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Building Your WordPress Blogsite
Need a blog or a new website? How about a blogsite? A blogsite is a blog with all the features of a website. This means you can add new posts, articles, tips just as you would with a blog and you can have static pages and a menu bar like other websites. (This website is a blogsite.)
Traditional websites can be troublesome for those of us who like to update our content often. If you are constantly adding new teleclasses, speaking dates and other offers you know how much this can cost you to make changes to your site. Traditional websites are not pleasant to update and so we end up leaving them as they are. Did you know that search engines like Google and Yahoo like websites that are updated with fresh content often? This is how they know that your site is active and not growing cobwebs on it! Blogs are updated quite often (because it’s easy to do so) and this is why search engines love blogs or blogsites.
The greatest blogsite software out there (in my humble opinion) is WordPress. There are many advantages to WordPress blogsites over traditional websites. Blogsites are:
- easier to update (you can do it yourself without a Computer Science degree)
- search engines like Google and Yahoo love them
- you can update them from any computer with internet access
- you can add posts or articles to them quite easily
- you can delete any post or page whenever you like (you know in case you make a mistake or change your mind)
- you can password protect pages or posts
- you can add accessories (known as ‘plugins’) to spice up your blog such as polls, ‘email to a friend’, statistics, site maps, and many more
- WordPress is free to use
- WordPress offers 1000’s of free blogsite designs (known as ‘themes’)
If you like what you hear and you want to get going on creating your own WordPress Blogsite we have designed a 6 day webinar series to guide you through creating your own blogsite. This means you’ll be able to add and modify your own website pages, add and modify blog postings, choose and apply your own free design and understand how WordPress works. You will have a fully functional WordPress blogsite by the end of the program (as long as you do your homework of course!)
Session 1: Getting Started
- Introduction to Wordpress
- How to install your WordPress blogsite
- Overview of WordPress’ Features and Functions
Session 2: Settings and Designs
- Blogsite settings and customizations (ie. search engine optimization for WordPress)
- Choosing the best free design for our blogsite
Session 3: Blogsite designs
- Applying our free designs to our blogsite
- How to get your logo up on your blogsite
- How you can get your free design customized or customize it yourself
Session 4: How to Create Blog Posts
- Creating blog posts
- Editing and deleting blog posts
- Working with Categories
- Slugs (funny name, but a great feature)
- Explaining Post Status
- Using Post Timestamps
Session 5: Creating Blog Pages
- Creating static blog pages (the “site” part of “blogsite”)
- Editing and deleting blog pages
- Slugs (funny name, but a great feature)
- Explaining Page Status
- Explaining and using Page Order
Session 6: Troubleshooting/Questions
- Open Q&A call
- What do you need reviewed?
- Overview of all you have learned
Also included:
Audio recordings of all 6 classes
Class Notes
A website and blog (blogsite) for only $297!*
*Wordpress is free software that is installed on your website. (Although free wordpress accounts are available at wordpress.com, they are not to be used for commercial purposes.) If you do not already have a Wordpress blogsite and you want one installed on your own website we will walk you through installation on the first call.
Important: You will need to purchase a domain name/website address and web hosting from GoDaddy such as their deluxe plan. Contact us (purchase PHP/Linux hosting). WordPress does not work on Windows hosting plans. Be sure to have this ready for the first call. if you have questions.
Logistics:
Programs are limited to 15 participants.
The program will be presented on a webinar which means you get to see what I’m doing on my computer before you try it on your own blogsite.
Sign me up:
You have 2 choices. Join us for a full day of WordPress blogsite building or stretch the 6 sessions across 3 weeks every Monday and Tuesday. Both choices are only $297 each.
Building Your Blogsite : 1 Full Day Event
Monday March 31
| session | GMT | Eastern |
| 1 | 2:00 - 3:00pm | 9:00 - 10:00am |
| 2 | 3:00 - 4:00pm | 10:00 - 11:00am |
| break | 4:00 - 4:30pm | 11:00 - 11:30am |
| 3 | 4:30 - 5:30pm | 11:30 - 12:30pm |
| 4 | 5:30 - 6:30pm | 12:30 - 1:30pm |
| break | 6:30 - 7:30pm | 1:30 - 2:30pm |
| 5 | 7:30 - 8:30pm | 2:30 - 3:30pm |
| 6 | 8:30 - 9:30pm | 3:30 - 4:30pm |
Extras: In case you need more help during the program, a special priced 1-on-1 1-hour Tech Coaching/Help call for $100 will be available.
I’ve got questions:
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