Just after we got set the brief, the Brighton Wordpress Company gave us a workshop on how to use Wordpress and whilst it was pointed out that Wordpress themes could be structurally edited it was also advised that we find a theme as close to what we want it to look like because it would be harder to change certain aspects. It was further pointed out that the navigation was one of the more set elements so our themes should be chosen to consider that. Furthermore whilst themes could be found using the Wordpress dashboard we were advised to find our themes through google. Installing it as a separate zip file outside of the Wordpress dashboard allows us to get some content which makes it easier to see which bits of content are in which section. Themes aside we were also given a quick run through on plugins, again these are easily accessed through the Wordpress dashboard and seem fairly straightforward to manage. We practised integrating a SEO plugin and it was explained that in order to generate more traffic through our pages it was best to repeat as many of the same phrases throughout the pages as we could. The plugin that we were advised to use (because it had 4 stars and was a reliable plugin used by the company itself) alerted us that are pages were as optimised as possible through the use of green ticks. As final exercise we were also showed how pages worked within Wordpress and how they could be managed and navigated to, information hierarchy is particularly key in ensuring that these pages work smoothly so its an aspect that will be further considered.
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