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.

A Must Read for every Aspiring Internet Marketer/Blogger. Rob Benwell’s “Blogging to the Bank” has been the blogging Bible for thousands of IM bloggers and his latest 2010 edition has received countless positive reviews from the world’s most successful and renown Bloggers.

Over the past few weeks since I set out on this venture which is ultimately to learn how to be a baby boomer internet marketer, I’ve come across quite a few unexpected hurdles. When I use the word ‘unexpected’, I do so with tongue in cheek because I knew from the onset that there would be hurdles. However I hadn’t realized that some of these hurdles would take so much time to clear.

I think I mentioned in an earlier post that so many of the free tutorials available on the net through places like U-Tube etc, are often out of date soon after they come online because the software they refer to is being constantly updated.

Such is the case with blogging. I think I also mentioned that in building this blog, I’m using wordpress which is a prime example of software being constantly updated.

As a baby boomer with no experience whatsoever with computers until well into my 50’s, getting my head around even the simplest of concepts was initially (and please excuse the pun), a real headache. I didn’t know for example that when a computer is shut down, it should always be done from the start menu, and not just by pulling the plug or using the on/off switch. It’s the simple things like that which kids have been learning at school for the past 20 years that makes new technology for some baby boomers so difficult to grasp. Read the rest of this entry