At the request of students from various UAB master's degrees, I have finally decided to teach a WordPress class to all students of any of the master's degrees Pmasters where I teach the Digital Marketing class.
For this purpose, Pmasters has given us the Classroom 2 for next Thursday, July 21st. The schedule will be from 9 in the morning to 1 in the afternoon.
To attend this class, it is necessary to confirm attendance through the Pmasters intranet as places are limited to 50.
In the class of WordPress Basics we will see:
- How a hosting service works.
- How to create a database.
- How an FTP program works and how we can use it to upload files to our hosting.
- How to install WordPress.
- How it works at a basic level (publishing pages and posts).
- How can I change the language?
- How you can customize your website's appearance to make it look more like a blog than a corporate website.
- How to create the basic sections of a corporate website.
No technical knowledge is required to install WordPress, the little you need to know is what I will explain in class.
What you do need to do is go prepared with certain things:
If you want to leave class with a professional website up and running, you need the following:
- Bring your own laptop with WIFI connection and power cable (the classroom will have enough sockets for the computers)
- A domain name for the website you want to create (for example: yourname.com). You can buy it here www.sync.es or any ISP and costs about 13 euros per year.
- A hosting where you can host the website, I recommend the one from www.sync.es because their control panel is simple and easy to use (but any will do). The hosting should be the simplest you can find with PHP and mySQL (it is important that it allows the creation of a database). The cost of this type of hosting is between 40 euros and 60 euros per year (depending on the ISP). For example, this hosting: http://www.sync.es/hosting/virtuales-linux100.php. In www.CDMon.com They also have a well-priced hosting that also has WordPress pre-installed… so it saves students a lot of work (https://www.cdmon.com/cas/hosting/alojamiento-web/) see “Junior” and “Senior”. The domain can also be purchased from this same company.
- Students should arrive with an FTP client already installed on their computer (I recommend Filezilla, it is free and can be downloaded from Softonic) There is a version for Mac and one for PC.
- It will also make the work easier if students arrive with the latest version of WordPress downloaded. This can be done from here in Spanish: WordPress in Spanish, and from here in Catalan: WordPress in CatalanIf anyone wants the multilingual site, they can download either one and in class we will see how to install a plugin that allows you to have a website in all the languages you need.
It takes a couple of days to get all this up and running… so it’s best not to wait until the last minute to buy it because it wouldn’t help you have it ready for class.
You must arrive at the workshop with the login and password for the control panel of the hosting you have contracted. This is sent by email when you contract the hosting.
For students who wish to follow the class, but do not need to have a professional website and prefer to learn with a free blog, I recommend registering at www.wordpress.com and have their own blog. This way they will be able to follow the second half of the class, when we explain how WordPress works inside. Some features are not activated, but others are… so at least they will be able to start to see how they could have their own website, without having to make an initial investment in the purchase of a domain and in the contracting of a hosting.
Well, that's all. Please don't forget to RSVP.
(In case anyone doesn't know where Pmasters Classroom 2 is, here's a map)
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A hug.
11 responses
To all the people who come, know that there are 50 places and are for the students... all and així, can bring guests... whoever happens is that ara mateix I don't know how many people will come. I started to think that I haven't made products (I hope not). The WIFI in the room, in principle, works well, but it is better that the download port is all that is needed. If you can, we can advance and access the FTP of your hosting, Wordpres. The contingut that you downloaded from wordpress.org, the installation heu to the directory above the domain. Now we will be able to help you with possible problems with the classroom Wi-Fi. If not... no patiu, ho anirem fent per grups.
On the other hand, Classroom 2 of PMasters is a fake mica. Look at the point of the map of this Post. There is the classroom, but it is at the bottom of the building and it enters from a walkway to the side of the building. If I come a little later, I'll still be there waiting for those who don't know how to get to the classroom.
Let everything go well.
A hug.
Hello Montse,
I also went through the L'ICIC course with Ester. I will attend on the 21st!!
We see.
Arantxa.
Hello Montse,
We are also interested in participating in this wordpress course because it refers to the gallery's website (esther montoriol gallery).
Would it be possible to attend this course?
Vindríem Marc Permanyer and Esther Vilà.
If not, is it possible to follow the course with the slides or the information you have posted on the pad?
Thank you very much,
Esther Vila
esther.vila.garcia@gmail.com
659 569 783
Hello teacher,
I am your UAB student from last year. I remember that in the Digital Marketing class, you showed us a web page that has many models and materials to design web pages in a class. I need you to please send me that page again if possible. Greetings and thank you very much!!
Hi Cindy, I think you're asking for a website where you can see professional WordPress design templates. I buy them here: http://www.themeforest.net, and also in http://www.adesdesign.net. On these two pages you will find a lot of professional WordPress templates, starting from 30 euros. If you want them for free, look at http://www.wordpress.org, in the Themes section.
A big hug Cindy.
If you already have hosting and a domain name, can you still attend?
Hello Seo Blog: I hope you can come! What happens is that you will be bored for a while at the beginning of the class when we wait for the installation.
Hello,
I am going to come to the course organized by the Icic for cultural industries, will I see who we can also attend? I'm interested! Thank you.
Greetings, Professor. This course sounds super interesting. I wish I could record it for those of us who can't be there physically. That would be great!
Hello Montserrat!
I am not a cap master student but I am very interested in this session. In faras any for non-students?
Thanks!
Ester.
Demà first thing in the morning trick l'Alba so that I reserve a place.
We see each other. A hug!
Alfons.