Personal Websites with WordPress

Are you a UVic student or Staff member and want to learn more about creating your own website? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an introduction to website development using WordPress. Once you’ve completed this session you will be able to do the following:

1. Know What WordPress is, why it is free, and what other web hosting options there are (including knowing the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: Plugins, 3rd party themes, modify template code).
2. Know the importance of planning for a website.
3. Be able to create a navigation structure for your website.
4. Be able to create a wireframe or mockup of your website.
5. Create a basic personal website on WordPress.com.
6. Create blog posts.
7. Embed images and videos.
8. Add pages static pages, including a static home page.
9. Change the website template.
10. Customize menus & navigation.
11. Configure & customize a WordPress.com theme.

Check workshop availability and register here. View the workshop lesson plan here: Personal Websites with WordPress.