The WordPress Essentials course now available on the Pootlepress Academy, includes a walk-through of common tasks in WordPress, from installing WordPress onto a self-hosted site, to tutorials on creating content (pages, posts, and widgets), inserting pictures and videos, installing and using plugins, using themes, and incorporating search engine optimization (SEO).
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Featuring: 16 videos
Running time: 1 hour
- How to install WordPress
- Creating content with WordPress
- Creating pages, posts and widgets
- How to insert hyperlinks
- How to insert pictures and videos
- Creating a website with an integrated blog
- How to create and arrange WordPress menus
- How to use WordPress themes
- How to use WordPress plugins
- Optimise your website for Search Engines (SEO)
Example WordPress Essentials video tutorial
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Testimonials
“What a great set of tutorials, easy to follow, clear explanations and useful visuals. This set really does take you through from ignorance to building a WordPress website – highly recommended!”
Holly Tarquini
Bath Film Festival
“I must say what a hidden gem Pootlepress is, I learnt so much in the one-days training, in fact, it became invaluable knowledge when our previous websites became corrupted, and after the initial panic, I managed to set-up our two main websites within 2 days. The Academy is an amazing resource, easy to use, extremely helpful; in fact, you should put your price up.
I am so glad I googled WordPress courses
Bill Goss
Impressions Print & Publish
Kevin Rodgers C.Psychol
Occupational Psychologist
“I have recently joined the Pootlepress Academy and worked my way through the 15 videos for tutorial 1, WordPress Essentials. They are excellent and have helped me develop a basic website for my girlfriend’s driving school.”
Michael Mangroo