We now have a Gantt chart to track our progress, which you can read all about in this week’s meeting notes.
The team’s current progress on Tier 1, a user level set of workshops that focus on getting to know WordPress that is the current focus of the training team, is:
Plans Ready to Test
- Basic WordPress Concepts
- Choosing and Installing Plugins (tested 1x)
- How to Find Help with WordPress
- How to Install WordPress on a Server
- High Level Overview (tested 1x)
- Overview of the Dashboard
- Settings
- Theme CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings.
- What to do when you Forget your Password
A full list of plans that are ready to test is located here: https://make.wordpress.org/training/testing-modules/lesson-plans-to-test/
Plans In Copy Editing
- Posts vs. Pages
Plans Being Written Now
- User Management
- Content Editor Overview
- Overview of Common Plugins**
- Local InstallLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer.
- Introduction to the Customizer
- Choosing and Installing Themes
- Managing Media
- Managing Widgets
- Categories vs. Tags
- Troubleshooting Basics
- Setting a Static Page as Your Main Page
- What is a Theme (may be combined with Choosing and Installing Themes)
- What can you do with WordPress**
- What is Google XML Sitemap*
- What is Contact Form 7*
- What is Yoast SEO*
- What is Duplicator*
- What is Akismet*
*These may be Tier 2 plans.
** These are planned to move into copy editing in January