{"id":2260,"date":"2017-09-06T22:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T05:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.seattle.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&p=2260"},"modified":"2018-09-27T05:46:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T12:46:19","slug":"learn-to-use-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2017\/session\/learn-to-use-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop \ud83d\udcbb Learn to Use your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have this great WordPress website and now you want to know how to use it.<\/p>\n

Congratulations! You just launched a shiny, new website built on WordPress and you\u2019ve logged in to the admin area to have a look around. You\u2019re ready to publish your first blog post or edit a page but, Wowza, there are a lot of things to click on! All of those menu options is making you very uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

What are all of those options for? What happens if you click on them? What if you click on the wrong thing?<\/p>\n

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Make sure you come prepared! Read to the end to see what you should bring and come early to make sure you’re ready to go<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ve probably headed out to Google-ville to find the answer to your questions. You’ve discovered that there are a kerjillion different individual tutorials out there on how to do this or that. You\u2019ve watched videos and read the Codex but you\u2019re still worried and confused. It seems like a really steep learning curve.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not. Learning to use WordPress is not hard. In this workshop, we are going to learn all the basics of WordPress to get you using your website like a pro. Some of the things we\u2019ll be covering:<\/p>\n

\u2022 How to login to your admin Dashboard
\n\u2022 A tour of the Dashboard
\n\u2022 The difference between Pages and Posts
\n\u2022 How to create and edit a Page and Post
\n\u2022 Formatting text and headings
\n\u2022 Adding images
\n\u2022 Embedding a Google map or YouTube video on your Page
\n\u2022 Dealing with Comments
\n\u2022 Backups – how and why
\n\u2022 Keeping things updated
\n\u2022 Widgets – what they are and how to use them
\n\u2022 Plugins – what they are
\n\u2022 Users and User Roles
\n\u2022 Tools
\n\u2022 Settings – what not to change<\/p>\n

This is a Workshop, not a lecture, so you\u2019ll see WordPress in action, have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and get answers. The class size is kept small to maximize your learning.<\/p>\n

Your instructor has been designing websites using WordPress for over 7 years. She\u2019s also taught this material many times, so you know you\u2019re going to come away from the class knowing how to use WordPress.<\/p>\n

Note: this is a beginner level workshop for bloggers and business owners who use WordPress and isn\u2019t intended for developers.<\/p>\n

Come Prepared!<\/h2>\n

For this workshop you will want to have the following:<\/p>\n