By Haley Bonner


Using the Internet is definitely one of the ways you can be considered as a kid of the Internet age. To those who are not yet in with the trend, they find people who are Internet savvy to be cool. This is especially true with those people who can make websites, regardless if they have formal training or not. To these amateurs, they will want these people to tutor WordPress.

Indeed, this is one of the basic ways on how people can become Internet savvy. When they are familiar with this popular and basic platform, then they should be able to consider themselves as a child of the digital age. Of course, they should not be limited to this platform. There are other platforms that they should take advantage of.

If you are someone who is already Internet savvy, then you might be the one to help these amateurs out. Just make sure they have at least the basic knowledge on how to use the computer. Because if not, then you have to teach them the fundamental lesson of how to use the said machine

If these amateurs really know how to make use of a personal computer, then you can just teach them how to use the platform. When teaching them, there are some steps that you will have to go through for an effective result. Here are the best tips you can give them so that they can effectively learn about it.

First of all, you have to ask them directly what they want to do. If they want to make a blog or a website on their own determines what you will be teaching them. If they say blog, then this is the platform suitable for them as a beginner. If it is a website, then you might want to look for another easy-to-use websites.

If you have already decided on what platform you will introduce to them, you should not hesitate to tour them around the site. You better let them see how the landing page actually looks like. Tell them where those important buttons are and the functions they are meant for. Be patient when teaching them.

While you are giving them a tour, it will be helpful for the both of you if you demonstrate to them those basic functions of this site. Allow them to know what features they can use and teach it to them. If there are functions they will be using frequently, then you got to let them try it for themselves.

In this case, posting content is definitely the main function that a person will want to do on the website. Then, you just have to make sure that they understand how to do it. After that, you can teach them bit by bit on how they can make changes on the appearance of the post. You can teach them how to change the layout, font style, font, and font size.

There might be times when the amateur will want to change the appearance or layout of the blog. Some wants to change the theme. You have to tell them about this. Let them know that there are various themes both for free and for sale online. Let them choose what they want.




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