Learn to use WordPress as a content management system including the steps needed to turn your blog into a full website. Learn to create pages in WordPress and how to arrange them in a custom menu, make a latest news section, create product categories and more.  Prerequisites: Suitable for beginners with basic internet skills (using browsers, web-based email, creating documents online). Prerequisites: WordPress 1 or equivalent experience required.  

Note: additional cost of approx. $30 required to register your own website domain and hosting, unless you already have them. Detailed instructions at http://camosunweb.com/get-a-host/ – must do BEFORE first class.

Class 1

• Installing WordPress on our site
• Settings involved in creating a website 1
  • General
  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Discussion
• Tags and categories
• Pages

Class 2

• Settings involved in creating a website 2
  • Permalinks
• Screen options
• Inviting users to the site and setting up roles.

Class 3

• Custom Menus
  • Menu based on pages
  • Menu based on categories
• Looking at themes
  • Install the cake theme
• Widgets

Class 4

• Plugins
• Putting it all together

Additional Resources

• Theme development by WordPress Codex
• WordPress lessons for beginners and experts
• WordPress themes from WordPress themselves
• WordPress TV: How-To

• Widgets
• Plugins