Content Management System (CMS) Training in Grand Rapids

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level website administrators who wish to efficiently manage a Backdrop CMS website without needing extensive coding knowledge.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install, configure, and maintain a Backdrop CMS website.
• Manage content, users, and permissions effectively.
• Customize the website layout and appearance.
• Extend website functionality using modules and themes.
• Perform backups and security best practices.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers who wish to build, extend, and customize websites using Backdrop CMS.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Backdrop CMS.
• Develop and customize themes.
• Build custom modules to extend functionality.
• Integrate third-party APIs and services.
• Manage databases and optimize performance.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level web content managers who wish to update content, manage menus, work with taxonomy, and upload PDFs or images in Drupal.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the Drupal interface and understand key features.
• Create and manage menus to improve site navigation.
• Use taxonomy to categorize and organize content effectively.
• Upload and manage PDFs, images, and other media files.
• Edit and publish basic content pages for the library website.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level participants who wish to understand the fundamentals of Drupal 11 and learn how to build, manage, and customize websites using its features.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Drupal 11 on local or cloud environments.
• Create and manage content using the Drupal interface.
• Customize the appearance of websites with themes.
• Extend website functionality with modules and plugins.
• Understand user roles, permissions, and site security basics.
• Deploy and maintain Drupal 11 websites effectively.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level content managers who wish to learn the essential concepts, tools, and best practices for managing content using a Content Management System (CMS).

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the key features and components of popular CMS platforms.
• Create, edit, and publish content using a CMS.
• Implement SEO best practices within CMS for better search engine ranking.
• Manage user roles and permissions for collaboration within the CMS.
• Integrate multimedia elements (images, videos, etc.) effectively within content.
• Troubleshoot basic CMS issues and understand CMS security practices.
• Utilize analytics tools to measure content performance.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at sys admins who wish to set up and manage a Drupal 11 website.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Drupal 11.
• Deploy, test and monitor a Drupal 11 website.
• Set up and manage users.
• Secure a Drupal 11 website.
• Optimize the performance of a Drupal 11 website.
• Perform scheduled backups.
• Deploy multiple versions of a Drupal 11 website (multilingual, mobile, etc.).

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Contentful to update a website or mobile app content.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up a Contentful account.
• Manage web and mobile application content in Contentful.
• Learn how to manage and update web or mobile application content.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers who wish to master Drupal 10, focusing on custom module creation, development practices, and integrating DevOps processes using Azure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core functionalities and new features of Drupal 10.
• Develop custom modules tailored to business needs.
• Implement best practices in Drupal development.
• Configure and manage development environments using Azure services.
• Automate deployment and scaling using Azure DevOps tools.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level web developers, web designers and WordPress administrators who wish to learn how to install, administer, and optimize WordPress sites, enabling them to create and manage professional and responsive websites.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of WordPress and its features and benefits.
• Install and configure WordPress on a web server.
• Use plugins, servers, and templates to improve WordPress functionality and performance.
• Create and manage custom post types in WordPress.
• Create WordPress sites at basic, medium, and advanced level.
• Use Elementor to design and customize WordPress sites.
• Implement site map and breadcrumbs for WordPress sites.
• Apply good practices in web and responsive design for WordPress sites.
• Optimize WordPress sites for SEO and Google Analytics.

This course helps to clarify and implement Drupal convoluted translation system. It gives overview of available systems (Entity Translation, Content Translation, etc...), later practise the one chosen by the delegate. It covers both, content, interface, automatic translation and all other aspects needed to create professionally translatable sites.

This course is for people who are completely new to Drupal 7. It will lead you through the basics of running a simple community website with Drupal, where things are and what to expect.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level developers who wish to create custom modules, implement hooks, manage forms, and work with themes in Drupal 7.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand Drupal 7 architecture and core components.
• Create custom modules and implement Drupal hooks.
• Build and validate forms using Drupal’s Form API.
• Customize themes and work with template files.
• Interact with the database using Drupal’s abstraction layer.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at sys admins who wish to set up and manage a Drupal 8 website.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Drupal 8.
• Deploy, test and monitor a Drupal 8 website.
• Set up and manage users.
• Secure a Drupal 8 website.
• Optimize the performance of a Drupal 8 website.
• Perform scheduled backups.
• Deploy multiple versions of a Drupal 8 website (multilingual, mobile, etc.).

This course is for people who are completely new to Drupal 8. It will lead you through the basics of running a simple community website with Drupal, where things are and what to expect.

This course has been created for developers, architects, project managers interested in developing with Drupal 8 platform.

The participants will learn how to override existing functionality and how to write deployable modules.

This course deals with Drupal. The Drupal themes workshop enables the webdeveloper to create and modify Drupal Themes. Drupal Themes are very flexible, but only if you understand how the theme engines work. You will discover how to interactively change existing and create new themes from scratch. You will also learn basics of Twig template engine and how does Drupal 8 relate on it.

