WD: Website Design, CMS & Server management

This course will help you to understand the basics of website design and then delve into choosing a content management system (CMS). We concentrate on wordPress which powers millions of blogs and websites. Learn how to create your own with this powerful publishing platform. We will help you get the most out of the self-hosted version of WordPress and create feature-rich blogs and websites. Learn how to create and publish posts and pages; customize your site with themes, widgets, and custom menus; and extend WordPress even further with plugins. Plus, learn how to get more readers with social media sharing and comments, and how to adjust the settings that keep your site safe and secure. We will also train you in you in server management using control panel mysql were SQL is the most popular language for accessing, adding, and administering content in a database. Objective This course will provide you the necessary skills to build, manage and run a beautiful website or blog by using WordPress. You can create anything from personal blogs to professional websites within a short span of time. No coding is required. You get to work on a real life (website) project while doing this course. Course Duration: 2 months (four hours a day, three days a week) OR 1 month, 5days a week Targeted market: Communications officers, information officer and all who want better websites, especially with wordpress