IT Training Wordpress Training Courses in Dubai

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Wordpress powers millions of blogs and websites. Learn to create your own website or blog.

Course Details

Wordpress training

Course description

WordPress is an Open Source software system used by millions of people around the world to create beautiful websites and blogs. It is completely customisable by the use of themes and plugins.

Themes can be easily downloaded from the official WordPress site or from hundreds of other places around the web. The same goes with plugins, which are used to extend the functionality of your WordPress site. As well as being a fantastic blogging and content management system, one of the huge benefits is the wealth of information out there. There’s a great community of people behind the design & development of the WordPress system itself. People from all over the world contribute their time, knowledge and skill to keeping WordPress updated and secure.

Course outline

• Introduction

• Purchasing a domain name
• Purchasing a web host
• Linking your domain name with your web host
• Setting up WordPress

• Login

• Dashboard

• Dashboard Menu Options
• Toolbar
•  Hiding the Toolbar

• Posts versus Pages

• Posts
• Pages

• Adding your Site Content

• Adding a New Page
• Adding a New Post
• Adding Content with the Visual Editor
• Switching to the Text Editor
• Changing your Post Format
• Reviewing Past Revisions

• Adding Images and Other Media

• Inserting an Image
• Edit or Delete an Image
• Setting a Featured Image
• Insert an Image Gallery
• Edit or Delete an Image Gallery
• Insert an Audio or Video Playlist
• Inserting Video, Audio or Other File Type
• Embedding a Video, Image or Other Content

• Adding HTML Links

• Inserting an HTML Link § Inserting Links to Media Files
• Editing an HTML Link
• Removing an HTML Link

• Editing Existing Content

• Deleting Content

• Fullscreen Editing

• Saving and Publishing Content

• Categories

• Adding Categories within your Post

Tags

• Adding Tags within your Post

• Media Library

• Viewing a File in the Media Library
• Adding a File to the Media Library
• Editing the File Properties § Editing an Image
• Deleting a File from the Media Library

• Comments

• Replying to a Comment
• Editing a Comment § Quick edit § Edit
• Unapproving and Approving Comments
• Marking Comments as Spam and Trash

• Appearance

• Selecting your Theme § Previewing and Customizing your Theme § Adding a new Theme
• Widgets
• Updating the Menu
• Adding a New Menu
• Editing an Existing Menu Item
• Adding a New Menu Item
• Adding a Custom Link Menu Item
• Deleting a Menu Item
• Managing Menu Locations
• Header
• Background
• Editor

• Plugins

• Adding a New Plugin

• Users

• Adding a New User
• Deleting a User
• Editing your Profile

• Tools

• Press This
• Categories and Tags Converter
• Import
• Export

• Settings

• General
• Writing
• Reading
• Discussion
• Media
• Permalinks

• Keeping your Site Updated

Course Details

WordPress Theme Development course overview

This advanced WordPress Theme design course will take you from beginner theme developer to master level. On completion of this advanced WordPress course you will be able to:

• Create themes for WordPress sites
• Apply your bespoke themes
• Customise existing themes
• Create & manage templates
• Best practices for WordPress Theme Development.

The complete course is hands-on based. A practical WordPress project at the end of the course will ensure that you can practically create WordPress themes for your own projects. This short WordPress theme development course is hands-on, instructor-led and classroom based. This training can be taken as a part-time evening course or even on the weekends.

Who is WordPress Theme Development training for?

This training is for you if you are interested in mastering WordPress theme edition or creation. You may (or may not) have already used WordPress themes before. If you are interested in programming WordPress modules, consider our WordPress programming course.

Prerequisites for WordPress Theme Development course

• You should have a good understanding of WordPress management, installation and plugins etc. You can learn how to use WordPress in our beginners WordPress course and Advanced WordPress course.
• You should have practical experience of HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and Jquery. You can learn HTML and CSS in Training Dragon's web design course, HTML5 & CSS3 in HTML5 training, PHP in our PHP training and JavaScript in our JavaScript course.
• It is not necessary to have knowledge of responsive web design before you start this WordPress theme development course however if you plan to create mobile friendly and responsive wordpress themes then you should first consider our Mobile web design course.

