This document profiles Angela Samuels, a technology educator. It outlines her areas of expertise including WordPress, social media, and internet marketing. She has an Associate's degree from Henry Ford Community College, a Bachelor's from Eastern Michigan University, and a Master's from Wayne State University. Her experience includes work at GM and Chrysler, and she has been a freelance trainer for authors and small businesses since 2008. Her clients include web developers and small business owners seeking training.

2. • Love working with WordPress and
Social media
• Training
Passion
ANGELA SAMUELS
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR

3. • Social media education - Twitter,
LinkedIn, Facebook
• Internet marketing
• WordPress website training
Areas of Expertise
ANGELA SAMUELS
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR

4. • Associates of science – Henry Ford
Community College
• Bachelors of Science – Eastern
Michigan
• Masters of Education – Wayne State
Education
ANGELA SAMUELS
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR

5. • General Motors
• Chrysler
• Freelance with authors and small
businesses since 2008
Experience
ANGELA SAMUELS
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR

6. • Web developers refer me to people that need training
• They may even include a couple hours of training in a
new website build
• Small business owners that need one on one training
Clients
ANGELA SAMUELS
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR

7. WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
• SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO JUST DEVELOPING THEIR BUSINESS SITE
• SOMEONE WHO IS CREATING A WEBSITE FOR A HOBBY
• A NEW WORDPRESS DEVELOPER
• AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS FOR THEIR WEBSITE

8. WHY THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU?
THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO
• CHOOSE A WORDPRESS THEME
• INSTALL A WORDPRESS THEME
• UNINSTALL A WORDPRESS THEME
• CHOOSE A WORDPRESS PLUGIN
• INSTALL A WORDPRESS PLUGIN
• UNINSTALL A WORDPRESS PLUGIN

9. INTRODUCTION
THINK OF BUILDING YOUR WEBSITE AS BUILDING A HOUSE

10. BUILDING A HOUSE COMPARE TO BUILDING
YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
• FIND A LOCATION
• HOME DESIGN
• ROOMS
• FIXTURES
• HOUSE DESIGNS: COLONIAL, CAPE COD, RANCH AND
ETC.
• URL (FOCUS KEYWORD OR NAME)
• WEB DESIGN
• PAGES
• PLUGINS
• OVER 7000 THEMES
Prepare your site
Create the foundation (WordPress Core)

11. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
THEME AND A PLUGIN?
• THEME PERTAINS TO THE DESIGN
• PLUGIN PERTAINS TO THE BEHAVIOR FEATURES

12. WHAT IS A THEME?
•A WORDPRESS THEME PROVIDES ALL OF THE FRONT END STYLING OF YOUR
WORDPRESS SITE
•RESOURCE:
•DEVELOPER.WORDPRESS.ORG/THEMES/GETTING-STARTED/WHAT-IS-A-THEME/

13. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A THEME
• IS IT UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS?
• LOOK AT THE RATINGS TO SEE IF HAS A HIGH RATING
• LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FOR THE MOST RECENT COMMENTS

14. WORDPRESS THEMES
• FREE THEMES – USUALLY GOOD QUALITY IF THEY ARE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS
• COMMERCIAL / PREMIUM THEMES – PAID OR PREMIUM THEMES
• THEME GENERATORS
• OR COULD EVEN CREATE YOUR OWN THEME FROM SCRATCH!

15. THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO UPLOAD AND
INSTALL A THEME IN WORDPRESS
• USING FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) ADVANCED
• UPLOAD A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
• SELECT A THEME THROUGH THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

16. UPLOAD A THEME THROUGH THE
WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

17. SELECT A THEME THROUGH THE
WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

18. UNINSTALL AND DELETE A WORDPRESS
THEME
• CHOOSE ANOTHER THEME (A THEME IS REQUIRED)
• APPEARANCE >THEMES> THEME DETAILS AND DELETE

19. RESPONSIVE THEMES
• A THEME THAT ADJUST BASED ON SCREEN SIZE. (IPAD, ANDROID, KINDLE AND ETC.)
• HTTP://MOBILETEST.ME
• HTTP://QUIRKTOOLS.COM/SCREENFLY/

20. CHILD THEME
• USUALLY USED WITH YOU HAVE CUSTOM UPDATES
• THE MAIN THEME WILL OVERRIDE ANY CUSTOM CHANGES
• HTTPS://CODEX.WORDPRESS.ORG/CHILD_THEMES

21. PURCHASING THEMES
• BEWARE THAT YOU MAY NOT GET A REFUND BACK.

22. PLUGINS

23. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A PLUGIN
• HOW LONG AGO WAS IT UPDATED
• RATINGS
• COMMENTS ON THE WORDPRESS.ORG WEBSITE

24. OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF PLUGINS
• PLUGINS ARE SMALL “PROGRAMS” GIVING YOU THE POSSIBILITY TO EXTEND THE FUNCTIONALITIES OF A
BASIC WORDPRESS INSTALLATION. MOST PLUGINS CAN BE DOWNLOADEDAND INSTALLED FOR FREE.
• THE SEARCH FOR PLUGINS CAN BE DONE BEST THROUGH THE WEBSITE OF WORDPRESS ITSELF.

25. HOW TO INSTALL A PLUGIN? (MOST USED)

26. HOW TO INSTALL A PLUGIN? (MOST USED)

27. HOW TO DELETE A PLUGIN
• DEACTIVATE
• DELETE THE PLUGIN

28. PLUGINS IN WORDPRESS

29. GRAVITY FORMS (PAID)

30. PLUGINS IN WORDPRESS

31. COUNT PER DAY PLUGIN

32. PRETTY LINK

33. DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION & FREE COUPON
• FREE COUPON TO MY “HOW TO BUILD A WEBSITE IN A WEEK” ONLINE COURSE ON UDEMY
• HTTP://ANGELASAMUELS.COM/NEWSLETTER/

34. QUESTIONS

35. THANK YOU

36. • VisionaryMeetings.com or
• AngelaSamuels.com
• Website: AngelaSamuels.com
• Email: info@AngelaSamuels.com
• Twitter.com/angelamsamuels
• Facebook.com/angelamsamuels
Contact
ANGELA SAMUELS
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR