Saltbush Collective Manly

Saltbush Collective needed to set up a website for a community-based project, so attended our Build a WordPress Website course. The client – a Manly local wanted to give back to the community by providing a variety of workshops for people from all types of demographics could participate it.

What we covered in the training

• Installed and set up WordPress.
• Installed Divi. A premium WordPress theme.
• DIVI comes with the course for FREE.
• The client had a few design ideas to choose from.
• So we used these websites as a guide.

In the first session, we set up:

• Generic pages like; home, about, contact and blog.
• Added a contact form.
• An image slider on the homepage and added images on the other pages.
• We optimised the images using reduceimages.com.
• To ensure the website loaded quickly, as big images will slow down a site.
• We created a shop for the workshops using the Woocommerce plugin.
• And set up a payment system with PayPal.
• Then added some “must have” plugins including;
  • Security – to keep the site safe from hackers.
  • Anti-spam – to stop spam comments in the site.
  • Social Media – Facebook and Instagram.

 

In the second session we completed the following;

• Added a Pinterest and Instagram feed in the footer.
• Set up an events plugin which integrated with the Woocommerce shop.
• This would allow customers to book and purchase an event from the website without leaving the website.
• The client learnt how to add workshops /events so this could be done ongoing.
• We set up numerous events with dates, times and detailed information.
• Then added a newsletter signup for the home page, which connected to Mailchimp.
• A Blog was created to bring in more visitors, and the client learnt how to add and manage posts.
• Lastly, we added some Search Engine Optimisation to the home page.

Check out Salt Bush Collective’s website.
https://saltbushcollective.com

Click the link for more information about this Build a WordPress Website course.

Written by Jodi Allbon 2017