Employee WordPress Training
Algonquin College and WordPress
The growing size and popularity of the Algonquin College website requires robust and flexible technology. The decision to invest in a Content Management System (CMS) is based on its ability to meet our needs. WordPress offers ease of use, a portfolio of successful site deployments, low cost, and the availability of support and application development resources.
In addition to WordPress training modules outlined below, employees are encouraged to make use of our AC Website Audit Guide (.docx) to support optimization of their site(s). This resource can be accessed when reviewing existing sites or building new ones.
1 – Introductory Training Videos
What is WordPress?
Getting Started with WordPress
Posts
Pages
Media
- Using the Media manager & Library
- Adding Media
- Using & Managing Media
- Embedding Videos
- Simply paste the url of a video in the main content area of a page or post. WordPress should automatically convert this to an embedded video.
- If this doesn’t work – you may have to get an embed code or video sharing link from the service where the video is hosted.
- Please note – do not upload video files directly into the Media Library. Please only use videos that are already hosted an en external service – eg: Youtube, Vimeo, etc…
- Simply paste the url of a video in the main content area of a page or post. WordPress should automatically convert this to an embedded video.
WordPress Settings
WordPress Tasks
- What are Widgets & how do they work?
- Using Widgets
- Setting up a site for search engine optimization (SEO)
2 – Algonquin Custom Template Web Tutorials and Important Topics
The following documents cover some of the custom elements of Algonquin’s usage of WordPress – as well as topics
| Setting up a new site | How to start website creation. |
| Widgets and sidebars | Widget and sidebar administration and most important widgets. |
| Sliders | Slider tools overview and how to create sliders. |
| Landing Template | Template Landing – 2019 |
| Accessibility | Accessibility advice for content writers and editors. |
| How to resize images | How to resize images to keep them under recommended size |
3 – Other Resources
The following WordPress resources are based on the original WordPress system, and do not account for the customization done for Algonquin College’s WordPress platform. Please see training above for information related to the College’s customized platforms.