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WordPress: Mastering the Gutenberg Block Editor

Course Code:3475FS
Dates:February 20, 2025
Meets:One Thu., 9AM-4PM 02/20 (MT)
Location:Compuskills Lab at Lowry Room 116
Cost: $204.00

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Learn how to negotiate the state-of-the-art publishing platform that is WordPress. This course will give you hands-on, step-by-step training on how to use Wordpress to build your website. Embrace the future and learn how to use WordPress's Gutenberg editor to layout your content. Get valuable insights on using this new block editor to have a more granular control of how your content is presented to your users and customers. Now you'll be able to administer where your images, videos and text appear on your pages without having to learn how to code. Furthermore, you will get a brief overview on how to use the new Full Site Editor (FSE) where you can edit your header and footer sections as well as control all the stylistic qualities of your website. Along the way you'll receive valuable tips and insights on blogging and optimizing your content for search engines (SEO) to help you increase your traffic and improve your site's performance.

Donnie Seigler teaches his classes in a way that helps even the least technological among us understand the basics of creating and managing a website. He is a self-taught web development professional who has been focused on creating first class WordPress websites since 2011 through his company Crack-Ajax Web Technologies. Donnie specializes in WordPress sites and can show you how to master the WordPress dashboard while giving you tips on creating SEO friendly content that will drive traffic to your new or existing website. Take advantage of his vast knowledge and get the shortcuts you need for success on the way to creating and maintaining your web presence!

Prerequisite: Basic computer and Internet skills

Fee: $204.00

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Compuskills Lab at Lowry Room 116

7653 East 1st Place. From the West: Take 6th Ave east past Quebec, turn right at Syracuse, go one block to stop sign, turn left onto 4th Ave, road curves right, go 1 block, turn right onto 1st place. Parking lot is on your right. NE corner of Red Cross Way & 1st Pl. From the (South)East: Take Alameda to Quebec, go north on Quebec to 1st Ave. Take right on 1st Ave, left at Rosylyn (stop sign). Make a right on 1st Pl, go 2 and 1/2 blocks (past Red Cross Way) and make left into parking lot. https://goo.gl/maps/iCr3o3q79aK2