Pre-registration required via link

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