*Yes, this is a blatant commercial for this six-week how-to teleclass for
building a website for under $100.00. I am sorely tempted even though I
already have a website. The problem is I know essentially nothing about how
it works, especially my being a JAWS user.*
Your Website Your Way The Power, Flexibility and Accessibility of WordPress
Six-Week class <http://www.blindbargains.com/c/3747>
Six-Week Teleclass Series by Mystic Access Have you dreamed of having a
website of your own, for business, pleasure or just as your special home on
the web? Have you wondered about the possibilities of creating and managing
such a venture as someone with little or no physical sight? Do you know or
know of blind or visually impaired individuals or businesses who have
websites, but you aren't sure how accessible they are from an administrative
perspective? We're happy to share some good news with you. It is possible to
create a website while using a screen reader and with little or no sighted
assistance. It's also possible to customize a website to add such useful
features as a mailing list, web store, blog and so much more. The best part
is, you can do a large majority or maybe even all of your site maintenance
yourself, as well! How is all this possible? Mystic Access recommends the
wordPress.org platform as the most accessible way to create and maintain a
self-hosted web presence. Now, you can learn how we created our WordPress
site, and how you can, too, in our informative six-week teleclass series...
Your Website, Your Way -- The Power, Flexibility and Accessibility of
WordPress. When is it? Classes begin on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at
8:30 PM eastern time. We'll be meeting each successive Wednesday for the
next five Wednesdays, at 8:30 Pm. So the full schedule of dates is:
September 6, 13, 20, 27, and October 4 and 11. This class is taught by Kim
Loftis, director of product development for Mystic access. Kim knows her way
around WordPress sites, as she's played a pivotal role in developing several
sites on the platform since 2011. She's also totally blind and a JAWS and
NVDA screen reader user. Learn from Kim's many experiences, mistakes and
trials and errors so that you can discover the joys that come with having
your own little (or not so little) piece of Cyberspace. You may attend this
series of classes via phone from the comfort of your own space. All classes
will last approximately 75 minutes (an hour and fifteen minutes), and all
class lessons are recorded and delivered to you as MP3 files, so that you
can review the material any time you desire. Plenty of time will be allotted
for your questions at the end of each class lesson. Tentative Class Outline
Week One -- Why a Website and Why with WordPress? Why might you want a
website to begin with? What's the value of having a website? And once you
know you want one, how do you get started building a site in a way that is
accessible to you? Why use WordPress? Learn all this and more in our first
week together. Week Two -- Getting Started... First Steps in Your Site
creation. Before you can jump into getting your site up and running, there
are important steps that must be taken first. We'll discuss these in some
detail, as well as talking about WordPress installation and a tour of the
WordPress dashboard. This week's discussion will help you feel much more
comfortable with WordPress itself before we dive into what it takes to make
your site your own. Week Three -- Designing Your New Baby. Once you have a
site created, what will you do with it? There are several goodies you may
want as part of your site, and we'll talk about some of those in more detail
this week. We'll also discuss WordPress themes (the clothes of your website)
and we'll walk through what it's like to build website pages using a screen
reader. Week Four -- Site Configuration. We could have called this week's
class... Settings, Menus and Widgets... oh my! we'll be taking a thorough
look at the WordPress settings, discussing creating menus for your website,
and asking the all important question, What the heck is a widget, anyhow?
Week Five -- Customizing with Plugins. This will definitely be a fun week.
WordPress plugins can help you with everything from creating newsletters to
featuring blog posts and creating compelling discounts for customers in an
online store. They can even help make sites more accessible to visitors who
use screen readers. But how do you find out which plugins you may want and
need? Week Six -- A Note on SEO, Final Thoughts and Q and A. this week,
we'll talk briefly about search engine optimization (SEO), and Kim will
share some final thoughts on the use of WordPress and creating and
maintaining websites in general. If you have final questions, we'll leave
plenty of time for those in this lesson, as well. Important Notes Mystic
Access does not build websites for our clients. We do offer one-on-one
WordPress training in which we can provide you with more personalize
step-by-step guidance on the creation of your website. this class series is
perfect for those of you who want to learn in great detail about the process
of building and maintaining a website accessibly. Your investment for this
six-week teleclass series is $89. If you have any questions prior to signing
up, please don't hesitate to contact Kim, and she'll be happy to address
those for you. We appreciate your interest in Mystic Access.
Contact: https://www.mysticaccess.com/contact-us ;
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