I’ve just finished a great WordPress Xpress day with Amanda Stearn – and here she is talking about what we did. And here is a snapshot of what Amanda’s new website (soon to launch) will look like. If you would like more details take a look at our WordPress Xpress page.   [hr]

Here are our latest customer survey results from our ‘learn WordPress in a day’ training course run on the 15th August in Cheltenham. Highlights 100% rated the content of the WordPress training Good or Very Good 100% rated the presentation slides of the WordPress training Good or Very Good 100% rated the demo examples of…

We have just gone live with this WordPress and Buddypress website. BigSmallWorld.co.uk BigSmallWorld is local community website for residents of Wandsworth. Features: WordPress and Buddypress, Groups, Activity streams, Member profiles, Forums, Google analytics.

I have just confirmed new August and September dates for our next WordPress training courses. Dates are listed below. If you would like to book a place please visit our Learn WordPress in a day training page.

Rebecca Dakin (below) talks about our WordPress Xpress training course.

Gerry King runs a great website services company in Newcastle called http://www.i-netco.co.uk/. Earlier this year Gerry travelled from Newcastle to Cheltenham to attend our “Learn WordPress in 1 day” training course because he wanted to start producing WordPress websites for his clients. Last week Gerry’s first WordPress website went live at http://ryhopeinfantschool.org.uk/. Pootlepress  helped mentor…

Here is a sneak peak at our latest WordPress project. This project uses Buddypress. Buddypress is a powerful plugin for WordPress that [highlight]turns your WordPress website into your very own social network[/highlight], with member profiles, groups, internal messaging and forums. Here is a screenshot of the homepage. [hr] Bigsmallworld.co.uk Bigsmallworld is a project with Wandsworth…

Here are our latest Learn WordPress in a day attendee survey results. We’re really pleased that our WordPress courses continue to get such great feedback. “Learn WordPress in a day” attendee survey results 100% scored the content of the course Very Good 100% scored the presentation slides Good or Very Good 100% scored the use…

Due to demand I’ve added an additional London WordPress training date on May 16th, 2011. Course details and booking information can be found by going to our WordPress training page. Venue information can be found here.

I’ve just finalised our first Scottish WordPress training course date. It will be on Monday 13th June, 2011. Course details can be found here. The course is being held at Edinburgh Capital Hotel 187 Clermiston Road, Edinburgh EH12 6UG To book a place please visit our WordPress training page.

We are now running WordPress training courses in Edinburgh. Below is a list of our upcoming course dates. If you would like to book a place you can do so from our WordPress training page.    

We have just added a new WordPress training date on the 15th April.  Here are the dates for our WordPress courses over the next 5 weeks. To book a place visit our WordPress training page.

Here is a video I made showing you how to add a nice image slider to the front page of your website.

Here is a video showing you how easy it is in WordPress 3.1 to add new menu items.

If you are embarking on a project to create your own content management system my advice would be to stop. Here’s a great video from Japheth Thomson where he dismantles the rationale for starting a bespoke cms project.

Below are the survey results from our March 8th WordPress training course. We had a really great day and everyone in the room had a real passion for WordPress.  I’m really pleased with the positive and constructive feedback and following requests from the 10 attendees I’m busy preparing an Intermediate WordPress course. To book a…

Our latest WordPress project has just gone live.  We worked with Cheltenham Connect and Cheltenham Borough Council to produce www.connectmystreet.org. “Connect Streets is all about local people taking ownership of the places that really matter to them and having a say in how they should be developed. It’s also about how our own behaviors (such…

Learning Disability Today is a well established print magazine that serves professionals in both the public and private sectors. Our brief was to create an online version of the print magazine but also add in jobs, community functionality, a newsletter and integrate social media. Features: WordPress and Buddypress, Mailchimp integration , Groups, Activity streams, Member…

Due to demand we have decided to run an extra WordPress training course in March. Details for the WordPress training course are now live on our website and we have 5 places remaining.

Hi, Here’s a screen capture I made this morning showing the installation of the latest version of WordPress. There is no sound – but for some that might be an improvement 🙂

We have added Live Help to the Pootlepress website. To use Live Help just click in the bottom right of your screen where it says “Click here for live help!” . We hope you find this useful.  

Our WordPress training course in Cheltenham on the 4th April, 2011 has only 6 places left. To book a place visit our WordPress training page.  For details and directions for our Cheltenham courses please visit this page. If you would like further information please email me at jamiemarsland@pootlepress.co.uk.

Guest post by Tony Winston – Senior Programme and Risk Management consultant at Inovatieum Plc. “The invidious creep of social media into the workplace brings a frightening minefield of trouble as well as a huge waste of time and money. “ Here are 5 tactics you can use to keep social media projects out of…

WordPress 3.1 has been released today. As I blogged yesterday this includes a new admin bar, internal linking and a streamlined writing interface. There are also improvements ‘under the hood’ such as better post format support. WordPress becomes a more powerful Content Management System with every release. For more information visit the WordPress website.

In this video I show 2 improvements coming in WordPress 3.1. Front end Admin bar –  that  provides 1-click access to edit pages, create new posts, reply to comments etc. Internal linking – that allows users to search through existing blog posts and add links in the content.

The chart and table below show the comparative usage of the top content management systems.  They are taken from the website BuiltWith.com.  It makes interesting reading!    

WordPress – For publishing all kinds of websites, from simple blogs and complex content management systems, to e-commerce websites. Has a huge development community and thousands of plugins that extend functionality. Firebug – Firebug lets you inspect and edit CSS and HTML in your web pages. Adobe Photoshop – Still the best image manipulation software…

We have now confirmed our first London WordPress training course will run on the 9th May.  Spaces are limited and our courses sell out quickly.  You can find more information and booking details here.

Our 8th March WordPress training course has now sold out 🙂 The next WordPress training course takes place in Cheltenham on the 4th April. More details can be found here. We are also close to finalising a date in May for a London training course.  This will be announced next week.