Here is an outline of items covered under DS training topics for level 2 (admins). Training sessions on these topics took place Feb 3 (topics 1-2) and Feb 10 (topics 3-6); for the password to video recordings of these sessions, please email [email protected].
- Sites (General)
- Sites in a WordPress multisite: Users/themes/plugins/sites
- Adding a DS site: General guidelines (for now)
- How to add a new DS site
- Site templates
- Site privacy options
- Tracking site use: Jetpack WP.com Stats module; Google Analytics
- Themes
- Theme: CMS display (vs. content)
- WP theme basics: Parent & child themes; theme functions.php & style.css files
- Thousands of themes!…but we use Genesis theme framework
- Switching themes via Appearance > Themes or Customize
- Customizing theme look (style.css) at the site level via Design Palette Pro or Jetpack Custom CSS module
- Customizing theme functionality (functions.php) at the site level via Code Snippets plugin
- Keep in mind: themes, accessibility, & user devices
- Menus
- Menu: General or focused navigation
- Adding/editing/arranging items in main navigation menu
- Primary & secondary menus
- Enabling subsite & secondary menus
- Widgets
- Widget: Drag & drop content/functionality in a theme widget area
- Adding/editing/arranging widgets
- Adding new widgets (via plugins) & widget areas (via Genesis Simple Sidebars)
- Conditional widget visibility via Widget Ninja & Jetpack Widget Visibility
- Plugins
- Plugin: Extend WP functionality
- Tens of thousands of plugins!…but many are out of date/poorly coded/security risks
- DS multisite seeks optimal balance btw plugin suite functionality & complexity
- Multisite plugin management & status: network activate, network admin activate, site admin activate
- Adding/configuring plugins
- Comments
- Comments: Interaction (logged in/non-logged in) over post/page content
- Comments and interactivity (see Share & Engage help menu items)
- Configuring comments via Settings & Jetpack modules
- Comment spam & trolls
- Special cases: Tracking comments on group sites; enabling line by line commenting