Our 1 day WordPress course will give you the knowledge and tools to create, manage and run a great WordPress website. The course runs from 10am to 4 pm and is limited to 10 places. To reserve a place, call or text 07909 449 617, email jamiemarsland@pootlepress.co.uk , or pay online via PayPal.
| Dates | Location | Places available | Price per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st May | London | SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT |
| 24th May | Exeter | SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT |
| 31st May | Cheltenham | 2 | £95 + vat |
| 12th June | London | 2 | £95 + vat |
| 15th June | Manchester | 4 | £95 + vat |
| 21st June | London | 7 | £95 + vat |
| 25th June | Cheltenham | 8 | £95 + vat |
| 2nd July | Edinburgh | 8 | £95 + vat |
| 9th July | Exeter | 8 | £95 + vat |
WordPress training course outline
- Time 10am – 4pm
- Please note that you will need to bring a laptop (with wi-fi) as the course is ‘hands-on’
- Attendees get their own WordPress site (hosted on our servers) to learn on during the day and for 1 year after the course
- All attendees get electronic copies of the training materials used throughout the day
- No experience required. As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a great looking website with WordPress.
How to set up WordPress
- Introduction to WordPress
- How to set up a WordPress website in 15 mins
How to publish posts, pages, images and video
- Formatting your posts
- Adding links
- Inserting and embedding media – images, video, audio
Comment moderation
- How to monitor and moderate comments
- How to stop spam
How to make your site look great with WordPress themes
- Themes and how can you use them
- Theme frameworks (e.g Woothemes, Thesis)
How to add functionality to your site with WordPress plugins
- Overview of plugins
- How to install plugins
- 5 top WordPress plugins and what they do
- How to use plugins and widgets to improve your website’s functionality
Search Engine optimisation
- How to make sure your website is optimised for Search Engines
- Use ‘pretty url’s’ that will improve ‘click through’ rates
- Tagging and categorising your posts – how to do it and why it’s important
- Best practices when linking
How to take advantage of the social web
- Sharing your content on other social networks
- Auto-posting to Twitter
- Adding ‘Share’ buttons
- Adding a newsletter
- How to integrate your content with Twitter and Facebook
- How to add an online community to your website using Buddypress.
- Create a WordPress website
- Use WordPress to manage your website content
- Integrate social media content into your WordPress website
- Promote your website
- Manage comments
- Understand WordPress themes, plugins and widgets
The course is run by Jamie Marsland who has been building websites with WordPress for 5 years. He also co-founded the hyperlocal website LeckhamptonOnline – which is built on WordPress and Buddypress. Prior to founding Pootlepress he was Managing Director of Pavilion Interactive Ltd and Chief Technical Officer of Documedia PLC.
Testimonials
“Recently completed Jamie’s WordPress 1 day course. It blew my mind – and I’ve been in IT all my professional life. I was amazed at what WordPress is capable of – within minutes we were creating websites! Jamie is an excellent teacher; his friendly approach and encyclopedic knowledge really helps his students learn.”
Oscar Monteiro, IT Programme Office Manager, Hackney Borough Council
‘Pretty much everything I needed to know to get a professional, optimised and money earning web presence in less than six hours. I have spent thousands on websites in the past and had no idea that with WordPress, and some good coaching, I could be the master of my own online universe. Thanks Jamie.’
Tally Wade, Editor – Western Horse UK
Jason Capra, Board Account Director, AMV BBDO
“Pootlepress shows just how easy managing and building a website can now be. Manageable knowledge yet a huge amount of website power is the end result of the one day course. Money very well spent in my view giving me the ability to comprehensively manage a site but also giving me the tools and ability to build a new one from scratch.”
Steve White, Police Inspectors Rep, Police Federation
“Thank you for the WordPress course, it was excellent. I looked at various other companies offering similar courses, but I chose Pootlepress because of Jamie’s background and experience in the industry. My choice was well-founded as Jamie was able to add value beyond the basic training by recommending plug-ins based upon real experience, suggest themes and explain how to optimise Google ranking amongst other things. Excellent value, and great professionalism.”
Peter Cliffe, Quality Assurance Manager, Unilever PLC
I would thoroughly recommend Pootlepress WordPress Training. Through their clear and comprehensive teaching methods I was able to understand, in just one day, the capabilities of WordPress and acquire the tools to build a WordPress site from scratch. Thank you enormously.
Andie Page – Designer
“As a WordPress newbie starting on my own journey of creating sites for others, I cannot thank you enough for this great introduction of WordPress. Your course was very thorough, very informative and your hands-on approach made it so much easier to learn”
Mucha Murapa, Matrix Global Media
“Many thanks for yesterday’s training, I needed to fast-track my WordPress skills and making the effort to get to Cheltenham from my base in Newcastle was well worth the effort. I now feel as though I have the skills I need to use WordPress in my business safe in the knowledge that I can access the follow up resources that you provide.”
Gerry King, MD I-Netco Ltd
“Excellent WordPress seminar today @Pootlepress. Recommend: Jamie’s got guru level knowledge. Intend to dream of plug-ins tonight!”
Pippa Davies, aka Mrs Motivator
“Thanks again for a great course; you covered off very interesting topics and looking forward to attacking WordPress with more confidence in the coming months”.
Peter Bourne
“I went to Jamie’s day course in Cheltenham, which really explained clearly the basics of WordPress. After that I felt confident of being able to produce a very good website. Since then I arranged to meet Jamie for one to one private training to learn more skills. I not only had a really good time, I learnt loads and I will thoroughly recommend Jamie to anyone and will be using his skills again in the future.”
Chris Hyde
“The course was informative and great value for money. I look forward to receiving the supporting materials you went through today and will happily recommend you to others I come across in the future.”
Jon Daniel, Executive Creative Director
“Jamie is likeable and a natural teacher with enthusiasm for his subject. His answers to various questions were always full and honest, and he had plenty of helpful anecdotes from years of experience in the marketing and IT worlds. There were novices and experienced web designers on the training and we all came away excited and ready to start work with WordPress.”
Steve Massey, www.back-doctor.co.uk
“The course was engaging throughout, bringing together WordPress essentials, exciting functionality and universal web issues such as content quality/structure, accessibility and search engine optimisation… all at a bargain price! Thanks Jamie.”Jez Butler, Boum
“I was looking for a practical WordPress tutorial – I found Pootlepress! PootlePress offer a in-depth and comprehensive WordPress tuition service in just one day. The hands on approach helps you learn WordPress whilst being tutored simultaneously. I am now able to update and maintain my clients WordPress sites as and when needed.”
“Thanks Jamie – an inspiring course. Really enjoyed it.”
Christine Nuttall – Smart Training Solutions
