WordPress/e-learning/RuralWeb&Soft Production Africa e-learning

PART -1:- Introduction to RuralWeb & Soft Production Africa
 * What is RuralWeb?
 * What is Soft Production Africa?
 * What is RuralWeb and Soft Production Africa
 * Why RuralWeb and Soft Production Africa?
 * Benefits and opportunities to the students for joining RuralWeb ICT programme?
 * Introducing Students on What we would be Doing-WEBSITE.

OBJECTIVES OF PART 1
 * Participant should have a clear view of RuralWeb and Soft Production Africa
 * Participant should be able to have a proper understanding of what the programme is all about.
 * Participant should be inspired to apprecaite with a positive end of the programme in mind.
 * Participant should understand the benefits of joining the programm
 * Participant should know the likely opportunities (career,financial,etc) they would have when they participate passionately in the program.
 * Participant should know Ruralweb.info ,like Ruralweb page on facebook and should use that as a platform to ask ICT questions

PART 2
 * What is website?
 * Purpose of a website
 * Types of website
 * Features of a good website,etc
 * Who is a webdesigner/Developer and how to reach proffesional level?
 * Why learn website designing?
 * Some tools for designing a website.
 * HTML,PHP,CSS,JOOMLA,WORDPRESS,XARA,ADOBE,ETC...
 * Why choosing wordpress?
 * What are the benefits of wordpress to the Developer,Host and End-User.
 * Features of wordpress.
 * Understanding the basics of wordpress and website designing.
 * What you need to know as a web developer/designer.

GETTING STARTED! Resources we already have:
 * An introduction Video of a website designed using wordpress.
 * What to do or kow before installation of self-hosted wordpress- (e.g System Requirements,webhost compactibility with wordpresss.text editor software,FTP Client software,etc)
 * Sandbox to practice website making in WordPress, Drupal and Joomla!
 * Tech Support Ghana: possible cooperation in WordPress learning circles (we can strengthen eachother: they already have the experience, we have ICT-coaches and a community. We can share e-courses, and a platform for sharing!) Also see: default program schedule and facilitator agreement that techsupport is using.
 * (online) ICT coaches from De Vries Workforce Management (2h per month) and some others!
 * Content: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WordPress and e-book WordPress  (see attachment)
 * iMonitoring – they can help us (for free) to search the web for content / info.

PASSION and SUPPORT

Still needed:
 * An assignment to work on to make a website (preferable a local client -with whom you can have face-to-face contact): e.g. 4 weeks training with a group of youngsters learning about website making + 4 weeks working in a team of 4 to make a website (the client pays how satisfied he is with the end-product – the more professional we get – the more business-like we can offer website-making, so that the website makers will earn an income with it.
 * To be discussed after pilot: e.g. 10% of earnings go to who brings in the assignment; 90% to website maker.
 * […?]

INSTALLATION PROCESS
 * How and where to install wordpress - root directory,subdirectory  or just making a test site.
 * Installation of wordpress
 * Hosting of wordpress
 * Editing of wp-config.php file
 * Wordpress settings and configurations
 * Using FTP Client and software
 * Changing file permission.
 * How to have a wordpress account
 * Create a wordpress.com account
 * Picking your webaddress
 * Chosing a plan(basic-free)
 * Setting up public profile

OBJECTIVES OF PART 2
 * Participant should be able to understand the concept of a website
 * Participant should be know some tools for desiginng a website
 * Participant should understand what wordpress is
 * Participant should have a wordpress account.- usuall for assignment refencing for tutors and the community(Ruralweb) to access students.
 * etc.....

PART 3 - SETTING UP WORDPRESS
 * The concept of interface
 * Designing the interface

THEME
 * What is a theme!
 * How to install a wordpress theme on your website or blog
 * How to install wordpress theme on your computer
 * How to edit wordpress theme
 * What is theme customisation ?
 * Why do we customise a theme?
 * How to customise a wordpress theme  to style your website.
 * Developing your own theme
 * What is theme framework?
 * Dealing with theme framework

WIDGETS
 * What is a widgets?
 * Importance of widget to a website developer and end-uers
 * How to use widgets in wordpress.
 * How to install widgets or embed widgets.
 * How to use widgets to update a sidebar ith images and text.

LAYOUTS
 * What are website layouts?
 * Chosing your own layouts
 * Creating a layout
 * Embeding of website layouts
 * Testing of your layouts

PLUGINS
 * What is a plugin/wordpress plugin?
 * Importance of plugin to a website developer and end-uers
 * How to use plugin in wordpress and activate them.
 * Essential plugins for wordpress websites
 * How to install plugin or embed other plugins.
 * How to use plugin to update a sidebar ith images and text.

WORDPRESS TEMPLATES
 * What is a template
 * Where to find templates
 * How to edit wordpress templates
 * How to work with template tags
 * Editing with wordpress
 * Developing your own wordpress template.

WORDPRESS CATEGORY
 * How to add a category
 * How to use tags
 * How to insert photos,link photos,embed photos,etc
 * How to create pages as content
 * How to easily add a video,link,embed videos,
 * How to make a presentation or slide
 * How to use wordpress image editor

USING WORDPRESS
 * What are posts and pages?
 * How to write a post to create a content in wordpress
 * Dealing with pages, fonts,styles,Headings,footters,navigating menu.
 * How to create a link (Text or Image ) Using HTML code in Wordpress
 * How to use Wordpress Dashboard.
 * How to prevent spam on your site
 * How to create space to online advertisement and marketing
 * Administrating your wordpress page.
 * Creating gallery blogs

WORDPRESS STATS
 * What is a stats plugin for site and visitor analysis?
 * Importance of stats plugin to a website developer and end-uers
 * How to use stats plugin in wordpress
 * How to view,analyse and improve your wordpress stats pugin to attract more visitors
 * How to install stats plugin or embed other stats plugins.
 * How to use plugin to update a sidebar with images and text.
 * What is an API key?
 * How to find API key in wordpress
 * What is a Cpanel.ully backup your wordpress site in Cpanel
 * How to fix browser bugs,css troubleshotting.
 * Tips and techniques in WORDPRESS AND website desigining.

ADDITIONAL TUTORIALS
 * What is a website proposal
 * How to write a good website proposal
 * How to generate income with you website.
 * How to write a good Curriculum Vitae
 * How to start your own bussines with the knowledege gain.


 * Some question to ask before designing a website on your own!!
 * What am i going to do with this?
 * Who is going to read- targetted group/individuals
 * What kind of message am i broadcasting?
 * Who are you doing this for
 * How often would i be posting and updating.
 * Etc...