WordPress Classroom Exposed

Saturday, December 11th, 2010 at 3:56 pm

A WordPress Classroom Review

I first started using the wordpress classroom back in early 2009 when it was first conceived and when I needed to know how to learn wordpress and I can honestly say that without the knowledge it provided, this and my other wordpress blogs would not exist.

Matt Wolfe, the creator of the WordPress Classroom is one of the nice guys and his expertise in using and teaching wordpress is next to none.
While many say that wordpress is a cinch to use, for novice users it can become extremely frustrating in just not knowing what to do.

You have to know how to learn wordpress!

The WordPress Classroom takes away all that frustration by delivering easy to understand precise walk through FREE wordpress training videos which provide step by step instructions on exactly how and where to start, right through to getting your wordpress blog online and indexed by the major search engines such as Google.

Click here to visit the WordPress Classroom

Advanced users of wordpress can also glean a lot of information from the WordPress Classroom particularly if HTML is not their strong point. Although it was not completely necessary for me to learn HTML, I found that a basic understanding of some html is necessary in creating some links and particularly when creating widgets.

See more about using widgets in the WordPress Classroom here.

Below is a list of the Free Videos found in the WordPress Classroom.

For the Novice

How and where to buy a Domain.
How and where to buy a hosting account.
How to link your domain to your Host.
How to install WordPress using fantastico from your Hosting Control Panel
How to install wordpress manually
How to Install a Free Theme
How to add email to your Blog
How to install plugins such as Google Analytics automatically and manually.
How to manage threaded comments
How to learn wordpress

Intermediate Level.

How to install a Twitter Widget.
How to hide Affilaite Links.
How to install an opt-in box in the side bar.
How to add an Avatar beside your comments.
How to add a contact me form to your blog.
How to make money using the WordPress Classroom

See an Example Free Video Below

While the wordpress training videos above are free, the WordPress Classroom also offers a paid version which includes all of the above plus over seventy additional videos with new monthly instructional videos for advanced users.

It also provides a great members forum where members help each other with all sorts of issues and offer tips on Marketing, html, themes, Traffic exchange, plus several fantastic bonuses many of which are not found anywhere else.

Just a Few Of the Additional WordPress Classroom Pro Videos.

How to edit Permalinks For SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
How to install The “All In One” Seo Plugin.
How to guard your blog against content theft.
How to create a static home page
How to back up your blog
How to remove pages from the menu.
How to add images to your blog and how to add an affiliate link to them.
3 In-depth videos on How to Create a Membership Site for your blog
How to add a forum to your membership site
How to create a full width page eliminating the side bar from your blog.
How to install a multi-site using WordPress 3.0 and above.

The site you are looking at now was created using the WordPress Classroom and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Go here to visit the Free WordPress Classroom Videos and learn more about using WordPress.

About the Nostalgia Page.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

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This really isn’t the nostalgia page at all. The nostalgia page is in the above margin above the header but I just thought I’d introduce it here.

As a result of the feedback and comments I received about the “Older than dirt” post I thought I’d reserve a special page just for nostalgia.

Since this blog is really from a baby boomer for the benefit of other baby boomers, we should see some amusing and maybe “lump in throat” memories emerge.

The whole idea is to just go to the nostalgia page above and write about a nostalgic memory. Preferably your post should be about things that no longer exist such as the way things were done “back in the olden days when WE were kids”

However you don’t have to be a baby boomer to post on the nostalgia page.

Any interesting stories you might have about the past are welcome. Maybe you heard something from your parents or grandparents which will be fine.

I’ll start it off with a few and hopefully others will add to it as time goes by.

Just click on the nostalgia page at the top of this page or click here to start.

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The Need to Back Up!

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 12:15 pm

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Well it’s been 2 weeks since I last posted here and with justifiable excuses sliding from my over crowded mind, I’m going to ignore most of them and tell the truth.

I stuffed up, but more about that a little later.

The weather here has been playing havoc on my satellite internet connection with heavy rain blanketing out the satellite signal at the most inopportune times. For example when I’m halfway through a particularly large download or when trying to update my blog with a new widget, I see the little revolving circle which defines a loading, spinning merrily around while in fact nothing is happening.

On checking my modem, I can see only 1 or 2 bars lit signifying a signal too weak to effectively carry out the task at hand. (It needs a minimum of 4.) Such is one of the prices that need to be paid to live in a remote region of Australia. Beautiful and serene as it may be it does have its drawbacks.

However that’s only one of the things that have slowed me down over the past week or so. Read the rest of this entry

Older than Dirt.

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 6:07 am

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Someone sent this to me today in an email.

Considering the topic of my blog I thought I’d include it here as part of a post for those old enough to remember:

“Someone asked the other day, ‘What was your favorite ‘fast food’ when you were growing up?’
‘We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,’ I informed him.
‘All the food was slow.’

‘C’mon, seriously. Where did you eat?’
‘It was a place called ‘home,” I explained !

‘Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn’t like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.’ Read the rest of this entry