Introduction to WooCommerce

Build an e-Commerce Webstore with WordPress & WooCommerce

DESCRIPTION

This course takes you step-by-step through the process of adding the WooCommerce shopping cart to your WordPress website and receiving online payments for your products or services.

The course is designed as a quick-start introduction to the best WordPress shopping cart software, and covers about 90% of the out-of-the-box functionality.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is designed specifically for

Small & Medium sized business owners
Sole Traders
Entrepreneurs
Affiliates Marketers
Web builders / designers

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

To gain the necessary proficiency to take full control of their Online Store

Installing WooCommerce
Selecting the proper theme for your site
Setting up your payment methods
Setting up your delivery methods
Adding your products
Setting up promotions, discounts and other extra features

Integrating with Analytics & Facebook

PREREQUISITES

Participants must be familiar with and have an active, self-hosted WordPress website, preferably having completed our WordPress Introductory course.

COURSE CONTENT

WooCommerce Overview
Installing Storefront WordPress Theme
- Using the Theme Customizer
WooCommerce Quick Start
- Installing WooCommerce

Store Settings
- Installing WooCommerce Pages
- Shop Page Layouts

Accepting Payments
- Setting Up A Stripe Account
- Setting Up A PayPal Account

Configuring Your WooCommerce Store
- General Settings
- Product Settings
  - General – Inventory – Downloadable
- Payment Gateways
  - Stripe / PayPal / EFT / Cheque
- Accounts & Privacy
- Emails
- Integrations
  - Google Analytics – Facebook Pages
- Advanced

Advanced WooCommerce Settings
- WooCommerce User Roles
- Product Reviews
- Creating Coupons

Adding Products
- General Product Information
  - Long / Short Descriptions
  - Product Categories
  - Product Tags
  - Product Sharing
  - Product Images
  - Product Galleries

Adding Products (cont)
Product Data
- WooCommerce Product Types
  - Simple Products
  - Variable Products
  - Grouped Products
  - Affiliate Products
  - Virtual Products
  - Downloadable Products
- Advanced Product Settings
  - Product Attributes & Variations
  - Upsells & Cross-sells
  - Per Item Shipping
  - Taxes & Tax Classes

Product Promotions
- Creating Sale Items
- Setting Featured Items

Editing Products
- Products Page
- Quick Edit
- Bulk Edit

Order Management & Reporting
- Inventory Management

WooCommerce Widgets
- Product Filters
- Shortcodes

Adding WooCommerce Items To The Menu
Extending WooCommerce

Course Summary and Review

Our Approach To Training

We use a variety of delivery methodologies and believe a blended learning approach leads to the participants retaining the knowledge learnt through the learning event.

METHOD

Classroom
Live Webinar
E-Learning
One-to-one sessions and coaching
Workshops and Clinics

CONTENT

Focus on specific topics relevant to your immediate needs.
Mixing topics.
Incorporate real company data
Design a schedule that suits you and your team

LOCATION

Scheduled Training Programme in your area
On-site at your training facilities
Request a location of your choice