WooCommerce Basics (Part 1)
WordPress 102 (PM)
If you’re trying to figure out how to use WordPress for your business or personal site, these workshops are for you. If you’ve tried to manage WordPress on your own and you’ve felt overwhelmed and lost, these workshops are for you. If you’re looking for guidance on how to navigate the WordPress ecosystem, plugins, themes, and site hosting and management, these workshops are for you!
Don’t fear the WordPress! In this session we will take WordPress by the horns and wrassle it to the ground! We will cover finding and installing a good theme, designing and laying out your website with a drag-n-drop page builder, choosing the right plugins, how to handle security, how to handle backups along with keeping your website up-to-date, Search Engine Optimization basics, and making the site live. Come prepared to get down and dirty!
Please come with:
- A laptop (fully charged) AND power adapter!
- Get Local installed: https://localbyflywheel.com
- Your favorite note taking tools
Some things that will need to create a finished website:
- Content for the homepage, about us and contact page
- Photos you want to use on your site
- Access to hosting, cPanel, and domain (if you want to push your site live the same day)
Handouts
WordPress 101 (AM)
If you’re trying to figure out how to use WordPress for your business or personal site, these workshops are for you. If you’ve tried to manage WordPress on your own and you’ve felt overwhelmed and lost, these workshops are for you. If you’re looking for guidance on how to navigate the WordPress ecosystem, plugins, themes, and site hosting and management, these workshops are for you!
In this session, you’ll learn how to set up a WordPress site from scratch. Bring your laptop! We’ll address topics like posts, pages, using the new block editor, themes, and plugins. We’ll also cover WordPress workflows for publishing, understanding local development, WP updates, how to “vet” a plugin or theme, and more. You’ll leave with a site and resources for further exploration.
Please come with:
- A laptop (fully charged) AND power adapter!
- Get Local installed: https://localbyflywheel.com
- Your favorite note taking tools
Some things that will need to create a finished website:
- Content for the homepage, about us and contact page
- Photos you want to use on your site
- Access to hosting, cPanel, and domain (if you want to push your site live the same day)
Handouts