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We are delighted to confirm further WordPress Starter, Advanced and WP.org courses after the summer. All WordPress courses will take place at the Open College in Dublin 18. The next WordPress Starter course is confirmed for Tuesday September 19th 2017, 9.45am-2pm. This course is limited to 6 participants and priced at €149. There is a 10% … Continue reading New WordPress courses confirmed in Dublin
What's the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? See how WordPress.com can be a great option for small businesses who need a great looking, mobile friendly website and/or blog. A site which will do well in search engines and to which you can easily add new content yourself but don’t have to worry about all the … Continue reading Video tutorial: WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
Here are a couple of links we will need during the wp.org course, if you're not a participant please ignore this post. Spiral Hosting Vantage child theme: https://siteorigin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vantage-child-starter.zip Jetpack Newera business theme
Here you can watch a video on how to embed Pinterest to a post or page on your WordPress.com account and then see a few examples below on how your pins, boards or profiles will be displayed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGawjT7M3Nw Embed a pin https://www.pinterest.com/pin/193021534010752189/ Here we embed a board https://www.pinterest.com/lukedeanweymark/travel-inspiration/?eq=travel&etslf=9391 embed a profile https://www.pinterest.com/jetsetterphoto/?eq=travel&etslf=3412
After being asked by many people how to use WordPress.org, I’m excited to say that I have written a new course, which will cover: ‘How to use WordPress.org, set up a hosting account, install WordPress to it, upload themes and plugins, and customise your site using a mobile-ready theme and page creation plugin to create … Continue reading New WordPress.org course in Dublin
I'm back from maternity leave and have confirmed our next WordPress Starter Course for Wednesday February 24th. We will meet at 9.45am at the Open College in Dublin 18 and will finish around 2pm. The course is very interactive, all participants will set up their own WordPress.com site and work on it during the day. … Continue reading New WordPress 4.0 Starter Training in Dublin 2016
The only purpose of this page is for participants of our WordPress Starter Course to download a few pictures to create galleries and slide shows. If you are not a participant, please ignore this page. If you are participating in the course right now, please download these photos to your desktop. Right click each photo … Continue reading Starter Course download
Our next WordPress training courses - Starter and Advanced Course - for May and June are confirmed. These courses will be our last for the year, as I'll be going on maternity leave then. The WordPress Starter course will cover how to set up a WordPress.com site from scratch and will have a fully functioning … Continue reading WordPress training courses in May and June 2015
People ask me this question all the time: 'Can I use the free version of WordPress.com to build a small business website?' The simple answer is 'Yes, you can'. WordPress.com is easy to set up (as part of the Starter training course it takes about 10 minutes) and offers over 340 themes (layouts) for your … Continue reading Can small businesses use WordPress.com to build their website?
As part of our WordPress Advanced Course we cover how to embed Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube videos to a blog post or page. One of our students last Saturday embedded this video; I really like it, it's hilarious and relevant to us in Ireland with our upcoming referendum next month on 'Same sex marriage'. Enjoy … Continue reading Add YouTube videos to your WordPress site
We are happy to confirm the next WordPress Starter and Advanced Training Courses for March and April 2015. The next midweek WordPress Starter Course will be held on Friday March 20th, 2015. We will meet at 10am and finish around 2pm. The next weekend WordPress Starter Course will be held on Saturday April 11th, 2015. We will … Continue reading WordPress Starter and Advanced training in March and April 2015
Our next WordPress Starter Training is confirmed for Tuesday April 29th. We will meet at 9.45am and finish around 2pm. The training will be held at the Open College in Dublin 18. We will cover how to set up a free WordPress.com account, how to change themes and widgets in the sidebar, upload your own … Continue reading WordPress Starter Training April 2014
