WordPress

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2 Days Online
10 AM - 5 PM EDT
Instructor: Mary Gillen
Tuition: $790 per person

WordPress is a popular open source publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It can be used to create "hybrid" Web sites that include Web pages, blog posts, RSS feeds, search functionality, ecommerce shopping carts, and more. It is also a content management framework, with a user-friendly workflow, diversified plugin architecture, and advanced templating system. According to Wikipedia, WordPress is used to structure and format over 202 million Web sites worldwide. In this hands-on, instructor-led online course, you will learn how to configure and customize a WordPress Web site/blog.

Course Prerequisites

To gain the most from the class:

Attendees should be comfortable with basic HTML prior to taking this course.

Software Needed on Each Student Computer

Internet Explorer 6 or higher
Firefox 2 or higher
XAMPP Apache distribution containing MySQL and PHP
Web page or text editor students will be using after the class

Course Objectives

How to set up the WordPress development environment
How PHP and MySQL works
How to install WordPress
How to decipher the WordPress file structure
How to add content to WordPress
How to customize your WordPress theme
How to use Wordpress widgets and plugins
How to customize your WordPress settings for search engine optimization

Tuition: $790 per person

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Web Application Development & Instructor-led Online Technical Training February 04, 2012

WordPress