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SUMMARY:Small Business BC: Creating A Website For Your Business
DESCRIPTION:Thinking of creating a website for your business? WordPress websites make up almost 30% of the internet and it was recently named the world's fastest growing Content Management System (CMS). Similar to Shopify\, Wix and Squarespace\, WordPress offers a free-to-install\, flexible and simple interface to make the most of your business website.\n\nJoin Simon Rai\, Raize Digital\, and take an interactive step-by-step tour of WordPress and leave with a basic website of your own. Getting started is easier than you think on this user-friendly platform that will empower you to tell the world about your small business. In this session\, we'll also briefly examine some of the more popular alternatives to WordPress.\n\nTemporary WordPress sites will be made available to participants who sign up three business days prior to the session. These sites are meant for practice use and we will be pausing briefly for clients to get a sense of where functions are located. A basic proficiency in navigating computers\, websites\, and browsers is highly recommended.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT WILL I LEARN?\n\n\n	\n	Know what to look for when selecting a web host\n	\n	\n	How to install a WordPress theme\n	\n	\n	How to edit your website content\n	\n	\n	Getting started on adding media such as images\, video and audio to your site\n	\n	\n	Harnessing the power of widgets\, plug-ins and theme settings\n	\n	\n	A brief introduction to WordPress alternatives
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="seminar-description" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;Gotham SSm A&quot\;\, &quot\;Gotham SSm B&quot\;\, Verdana\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">\n<div class="tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; max-width: 100%\; width: 734.719px\;">\n<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; line-height: 1.7\;">Thinking of creating a website for your business? WordPress websites make up almost 30% of the internet and it was recently named the world&rsquo\;s fastest growing Content Management System (CMS). Similar to Shopify\, Wix and Squarespace\, WordPress offers a free-to-install\, flexible and simple interface to make the most of your business website.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; line-height: 1.7\;">Join&nbsp\;<a href="https://smallbusinessbc.ca/contributor/simon-rai/" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(0\, 147\, 208)\; text-decoration-line: none\;">Simon Rai</a>\, Raize Digital\, and take an interactive step-by-step tour of WordPress and leave with a basic website of your own. Getting started is easier than you think on this user-friendly platform that will empower you to tell the world about your small business. In this session\, we&rsquo\;ll also briefly examine some of the more popular alternatives to WordPress.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; line-height: 1.7\;">Temporary WordPress sites will be made available to participants who sign up three business days prior to the session. These sites are meant for practice use and we will be pausing briefly for clients to get a sense of where functions are located. A basic proficiency in navigating computers\, websites\, and browsers is highly recommended.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<div id="seminar-learning-points" style="margin: 40px 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;Gotham SSm A&quot\;\, &quot\;Gotham SSm B&quot\;\, Verdana\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">\n<h4 style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-weight: 500\; line-height: 1.25\; font-size: 1.8rem\;">WHAT WILL I LEARN?</h4>\n\n<ul style="margin: 20px 0px 0px 20px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-position: initial\; list-style-image: initial\;">\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; display: block\; position: relative\;">\n	<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\;">Know what to look for when selecting a web host</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; display: block\; position: relative\;">\n	<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\;">How to install a WordPress theme</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; display: block\; position: relative\;">\n	<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\;">How to edit your website content</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; display: block\; position: relative\;">\n	<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\;">Getting started on adding media such as images\, video and audio to your site</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; display: block\; position: relative\;">\n	<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\;">Harnessing the power of widgets\, plug-ins and theme settings</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; display: block\; position: relative\;">\n	<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\;">A brief introduction to WordPress alternatives</p>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:https://smallbusinessbc.ca/education/creating-a-website-for-your-business-2021-01-18
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URL:https://business.vernonchamber.ca/events/details/small-business-bc-creating-a-website-for-your-business-4548
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