I’m Planning to Offer WordPress Training — Are You Interested?
March 26th, 2008 | Posted in blog 24 Comments »
April 20, 2008 Update: If you’re interested in the WordPress training, see the course announcement about the 2-hour session I’m giving on April 26.
I’m planning to offer some WordPress training, and I’d like to know if you’re interested. By WordPress I mean the self-hosted WordPress blogs that you create with WordPress software from WordPress.org, not the freely hosted blogs at WordPress.com.
WordPress is software that can be so easy a first-grader can publish posts (see Avery’s blog here). At the opposite end, you can be a PHP enthusiast, such as Alex King, creating plugins that extend WordPress’s functionality. Or a theme designer creating cool-looking themes. Or you can sidestep the blogging features altogether and just use WordPress as a mini content management system or website, such as what Scott Deloach did with Clickstart. (By the way, did you also know that the New York Times and Business Week were both created by WordPress?)
I’m a technical writer, but my extensive involvement in blogging and podcasting has branded me as someone knowledgeable about these two areas. That’s fine, because I absolutely love WordPress. It’s the only software I’m truly passionate about. I can spend my Friday nights tinkering around in the code, adjusting my theme (by the way, I’m getting tired of my theme and want a new one), adding more plugins (I wonder what’s new that I can incorporate … ), and trying to figure out how to make my podcasts more web 2.0-ish (see thoughts in previous post).
In the next couple of weeks, I’ll announce official training that I’m offering for WordPress. It won’t be free, but it will be worth it. The training will probably involve several sessions that move from beginner to advanced, focusing on different aspects of WordPress. I’ll explain the basics, such as how to install WordPress, activate Akismet, what all the options and tabs mean (by the way, WordPress 2.5 is coming soon and everything will be different on the admin side). Then I’ll move into essential plugins and how to integrate them. I’ll also recommend attractive themes and explain how to adjust the designs using the stylesheet. Finally, I’ll explain different PHP tags and parameters and how you can dynamically alter the content of your blog, as well as create category templates to completely customize the look and feel of your site.
I’m not a WordPress developer, but I am comfortable with WordPress. If you’ve been thinking of moving away from Blogger (don’t worry, WordPress will easily import all your content), or if you’re tired of other blog software you’ve been using, think about moving to WordPress. You’ll save yourself hours and hours of time by going through my course. Additionally, if you’re already using WordPress but want to become more expert, this course will help you move from novice to geek in an efficient way.
To gauge interest in the course, can you respond to this short survey?
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This is an awesome idea. Wish I’d thought of it first. I wonder whether it’s a little before its time – blogging is on the rise but not all that prevalent in the business world which is the most likely audience willing to pay for lessons to use a free software utility. Still, better to be early to the party than late.
I’m interested, but the survey button isn’t working for me. So please count me in!
Sorry about the problem with the button. I changed it into a normal link, so it should work now.
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I’d like to partcipate… keep the training affordable and I think you’ll get a good number of people.
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You can train me how not to run into problems using wordpress, i am strictly a blogger man.
Yes, most definitely. You are kind. Thanks.
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Is this still being offered? I took the survey and left my info. I’m at blogger right now but am thinking about moving to self hosted wordpress, mainly because I think the wordpress themes just have a nicer, more professional look to them. This looks like a good opportunity so I’ll keep checking back.
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Sara, yes, it’s still being offered. I haven’t announced the first date for the training yet because I just wanted to find out the interest level first. I’ll make an announcement soon.
I beleive there are some videos on the web that show some of the basics. perhaps you can elaborate on the information with some additional vidoes covering plugin installation, etc…
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Yes, I hope this is being offered soon… I’d like to get my blog up and running and I’ve heard WordPress has some great features.
I’d love this to be offered for my blog. But i hear wordpress is getting hacked so often.
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For all of you interested in the WordPress training, see my latest post, “WordPress for Beginners Course — This Saturday, April 26,” for details about how to sign up.
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I would love to take a WordPress course. Are you still offering it?
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Let me know if you have any upcoming workshops. I would consider myself a beginner; however I have managed with some of the basics.
Mike, if you’re interested in a wordpress workshop, let me know. I have availability this Saturday.
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