Introduction to Making Your Own Website

Whether you are a current freelance researcher, a researcher newly 'going it alone' or just thinking about taking that step, there are a number of additional skills you may have to learn. One of those will be website development – essential if you want to have full control over your website, change any content on your website ‘on-the-fly’ and avoid the fees that come with outsourcing website development.

For those researchers who aren’t familiar with using it, this introductory course will show delegates how to use WordPress, so that each delegate will have their very own free website at the end of the training. There will be no need to purchase your own domain name or hosting beforehand, as we'll be using free WordPress website templates and free WordPress domain names for training purposes on the day.

Who would benefit
This course is ideal for anyone who wants to have a basic website for their business but doesn’t know how to build or maintain it.

Objective
This course enables you to:

• Create a free WordPress website to give you the confidence to use WordPress on your own after the training.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, delegates should:

• Have developed a free WordPress website from the free themes delegates have chosen during the training
• Leave with a fully-fledged website with five pages:
  • Home/landing page
  • Products/services page
  • Contacts/booking page
  • ‘About’ page
  • Case studies/testimonials page
• Be able to source copyright-free images for your website
• Be able to understand and use Search Engine Optimisation
• Learn how to buy your own domain name (delegates can do this on the day if they wish, if they have a valid credit or debit card they wish to use to buy their ideal domain name with the step-by-step guidance of the course conveners)

Practicalities

• Delegates do NOT have to purchase a domain name before coming to this course. Delegates will be able to get a free WordPress domain on the day.
• Delegates should understand that they are making a free WordPress website to get used to the processes of using WordPress, therefore there will be functionalities unavailable via the free website domains and themes that may be available through paid WordPress websites and themes. While free WordPress websites can be more limited than paid versions, free WordPress websites will still be able to offer a very rich choice of website templates.
• To view examples of how a free WordPress website can look, see https://theyoungentrepreneursclub.wordpress.com/

Level
Business Skills

Price
MRS Members £325 + VAT
Non Members £475 + VAT