WordPress Theme Development Course Contents

WordPress Layout and Theming

• Theme installation
• Use of HTML, CSS and PHP
• Modify existing theme
• Change the look of sections
• Create a custom WordPress theme
• Best practices for theming.
• Theming Engines
• Default theme functions
• Overriding theme function in a theme
• PHP Template
• Tpl Files
• Variables
• Theme Function

Course Details

WordPress course overview

This course concentrates on how to build your website using WordPress without any programming or design experience. 

On completion of this WordPress course you will be able to:

• Download and install wordpress
• Configure templates and install new templates
• Build a website, blog or online shop
• Use plug-ins and widgets
• Manage users and groups
• Administer wordpress

Who is WordPress training for?

This training is for you if you are interested in creating your own website using WordPress or planning to get a skill to create WordPress website for others. This course also helps business owners to get more control and insight into their WordPress website. This course is designed for complete beginners.

Prerequisites for WordPress course

• You should be able to use computer and internet.
• It is not necessary to have knowledge of any programming language before you start this WordPress course but If you have some knowledge of HTML then it will make learning this course even easier.

WordPress Course Contents

Introduction

• What is WordPress
• Role of HTML

WordPress Installation

• Downloading WordPress
• How to upload your site to a hosting server
• Finding a web host for your site
• Reserve a domain name (website name)
• Installing WordPress on your Web Space

WordPress Themes

• Managing WordPress themes
• Free vs premium WordPress themes
• Editing themes CSS and creating Child Themes

Configuring WordPress Setup Options

• General Settings
• Privacy settings
• Reading settings
• Writing Settings
• Discussion Settings
• Permalink settings
• WordPress for a website or a Blog

WordPress Plug-ins

• What is WordPress Plug-in?
• Where to find WordPress Plug-ins
• Downloading and installing plug-ins
• Activating Plug-ins

Adding Content in WordPress

• Creating Content: Posts vs. Pages
• Writing and managing Posts
• Writing and managing Pages
• Managing Links
• Using Categories
• Using Tags
• Managing User Comments

Managing Media in WordPress

• Uploading Images
• Image Formatting
• Managing the Media Library
• Adding Video to your website
• Adding Audio

Using Wordpress for CMS

• Setting the homepage
• Hiding pages from navigation
• Making Wordpress search engine friendly
• Hiding the login for clients
• Changing the WordPress logos
• Installing horizontal navigation
• Using Dropdown navigation

WordPress Administration

• Managing WordPress users
• Creating multiple users
• WordPress User Roles
• Managing files

SEO for your WordPress website

• What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• On page SEO
• Off page SEO
• Tools for SEO
• H1 and other headings
• Titles and Meta tags
• SEO friendly URL
• Images optimisation
• XML Sitemap
• Sitemap submission
• Role of Blogs in SEO
• Search engine webmaster tools
• Integrating Google Analytics on your WordPress site

Social Media for WordPress

• Role of Social Media on WordPress website
• Adding Facebook and twitter

Creating E-commerce websites on WordPress

• Installing and managing WooCommerce plugin
• Installing and managing WooCommerce themes
• Using a theme builder to modify your WooCommerce Theme

Taking care of security for WordPress

• Security and common basic attacks
• Protecting your WordPress website
• Security related plugins, best practices and online services
• Checking your WordPress website performance

Course Details

• The essentials are covered, from setting up and installing through to making your WordPress site go live
• Create an actual live website as part of the practical element of this course
• Introductions to SEO, social media, user comments, web analytics, forms and e-commerce are
• Multiple choice tests to benchmark your progress

Course Details

Setting up your first WordPress website can be intimidating. There are a lot of concepts to learn and this could be discouraging. With our high quality training - We will guide you through the process of creating and managing your first WordPress website. By the end of this course, you will be able to develop fully functional WordPress websites and blogs.

Course Details

• Installing and running.
• Using page templates.
• Inserting images and videos.
• Editing posts and more.