Learn how to create and manage websites using WordPress without any web design background. This extensive training course covers everything from installing WordPress to customizing themes and creating custom templates, making it an essential skill for web developers as over 40% of websites use WordPress.
Learn how to create and maintain a website using WordPress, even if you have no web design background or coding experience. This comprehensive course will cover everything from installing WordPress to customizing themes and optimizing your site for search engines.
In this certificate program, you will become a well-rounded Web Designer and learn to design webpages, code them with HTML & CSS, and JavaScript, and build websites with WordPress, allowing you to create a diverse portfolio to showcase your skills to potential employers or clients.
You may well have heard of WordPress, an open-source content management system that is the platform of choice for bloggers. But WordPress does a great deal more than make it possible to publish a blog. It is a sophisticated tool that can be used to create and manage elaborate websites without recourse to coding on the user’s part. It’s remarkably easy to use, and almost anyone can build a WordPress site that looks thoroughly professional. WordPress is used by 37% of all websites; anyone interested in creating a web presence for themselves or their company needs to know how to make the most of WordPress’s possibilities.
Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator is by no means necessary to create a WordPress site, but it can be useful if you wish to create something more ambitious. Thanks to a growing library of plug-ins, WordPress can accommodate ecommerce, forms, and a wide variety of other features. Better still, WordPress’ capabilities continue to grow, so that, if harnessed properly, the system can transform average users into near-experts.
WordPress is so versatile and so easy to acquire a working knowledge of that it can be an extremely valuable transferable skill to have up your professional sleeve. Some Web Designers use WordPress to build all their sites, rather than constructing them from the ground up, so some expert users have even built careers based on WordPress. WordPress can also be the first step toward a career in full-scale web design or even front-end development.
There’s basically not a business anywhere that can’t benefit from having a WordPress user on staff: that’s how broadly useful the system is. That applies across Chicago’s highly diverse business landscape. Companies across marketing, media, and e-commerce rely on WordPress Developers to build user-friendly, responsive sites that enhance online presence. Major marketing and advertising agencies such as Leo Burnett, Fahrenheit 212, and Razorfish often hire WordPress Developers to create and maintain websites for clients, implement custom themes and plugins, and optimize site performance. Additionally, media outlets like the Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Chicago Business use WordPress for content management, providing opportunities for Developers to support digital journalism and editorial workflows.
WordPress skills are also in demand among tech companies, startups, and corporate teams in Chicago. Firms such as Grubhub, Sprout Social, and Coyote Logistics employ WordPress developers to maintain corporate websites, e-commerce platforms, and intranet portals. Freelance and contract opportunities are abundant as well, with small businesses across Chicago seeking WordPress expertise for website redesigns, SEO optimization, and custom functionality.
Web Designers in Chicago make an average salary of close to $50,000 per year, but that’s only one of the career paths that WordPress can pave. Taken to one of the possible logical extremes, knowledge of WordPress can help you start a career as a Front End Developer, with an average annual salary in Chicago in excess of $110,000.
Noble Desktop, the creator of this tool, offers live online WordPress classes. Its WordPress: Create a website or Blog class is an excellent introduction to the system and will have students creating their own web presences after only one day of instruction. For those who want to take their interest in WordPress to something far more complete, Noble’s Web Design Certificate program teaches students to use CSS, HTML, and JavaScript to become full-fledged website designers.
Another option for anyone interested in website creation is Noble Desktop’s Web Design Certificate. This certificate course is 90 hours and teaches students to create websites, emails, and web graphics. Students will learn how to code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as how to design attractive layouts with Sketch. It is a comprehensive course that leaves students with the knowledge and skills to become a Web Designer.
You may also be interested in NYIM Training’s WordPress classes, as well as NYC Career Centers’ WordPress courses.
If you are looking to introduce your staff to WordPress or upskill their abilities with the system, Noble Desktop has exactly the solution for your organization. Noble Desktop’s corporate onsite WordPress training options include both sending expert instructors to your place of business and setting up virtual classes with the teachers via remote, using a teleconferencing platform such as Zoom. To offer further flexibility, they also have a voucher program that will enable your team to take one or more of Noble’s regularly scheduled classes. Volume discounts are even available. Please contact Noble Desktop for further information.
In the heart of the Midwest’s finance capital, there’s opportunity everywhere. From tech startups in Fulton Market to powerhouse Fortune 500 firms in the Loop, Chicago offers a virtually endless array of ways to level up your skills in tech, business, data, and design. The city thrives on bold ideas, making it the perfect place to grow a career that is not only lucrative but also makes a real impact. With expert instructors with decades of experience, you’ll learn more about the subjects you’re interested in, all while receiving hands-on training. These instructors live and breathe to explore and work within their field, meaning they don’t just teach; they mentor, guide, and connect you to the heart of Chicago’s many successful industries and direct you to the most meaningful path to help you achieve your goals.
Noble Desktop’s partner school, Practical Programming, has state-of-the-art facilities conveniently located in downtown Chicago’s iconic Hayworth Building at 29 E. Madison Street, Chicago, IL, 60602. It’s an easy-to-find location for students from across the city to attend. The campus is modern, equipped with the necessary tech and tools you may need, and provides resources like Wi-Fi, comfortable workstations, and expert instructors and staff ready to help you learn. Getting there is simple, whether you’re commuting from the Loop, River North, or surrounding areas. The school is easily accessible from the CTA trains and buses, with nearby stops for major lines like the Red, Blue, and Brown. If you’re driving, you can park nearby at various parking decks and metered spots within walking distance. The central location means you won’t have to stress about making it to class, and that your training sessions can fit into any schedule with ease.
WordPress powers a significant portion of modern websites, from small businesses to large organizations. Students who take courses at Noble Desktop will learn site building and customization from instructors who’ve developed and maintained professional WordPress sites.
Henry Gonzalez is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 30 years of experience in the federal government, leading engineering, program management, and acquisition initiatives in naval warfare, air traffic management, and homeland security. A retired senior executive, Henry now serves as a part-time instructor in Chicago, where he teaches project and program management, leadership, and strategic planning to professionals of all kinds. He holds the highest level of federal certification one can hold for acquisition program management and systems engineering. In addition, Henry was part of the core team that updated the Project Management Institute’s Standard for Program Management. Henry is also a certified Balanced Scorecard Professional and holds a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, along with a dual Master of Science in Ocean Engineering and Ocean Systems Management from MIT.
Robert Simon is a highly accomplished financial management professional and educator with more than four decades of federal and private sector experience. As a Financial and Management Curricula Instructor at Graduate School USA since 2007, he teaches courses in financial management, federal travel regulations, and organizational leadership, both virtually and in person. Prior to his teaching career, he held senior roles at the General Services Administration, overseeing a six-state regional budget of approximately $100 million, and at the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Management Service, where he led national training initiatives on electronic banking. Robert’s background spans accounting, budgeting, and program analysis, holding certifications as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Government Financial Manager.
Edward (Scott) Dillion is a seasoned financial expert with over three decades of experience in the Department of Defense, where he specialized in a range of financial management areas like budgeting and auditing, as well as performance-based management and cost analysis. He holds an MBA from Southern Illinois University and a B.A. in Business Administration from Grove City College. After retiring in 2014, Scott pivoted to a second career in education and consulting. He teaches project management and marketing at Graduate School USA and has also taught courses in federal budgeting. Additionally, Scott serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Management Concepts Inc., where he helps develop financial management course materials. He also has a lifetime membership with the American Society of Military Comptrollers, holds a Top Secret security clearance with the Department of Defense, and is a recognized Tier 2 instructor at Graduate School USA for his wealth of experience.