Developing a multingual web site with WORDPRESS

WordPress is currently the most successful and popular content management software worldwide . Approximately 24% of internet is now using WordPress. WordPress is the most widespread and advanced Content Management System worldwide and is mainly used for construction of web sites and blog pages based on content. The content includes video, text, picture and sound. The reasons that made WordPress so popular was the ease of use, free license without restrictions and finally, the huge open source community that supports it. There are thousands of themes and add-ins for WordPress.

This course dives in the world of Wordpress and introduces the 3 main languages for customization of a Wordpress site.

14 hours
14 hours
English or Greek

code:WPRESS.EXP

Objectives Topics Participants Methodology Other Details

  • Objectives

    Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to create impressive, multilingual sites with themes and custom themes, login pages, secure parts of the web site, social media shares and much more. They will also understand the 3 main languages supported in Wordpress and how they can be used to customize a site.

    The course is practical in nature, which means that by the end of the course the participants will have the opportunity to create their own custom web site. Most importantly, our experienced trainer will introduce  the must-have and useful plugins to power up your web site and to  customize its looks using CSS, HTML and PHP.

  • Topics

    Introduction to WordPress    

    Understanding the Difference Between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

    · Understanding the Web Hosting

    · Understand the Domain Name

    · Programming your website

    Working with WordPress (WorldPress.org)

    · Installing WordPress from WordPress.org

    · Navigation on WordPress.com

    · Log in WordPress

    · Start Working with WordPress

    · Create your Profile WordPress

    · Getting Help

    · Disconnect from WordPress

    Specifying Settings of WordPress

    · General Settings Definition

    · Define Recording Settings

    · Specifying settings Reading

    · Configuration Management Forum

    · Modify Settings Media

    · Configure Attribute Polling (Polling)

    · Configuration Assessments (WordPress.com)

    · Specifying Email Settings Changing Suspension (WordPress.com)

    · Adding Trusted sites OpenID (WordPress.com)

    Working with themes

    · Search and install a theme (WordPress.org)

    · Upload a theme (WordPress.org)

    · Use Live Preview

    · Customize your theme

    · Theme Customization Options

    · Add a custom header image to your subject

    · Customize your theme Background

    · Delete a theme (WordPress.org)

    The Four Languages You Must Know to Understand WordPress Themes

    · Intoduction to HTML

    · Basic CSS

    · The conceptual principles of PHP

    · Introduction to JavaScript

    The Three Core Concepts of WordPress Themes

    · The Wordpress Factory

    Demystifying “The Loop” in WordPress

    Understanding the Template Hierarchy

    Create, Manage and Format pages and posts

    · Adding and editing a page/post

    · Manage pages/posts

    · Deleting and Restoring  Pages

    · Applying Various Themes

    Working with Media Files

    · Insert an image from your computer

    · Introduction of a media file from a URL

    · Upload files directly in media library

    · Importing a Gallery

    Working with Widgets

    · Add and configure a Widget in a sidebar

    · Removing a Widget from a sidebar

    Working with Categories

    · Creating Categories

    Adding and managing a menu

    · Create custom and dropdown menus

    · Using Themes for menu positioning

    Working plugins

    · Look  and install  a plugin

    · Enable /Disable/Update plug-ins

    · Reviewing the most useful plugins (Elementor, Polylang, WP-Forms, If Menu etc)

    User management

    · Add new users

    Manage comments

    · Setting Update comments to existing posts and pages

    · Moderate comments

    · Delete comments

    · Managing comments

    Uploading the Site for Hosting

    · Exporting the necessary files

    · Creating a hosting account

    · Uploading the files

    Make Your Themes Better By Getting to Know get_template_part()

    · Understanding PHP snippets from your page templates

    WordPress Post Template Tags: What They Are, How You Use Them, and Why You Care

    How to Link to Your WordPress Theme Resources

    Four Things a WordPress Theme Shouldn’t Do

    Dealing with Theme Creep

    Using a Child Theme!

  • Participants

    · Individuals or professionals who wish to acquire the skills and knowledge for the construction, maintenance and management of a completely free and easy to use website with no programming knowledge.

    · People who want to communicate their views, their through a blog (blog knowledge) and learn all of Blogging capabilities.

    · Columnists who want to create and maintain their personal blog

    · Web Developers, Web Designers, staff from the Information Technology Department and Managers of SME enterprises

  • Methodology

    Lecture, discussion, demonstration and practice.

  • Other Details

    Basic Knowledge of Computers and Internet
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