In September I taught WordPress classes as part of the training for AIR Austin. In conjunction with that training, I created a website called Using WordPress specifically to help walk people through the basics of this great content management/website building platform.

Even though WordPress is relatively simple to use, I recognized that there was a bit of a learning curve to get started, and competent, but non-technical, people could probably use a bit of a boost to get started. So the first section of the site is devoted to understanding the options in the admin panel of WordPress.

Because the AIR competition is about building accessible websites, I also created a section on how to modify themes and create child themes, for those who want to customize their WordPress site.

I welcome everyone to use the site, and make comments if I haven’t explained something thoroughly. I’d also welcome suggestions on additional topics that I could cover.

So if you’re interested in learning more, go to Using WordPress and take a look!