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Social media

• Training

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ANGELA SAMUELSTECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR

• Social media education - Twitter,

LinkedIn, Facebook

• Internet marketing

• WordPress website training

Areas of Expertise


• Associates of science – Henry Ford

Community College

• Bachelors of Science – Eastern

Michigan

• Masters of Education –Wayne State

Education


• General Motors

• Chrysler

• Freelance with authors and small

businesses since 2008

Experience


• Web developers refer me to people that need training

• They may even include a couple hours of training in a

new website build

• Small business owners that need one on one training

Clients


WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR

• SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO JUST DEVELOPING THEIR BUSINESS SITE

• SOMEONE WHO IS CREATING A WEBSITE FOR A HOBBY

• A NEW WORDPRESS DEVELOPER

• AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS FOR THEIR WEBSITE

WHY THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU?THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO

• CHOOSE A WORDPRESS THEME

• INSTALL A WORDPRESS THEME

• UNINSTALL A WORDPRESS THEME

• CHOOSE A WORDPRESS PLUGIN

• INSTALL A WORDPRESS PLUGIN

• UNINSTALL A WORDPRESS PLUGIN

INTRODUCTIONTHINK OF BUILDING YOUR WEBSITE AS BUILDING A HOUSE

BUILDING A HOUSE COMPARE TO BUILDING YOUR WORDPRESS SITE

• FIND A LOCATION

• HOME DESIGN

• ROOMS

• FIXTURES

• HOUSE DESIGNS: COLONIAL, CAPE COD, RANCH AND

ETC.

• URL (FOCUS KEYWORD OR NAME)

• WEB DESIGN

• PAGES

• PLUGINS

• OVER 7000 THEMES

Prepare your site

Create the foundation (WordPress Core)

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THEME AND A PLUGIN?

• THEME PERTAINS TO THE DESIGN

• PLUGIN PERTAINS TO THE BEHAVIOR FEATURES

WHAT IS A THEME?

• A WORDPRESS THEME PROVIDES ALL OF THE FRONT END STYLING OF YOUR

WORDPRESS SITE

• RESOURCE:

• DEVELOPER.WORDPRESS.ORG/THEMES/GETTING-STARTED/WHAT-IS-A-THEME/

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A THEME

• IS IT UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS?

• LOOK AT THE RATINGS TO SEE IF HAS A HIGH RATING

• LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FOR THE MOST RECENT COMMENTS

WORDPRESS THEMES

• FREE THEMES – USUALLY GOOD QUALITY IF THEY ARE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS

• COMMERCIAL / PREMIUM THEMES – PAID OR PREMIUM THEMES

• THEME GENERATORS

• OR COULD EVEN CREATE YOUR OWN THEME FROM SCRATCH!

THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO UPLOAD AND INSTALL A THEME IN WORDPRESS

• USING FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) ADVANCED

• UPLOAD A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

• SELECT A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

UPLOAD A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

SELECT A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

UNINSTALL AND DELETE A WORDPRESS THEME

• CHOOSE ANOTHER THEME (A THEME IS REQUIRED)

• APPEARANCE >THEMES> THEME DETAILS AND DELETE

RESPONSIVE THEMES

• A THEME THAT ADJUST BASED ON SCREEN SIZE. (IPAD, ANDROID, KINDLE AND ETC.)

• HTTP://MOBILETEST.ME

• HTTP://QUIRKTOOLS.COM/SCREENFLY/

CHILD THEME

• USUALLY USED WITH YOU HAVE CUSTOM UPDATES

• THE MAIN THEME WILL OVERRIDE ANY CUSTOM CHANGES

• HTTPS://CODEX.WORDPRESS.ORG/CHILD_THEMES

PURCHASING THEMES

• BEWARE THAT YOU MAY NOT GET A REFUND BACK.

PLUGINS

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A PLUGIN

• HOW LONG AGO WAS IT UPDATED

• RATINGS

• COMMENTS ON THE WORDPRESS.ORG WEBSITE

OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF PLUGINS

• PLUGINS ARE SMALL “PROGRAMS” GIVING YOU THE POSSIBILITY TO EXTEND THE FUNCTIONALITIES OF A

BASIC WORDPRESS INSTALLATION. MOST PLUGINS CAN BE DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED FOR FREE.

• THE SEARCH FOR PLUGINS CAN BE DONE BEST THROUGH THE WEBSITE OF WORDPRESS ITSELF.

HOW TO INSTALL A PLUGIN? (MOST USED)

HOW TO DELETE A PLUGIN

• DEACTIVATE

• DELETE THE PLUGIN

PLUGINS IN WORDPRESS

GRAVITY FORMS (PAID)

PLUGINS IN WORDPRESS

COUNT PER DAY PLUGIN

PRETTY LINK

DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION & FREE COUPON

• FREE COUPON TO MY “HOW TO BUILD A WEBSITE IN A WEEK” ONLINE COURSE ON UDEMY

• HTTP://ANGELASAMUELS.COM/NEWSLETTER/

QUESTIONS

THANK YOU

• VisionaryMeetings.com or

• AngelaSamuels.com

• Website: AngelaSamuels.com

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter.com/angelamsamuels

• Facebook.com/angelamsamuels

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