Create Your Own Website Using WordPress

Build a WordPress site with themes, plugins, and basic coding

WHEN Materials available starting July 17
Discussions start Wednesday, July 24, 8-9 pm ET
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WHERE Online

CERTIFICATE Use this course to earn a certificate in Digital Journalism.

PRICE
$470 (or $445 for AvantGuild members - details)

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You need a website. You don’t need advanced coding experience to create one.

In this course, learn how to build a website using WordPress, one of the most popular and robust content management systems.

Through lectures, assignments, and interactive online discussions, you'll gain hands-on experience working within the open-source platform.

In this class, you will learn how to:

Install WordPress on your web hosting server with your own domain name
Use WordPress to publish pages, articles, and multimedia content like video or photos
Change the appearance of your site using WordPress themes, widgets, and simple CSS coding
Use WordPress plugins to improve your site navigation, enable Google Analytics, or optimize your site for search engines
Connect with the WordPress community to establish the authoirty of your business or personal brand

By the end of class, you will have:
A live WordPress website that you can maintain and update on your own.

Admission Requirements: Students should be prepared to sign up for a web hosting plan (less than $10 a month) and domain name (around $15 a year). If you already have a web host, please have your FTP server name, user name, and password ready. If you already have a WordPress site, please know your login information.

The online classroom has several components:

Lessons: Learn new skills through video-based lessons
Discussion: Join a weekly live, interactive discussion via IM and video
Assignments: Complete homework and receive instructor feedback
Forums: Exchange resources, meet peers, and ask your instructor questions

Course Syllabus

Create Your Own Website Using WordPress (PDF)

View a sample syllabus for the class here.

• Digital Journalism Certificate Program – ONLINE

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Journalism

Instructor

Sallie Goetsch works with individual clients, small businesses, and non-profit organizations to build and customize websites on WordPress. She has been online since 1985, when she was introduced to BITNET on the mainframe at Brown University.

Sallie started hand-coding HTML in 1994 to produce a web version of her electronic journal. She discovered WordPress in 2005 and flung herself on it with gratitude because it made developing websites so much easier. In 2009, she became organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup. Sallie was previously a university lecturer in Greek and Roman drama. You can find her portfolio and blog at wpfangirl.com.

Sallie Goetsch's Courses
Create Your Own Website Using WordPress – (Starts July 17)

Testimonials

Thanks to Sallie, I was able to create my WordPress website from scratch and have it up and running in 3 weeks! -- Amadie Hart

"Sallie has a knack for clearly and concisely explaining the technical aspects of launching a website and the tricky elements of WordPress. She provided very helpful suggestions and resources." -- Jill Laurinaitis

"Sallie is a Wordpress guru and so helpful to me as I create my website. She does everything with a sense of humor and overextended her services for all of us as we went through the pains of putting up our sites." -- Greer Jonas