Introduction?
Aims and Prerequisites
How the website looks?
This section talks about how to change the look and feel of your WordPress website. We will cover changing content in a later topic.
What is a Theme?
What to look for in a Theme
Exercise 1
Why is responsive such a big deal?
What else?
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Customisation
Adding Security and Functionality – Plugins?
This sadly doesn’t apply to free wordpress.com websites. Plugins simply aren’t available on their free package. You will have fixed functionality or have to 'buy' additional functionality.
Adding Functionality
Exercise 1
Consideration for choosing Plugins
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Our Plugin Suggestions
Default Plugins
WordPress Settings?
This section talks about the different settings you should consider changing
General
Exercise 1
Reading
Exercise 2
Permalinks
Exercise 3
Creating Content – Pages?
Creating a new page, editing an existing page.
Creating a new page
Anatomy of a page
Exercise 1
Changing Content
Exercise 2
Adding Images
Page Images
Exercise 3
Featured Images
Exercise 4
Creating Content – Blog Posts?
Blog posts are well received by Google. It knows that it can expect fresh content on a regular basis. As with a Sandwich – fresh is always better.
WordPress was originally created as a blogging platform but now has matured very nicely into a tool to build whole websites in. The additional functionality means you can create Google friendly websites in a matter of hours.
Including a blog on your website isn’t for everyone but it’s something you should seriously consider. It’s an easy thing to do from a technical perspective.
Nominating the ‘Posts’ page
Creating/Editing a Blog Post
Exercise 1
Categories
Exercise 2
Assigning Categories
Tags
Exercise 3
Quick Editing Posts
Scheduling Posts
Navigating the website – Menus?
People and Google find their way around your site, from page to page, via a navigation menu.
You should think carefully about your navigation BEFORE you start putting menus together. Think about the journey you want to take your visitor on.
Nothing should be more than 2-3 clicks away. Avoid anything which looks difficult. That puts people off. Keep it simple.
Adding a new Menu
Adding Menu Items
Changing Menu item order
Mega-Navs
Conclusion
The differences between themes