Importance of WordPress Coaching
WordPress continually gains in popularity.
Already popular in the blogging world, CMS themes and features mean that even static business sites are making the switch to WordPress.
When people make this switch though - who guides them? if you have never used WordPress before are you able to jump right in? I have talked about the advantages of WordPress - by now everyone should know that Google loves it and updating a page is as simple as using your web browser.
How many people really know how to use it to it's full potential? You may not need to know advanced coding, but surely some basic knowledge can ease your transition.
I remember a colleague and I discussed the switch to WordPress ages ago.
We had heard it was the next big thing in web design and we needed an updated look anyways.
We dived in and were met with a problem.
WordPress was unlike anything we had used before.
For all the people talking about how simple it was - with no background knowledge into WordPress it is a bit overwhelming at first.
We were arguing about the difference between pages and posts for 20 minutes! Don't get me started on the "WordPress Loop"! The WordPress support forums are great and they helped - but a lot of the info there was over our heads at first.
We almost gave up hope and thought of going back to HTML...
when we got lucky.
A new friend we met had been using WordPress for ages, "before it was cool" as he put it.
He invited us to his office and walked us through it.
Well that was all it took.
We have been hooked ever since! Just having that person to break down the back office of WordPress was so helpful.
It literally saved us dozens of man hours.
It also saved us countless mistakes and redos.
Even after that initial meeting we had him on our instant messenger and it was so helpful to have somewhere to ask our questions.
No long fruitless Google searches for every problem.
A question was asked and it was quickly answered! Anyone who is completely new to WordPress should definitely try to find someone to help guide them.
Hopefully you have a friend that can do this, but even if you have to pay, it will be worth it in time saved and mistakes made.
Already popular in the blogging world, CMS themes and features mean that even static business sites are making the switch to WordPress.
When people make this switch though - who guides them? if you have never used WordPress before are you able to jump right in? I have talked about the advantages of WordPress - by now everyone should know that Google loves it and updating a page is as simple as using your web browser.
How many people really know how to use it to it's full potential? You may not need to know advanced coding, but surely some basic knowledge can ease your transition.
I remember a colleague and I discussed the switch to WordPress ages ago.
We had heard it was the next big thing in web design and we needed an updated look anyways.
We dived in and were met with a problem.
WordPress was unlike anything we had used before.
For all the people talking about how simple it was - with no background knowledge into WordPress it is a bit overwhelming at first.
We were arguing about the difference between pages and posts for 20 minutes! Don't get me started on the "WordPress Loop"! The WordPress support forums are great and they helped - but a lot of the info there was over our heads at first.
We almost gave up hope and thought of going back to HTML...
when we got lucky.
A new friend we met had been using WordPress for ages, "before it was cool" as he put it.
He invited us to his office and walked us through it.
Well that was all it took.
We have been hooked ever since! Just having that person to break down the back office of WordPress was so helpful.
It literally saved us dozens of man hours.
It also saved us countless mistakes and redos.
Even after that initial meeting we had him on our instant messenger and it was so helpful to have somewhere to ask our questions.
No long fruitless Google searches for every problem.
A question was asked and it was quickly answered! Anyone who is completely new to WordPress should definitely try to find someone to help guide them.
Hopefully you have a friend that can do this, but even if you have to pay, it will be worth it in time saved and mistakes made.
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