The State of WA Training Through Level 2
Overall, the training on WA has been good enough to create a barebones website, and for that reason I would recommend WA as a good starting point to create an affiliate website. For me, the $49 p/mo training fee is worth it. Other affiliate training sites want more than $49.
Adding images is simple as pie and I'm grateful for learning that. Plus the images are free. Yay! Seeking images motivated me to set out on my own to explore this aspect of creating a website. That exploration paid off when I discovered a site that allows one to create their own memes to include on a website. Looking forward to playing with that. Although seeking answers consumes a ton of time and takes time away from the formal training, I believe it will pay off in a better-designed and more interesting website.
What I really like about WA is the help provided by members. They have helped with answering questions and providing customized code that took care of formatting problems. Thank you, everyone.
Sometimes the process becomes mysterious because necessary signposts to indicate which way to go are not there. This requires shutting down the training and seeking answers within the community or at the WP training site. This slows the training significantly for me.
Navigation on WA can be somewhat frustrating because the image on the screen does not correspond to the training video. IOW, it appears that WA has not updated its training videos.
Some features seem to disappear. For example, as I'm writing this, the scroll bar has vanished. I cannot scroll down to hit the "publish" button. That requires that I start over.
WA would benefit a great deal by publishing a user's and troubleshooting guide that explains the site's navigation for beginners. Other than that, I'm sticking with the WA training because it continues to provide value.
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I agree the WA training is great, but it has not answered ALL of my questions, so I have asked other WA members. Some things I wish I had found out sooner, and it would help if they were mentioned in the training.
Like how often you should actually be posting on your website. You ca n´t just know that unless someone tells you, right? The answer seems to be 2-3 times a week, but that´s not mentioned in the training.
If while you going through the training and something is not mention. You can ask a question through the open form.
Also the training tab on the left. Click on it and select HQ Training and then go to the search bar put in what you want. Check for the a training video there.
I hope this helps. Be Blessed.
That´s true, and I have always received help when I have asked questions. I think it should be mentioned in the training, though, that you should post 2-3 times a week, because it´s quite important. I don´t remember that being mentioned in the training.
You can always ask questions to the open forum. The question asking section is to the left under Help Center.
The other is the training tab on the left. Click on it and select HQ and then go to the search bar. Put in "site navigation" and see what you get.
I hope this helps. Be Blessed.
The user's guide might be a good idea...however, in a sense we already have one. Have you used the black search bar at the top of the page? If you have a question about a specific topic, write it in there and you will get a list of all the tutorials that have been made by members on that topic. Very helpful.
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Great post!
Your idea about user's guide can be helpful.
I hope they will remember your idea.
Ingrid