WORDPRESS TRAINING
Learn the fundamentals of WordPress from a web design agency that specialises in WordPress.
Hands-on WordPress training from an expert.
Beginners to Advanced Users
Learn WordPress from an expert
All our WordPress training sessions are custom designed to suit your skillset. Learn what you want to learn, whether you would like to learn how to create pages or how to write a blog article and share on social media. Perhaps you would like to learn website customisation, to make your site look more appealing and covert more leads. How to rank your site higher on Google by learning the fundamentals of SEO. We can structure the perfect course for you. All of our training sessions are lead by our in-house friendly WordPress web design specialists.
I highly recommend Creative Ground, true professionals with an abundance of Knowledge that they are more than happy to share with you! ~ Mark Hatly
Understanding your website
Professional WordPress Training
Learning how to use WordPress can be fun with a well-structured course. Our experienced web designers take the time to listen to you and build a course specific to your needs.
We have taught many users, from web design agencies to government officials, big eCommerce website team, marketing agencies to small bloggers.
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system.
With an impressive market share of 34% of all websites on the internet.
We are passionate website designers that believe everyone should have the basic knowledge for looking after their own website.
Know your way around WordPress
Learn the fundamentals of WordPress
- What is WordPress?
- Industry leading WordPress resources
- Installing WordPress like a pro step by step
- Configuring WordPress for first use
- Learn your way around the WordPress Dashboard
- Adding users and learning about different user levels
- What is a WordPress theme & where to find a good theme
- How to add and activate a theme
- Learn about the power of WordPress plugins
- How to identify a good plugin, uploading it and installing a plugin
- Adding and setup up essential plugins example SEO, Security, Maintenance, Contact Form and Page Builders
- Understanding the difference between posts and pages
- How to create and edit a post
- Setting up and using categories and tags
- Adding images and pdfs
- Learn best practice for adding media from YouTube and other services through embed iframes
- Learning what revisions are and restoring older saved posts with revisions
- How to create and edit a page
- How to use an SEO plugin on page and set meta title & descriptions
- Using templates to make the design phase faster
- Styling your WordPress website
- How to add social media profiles
- Setting up menus
- Learn about widgets
- Create a contact form and test it's working
- Making a backup of your site
- Taking a website live & moving your site to a new domain
- Learn how to secure WordPress
- Learn setup and add Google Analytics to your website
- How to get Google to crawl your website
- Updating your WordPress core, theme and plugins
…And there is so much more!
Who is this course for?
Our courses are tailored around your specific needs. We feel our courses are ideal for:
Business owners who want to learn how to manage and update their own website
Graphic designers who want to add a new skill set to their service offerings
Anyone who is wanting to start a blog and share their passion with the world
Feel Confident Using WordPress
WordPress Training
One to One Training
Hands-on approach, personalised to your unique requirements. These training sessions are run from our WordPress Training Studio on the Gold Coast or via Skype.
WordPress Workshops
Get a group of friends or colleagues together with a keen interest in learning WordPress and we will structure the perfect WordPress workshop for you.
Company Team Training
Looking to train your valued employees on how to use and maintenance your company website? We can structure your team training sessions so your staff get the very best out of WordPress.
Learn from the Experts
Enquire About WordPress Training
Learn how to use WordPress like a pro. All our training session are custom designed to suit your skills, no matter what level of knowledge you have or may not have. We are here to help you learn with ease.
FAQ’s About WordPress Training
The most frequently asked questions about learning WordPress
WHAT IS WORDPRESS?
WordPress is the world’s number one web software. It is designed for everyone, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use.
CAN ANYONE LEARN WORDPRESS?
Yes, WordPress is designed for everyone and is easy to use. Having some computer knowledge is an advantage.
HOW DO YOU STRUCTURE YOUR COURSES?
Before each training session a trainer will contact you to discuss your requirements. We listen to you and what it is you are wanting to learn. From there we will structure the perfect course to meet your requirements.
HOW MUCH DOES A WEB DESIGNER MAKE?
This all comes down to the skills and experiences of a designer. The average salary for a web designers would be around $50,000 – $65,000 a year. On the high end, a very talented website designer with development knowledge and other skills such as SEO, can earn themselves closer to $100,000 and more. However this also depends on the region you are in and what is required.
WHO ARE PAGES BUILDERS FOR?
WHAT TYPE OF WEBSITE CAN I CREATE WITH A PAGE BUILDER?
You are only limited to your imagination. You are free to create any site you can imagine. You can customise every part of your site. Building a WordPress website has never been easier.
WHAT IS SEO AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
SEO is an acronym that stands for Search Engine Optimisation. It is a process of optimising your website to get organic, or un-paid, traffic from the search engine results page like Google search. The idea behind it, is to make your site more attractive to a search engine for higher rankings.
CAN I LEARN AND BUILD MY OWN WEBSITE AT THE SAME TIME?
Yes, we can put together an awesome course helping you build your perfect website. We’ll teach you how to implement Call To Actions, social media integration, SEO, Contact forms to capture new leads, YouTube videos, Google Maps to show your location and more…
HOW MUCH DOES WORDPRESS COST?
As WordPress says “It is both free and priceless at the same time.” By this, they mean you can freely download it and create beautiful websites for yourself or clients and charge for you time.
WHAT DO I NEED FOR A COURSE
You will need access to a computer. We provide all the resources you will need to master WordPress. If you are coming to our Gold Coast WordPress Training Studio, we will provide you with all the tools you will need. However we still say bring your own laptop as people generally feel more comfortable on their own device.
DO I NEED A WEBSITE TO DO A COURSE?
No, we set up a learning website for you learn on. We don’t ever teach anyone on a live website as to not disrupt the site or its visitors. We provide all the resources you will need.
WILL I LEARN HOW TO USE A PAGE BUILDER?
Yes, we will teach you how create stunning web pages using one of the leading page builders for WordPress, either Elementor or Visual Composer. With Elementor being our preferred page builder of choice.
DO I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO CODE?
No coding skills required! Learning how to use the right page builder makes all the difference. Simply because, not all page builders are created equally.
WOULD LEARNING TO CODE HELP ME?
For most users just wanting to learn how to change a picture, write a blog, update their website’s content and so on, then no it’s not necessary. However if you are planning on becoming a web designers, I would highly recommend learning HTML and CSS. It would give you a great advantage when designing.
CAN I LEARN SEO?
Yes, we can happily structure a course for you to learn how too implement SEO on your website. Our SEO expect at Creative Ground loves teaching the fundamentals of SEO. You do need to be advised, that you just cant learn search engine optimisation in a few days. We recommend doing a course only if you plan on making a career out of being a specialist. You will find yourself learning until the day you retire. As it is forever evolving and search engines are constantly making changes to their algorithm, so you have to adapt to the changes to keep your rankings high.
WHAT ABOUT BACKING MY WEBSITE UP?
Not only will you learn how to backup your website, we’ll also teach you how to schedule backups to run automatically.
We will happily answer any questions you may have.
