Blogging with Wordpress Training in Denver, Colorado

June 11, 2009

I teach a Wordpress Blogging Class in Denver Colorado, for Colorado Free University and I also teach private virtual classes.  If you read the Colorado Free University Catalog the course description for my Basic Blogging Class using Wordpress reads as follows:

Learn how to run a self hosted blog using Wordpress and go through the steps to set up your own Blog. You will need to sign up with a hosting company in class for a minimum cost of $50 dollars and then be able to create a domain name for no additional cost. Alan VanNice runs his own IT Consulting Business and was formerly the IT Manager for Adams County, Colorado. Explore how to run your Blog like a magazine, including creating a publishing schedule, an idea library, and building readership.

But for folks that want to learn more about Wordpress I felt it would be nice to have an actual course outline that people could view on-line.  So here is the course outline for Basic Blogging with Wordpress:

Introduction to Blogging

  1. A brief overview of Blogging.
  2. What is the future of Blogging?
  3. What are some key tools being used in the Blogging Community?
  4. What is the difference between a Blog and a Web-Site?
  5. What are the key components of a Blog?
  6. Let’s take a look at some very successful Blogs.
  7. How do you monetize your Blog?
  8. Should you go with Wordpress.com or should you self host your own Blog?

Wordpress Basics

  1. What are the differences between Posts and Pages.
  2. How to create a Post?
  3. How to attach a Category to a Post?
  4. How to attach a Tag to a Post?
  5. What are the Differences between Tags and Categories?
  6. How to create a Page?
  7. How to remove the ability to Post comments?
  8. What is a Ping Back and should you allow them?
  9. How to link to another Web-Site?
  10. How to create links in your Posts?
  11. How to change the appearance of your Blog?
  12. What is a Theme and how do you change themes?
  13. What are widgets?
  14. How can I dynamically change my Sidebar?
  15. How do I add pictures to my Posts and Pages?
  16. How do I add Pictures to my Sidebar?
  17. How do I make a Picture become a clickable link to another website?

Blogging Stratgeies

  1. How do I drive traffic to my Blog?
  2. Which communities should I belong too?
  3. What do you do now that class is over?