We will finalize Beginner Day with some closing remarks from our teachers, and open it up for networking and Q&A.
Hosting 101
Learn all about hosting, and how domains & hosting are connected to put your site “online” for the public to see.
Social Media 101
Once you have a great website for your business, or a client’s business, time to get it out there. No longer is the Internet a Field of Dreams where people just show up. Using Social Media can help grow your brand awareness and show customers how engaged with them you are.
Contact Forms
If you want leads from your website, you need a contact form. Amy will talk all about lead generation and the importance of Contact Forms.
Creating Content – Post & Page
Gutenberg is coming. Matt will cover how to create content on your site, whether you are using the classic editor or not. Learn the basics of content creation on one of the most popular content management systems, WordPress.
Choosing & using plugins
Once you have a theme chosen and have used customizer to customize it, how do you add functionality? WordPress plugins are an easy way to add functionality to your or your client’s site. How do you know which one is the best one for the feature you want? How do you know if it is good code and will stand the test of time and deal with the demands of the business? You will learn how to pick out, install, and use WordPress plugins.
How to use the Customizer
Customizer is a great tool that many themes leverage to make editing the appearance and styles of your site easy. Christina will cover the basics of Customizer and how to leverage it to your advantage.
Choosing the right theme for your site
In this talk Christina will cover how to pick out a theme for your site, or for a client’s site. What should you be looking for? How do you install a new theme? What kind of features are important to have?
Creating a LOCAL environment
In this session the team from ServerPress will cover the basics of local development. They will be answering questions like why should you be using a local environment for website creation, and show you how to do it easily with WordPress.
WordPress 101
Get an introduction to What is WordPress? and get a better understanding of why over 30% of the Internet uses it for their website. Christina will also cover the basics of what is a WordPress theme or plugin?