WordPress

Course Format

Presentation of theory, demonstrations, self study and hands-on practice.

Contents

WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) with which you can create and maintain a website. WordPress started as a simple system for creating weblogs. It has since developed from a weblog program into a fully-fledged way to build a website. You can request a WordPress installation at the CIT and possibly register your own domain. For the course you will use a "practice WordPress site" and organize it according to your own wishes.

Topics:

• The dashboard: explanation of the components and possibilities of the program
• Adjustments for use
• WordPress themes: theme overview, choosing a theme, changing a theme
• Categories and tags: explanation, creating and using them
• Creating pages and messages
• Using images
• Widgets and Plugins: explanation, examples
• Users and authorizations

Aim

This course is intended to help you to set up your own WordPress site. In the course you will learn the basics of working with a WordPress site. You start with a standard empty WordPress site as offered by the CIT. The CIT installs the necessary software and you start working as an administrator