Novasoft Academy

IT Training Courses in Singapore

WordPress Website Creation
Training Course

Why WordPress is So Awesome

Firstly, WordPress powers more than 26% of all websites according to W3Techs. WordPress is also open source, therefore you're able to fully customise it to your needs without pestering your web design agency.

WordPress has a user-friendly interface and is very suitable for non-technical users to create, customise, and maintain a professional, modern website.

Course Overview

In this 2-day WordPress hands-on website creation course, you will learn the foundations of building a website from nothing.

An individual demo website will be provided to you for a practical experience, which will also be available for you to take home for further practice.

This is an interactive course with 80% hands-on and 20% theory. Start creating something awesome with WordPress today!

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will:

✓ Be able to set up a domain name, web hosting account, and install WordPress into the server.
✓ Be able to customise the website appearance such as the header, logo, sidebar, footer, pages, etc.
✓ Be able to maintain the website through updating plugin/theme versions, backing up and migration, and editing content.
✓ Be able to implement basic security measures to secure the website from hackers.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to WordPress
Module 2: Setting up domain name and web hosting
Module 3: Installing WordPress into the server
Module 4: Installing WordPress parent and child themes
Module 5: Creating and customising a web page
Module 6: Installing plugins
Module 7: Creating a Contact Form
Module 8: Creating the home page
Module 9: Landing page best practices
Module 10: Basic website SEO
Module 11: Basic WordPress E-Commerce
Module 12: Website backup and migration

Course Fees & Funding Options

Singapore Citizen/PR
Course Fee  $380
Course Fee after 40% PIC grant*  $228

*For SMEs with minimum 3 employees. More info on PIC grant

Singapore Citizen ≥ 25 years
Course Fee  $380
Course Fee after SkillsFuture Credit*  $0

*If you are a Singapore Citizen 25 years old and above, you may use your $500 SkillsFuture credit to offset the course fees.

Frequently Asked Questions

What certification will I receive?

Upon completion of this module course under WDA funding, students will receive Statement of Attainment (SOA) Certificates from WDA. The details of SOA of each module are given below.
IT-NMM-401S-1 : Install and configure a Switch
IT-NMM-402S-1 : Install Switches and Multi-Switched local area network

Am I eligible for funding/subsidies?

Please refer to the next section of this page below.

What is the average class size?
What's next?

You may want to signup for our Adobe Dreamweaver Advanced course to further your web development skills.

Upcoming Classes

24 - 25 Nov 2016 (10am - 6pm)
15 - 16 Dec 2016 (10am - 6pm)
14, 21 Jan 2017 (10am - 6pm)

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