This course has been created for everyone interested in creating robust application with Drupal. It explains the "non-technical" site of Drupal, which allows you to build an application without any coding.

Drupal remains the most reliable and secure CMS, and with the release of Drupal 9, it is even more powerful for site builders and ambitious developers who are looking to build their websites on top of it.

Is Drupal 9/10 Learning Curve Steep:

The short answer? No. The long answer: Drupal becomes more and more user-friendly with every upgrade, so it has come a long way since it started nearly 20 years ago—and this newest version is no exception. Drupal 9 takes the tremendous technical power of Drupal and makes it even more accessible to regular users through improved ease of use.

By the end of this training, participants/delegates will be able to:

• Install and configure Drupal on localhost/apache and live server.
• Understand the core concepts/architecture of Drupal e.g Entities, taxonomies, views. 
• Drupal site building and modern approaches to building a robust site. 
• Drupal 9 Theme Development, starter kits, FED, and initiating themes using Gulp. 
• Component-based development approaches in Drupal

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Explains how to create responsive and adaptive design using Drupal. Usually we use most stable version of Drupal and Drupal modules.

This course tries to use Drupal modules to limit the amount of CSS or Javascript code which need to be written.

Drupal is a free and open-source framework for content management and digital experiences. Apache Solr is a fast, scalable and open-source Java search platform.

Magento is the world's most popular CMS (Content Management System) for e-commerce. It is used by some of the biggest brands, including Samsung, Levono and Nike, and is hugely popular with small and medium-sized ecommerce companies as well.
 
In this instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote), participants will learn about Mageto's features, strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for implementing Magento within an organization. Case studies are also provided to illustrate successful and unsuccessful implementations of Magento in the real-world. In addition to observing the past, we discuss future trends in the adoption of Magento in the market.

By the end of this training, participants will understand how to:

• Manage sales, inventory and customers using the Magento back-end
• Set up and manage the front-end for a truly customized user experience
• Integrate existing systems with a Magento e-commerce solution
• Integrate existing systems with partners who themselves use Magento

Audience

• Managers investigating e-commerce solutions
• Engineers considering implementing Magento in their organizations

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and live demonstrations

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level web and Java developers who wish to learn how to develop and deploy custom applications on the Liferay platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop custom portlets and applications using Liferay’s Plugins SDK.
• Integrate Java portlets and utilize Liferay's service architecture.
• Customize the portal using hooks, themes, and layout templates.
• Use Liferay Developer Studio for development and deployment.
• Apply best practices in Liferay development for efficient and maintainable applications.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at web developers who wish to create a web application with Magento 2.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Master Magento 2 development patterns, design patterns, and approaches.
• Create and personalize themes in Magento 2.
• Implement customizations to Magento 2 functionality with extensions.

Magento Commerce is the leading platform for open commerce innovation with over $50B in gross merchandise volume transacted on the platform annually.

Audience

This course is suitable for engineers and developers seeking to deploy and utilize Magento 2.1 as an ecommerce platform.

After completing this course, delegates will be able to:

• understand Magenta’s structure and deployment mechanisms
• carry out installation / production environment / architecture tasks and configuration
• assess code quality, perform debugging, monitoring
• implement advanced production like elastic search, multiple websites and logging
• customize Magento's webstore to their specific requirements 

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Magento Commerce Cloud to design, build, and develop e-commerce websites for enterprise-scale businesses in the Cloud.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing enterprise e-commerce sites using Magento Commerce Cloud.
• Understand the infrastructure, technology stack, and services required to host an online store in the Cloud.
• Learn how to configure and manage a cloud project in Magento using the Project Web Interface and CLI.
• Integrate supported services (Fastly, New Relic, Blackfire, and Sendgrid) to optimize the site performance and features.
• Configure and maintain a highly secure platform to eliminate cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Build, test, and deploy sites to staging and production, and then perform post-launch checks and maintenance.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Magento to design and build a secure and user-friendly online shopping site.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing e-commerce sites with Magento.
• Understand the architecture, core concepts, modules, and file structure in Magento.
• Develop a functional and robust online store by customizing Magento components and modules.
• Implement security enhancement practices in Magento to reduce vulnerabilities and potential cyber attacks.

In this instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids participants will learn how to add categories and store products, process a purchase order and make shipments, run product promotions, manage customers and permissions, run multiple websites and stores, and more.

By the end of this training, participants will:

• Have a comprehensive, expert user level understanding of Magento usage and functionality.
• Be able to independently run and manage multiple websites and stores based on business needs.
• Be able to streamline business activity by simplifying and minimizing daily administration and maintenance efforts.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at software architects and developers who wish to learn highly-effective techniques for defining the requirements needed to design and develop an e-commerce site using Magento.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the architecture, features, and core functionalities of Magento.
• Learn how to create user stories, use cases, and workflows based on real-world scenarios.
• Use tools and templates available in Magento to gather and define the functional requirements.
• Define the integration and infrastructure requirements for design and development.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used by trainers and educators for producing online courses that incorporate concepts such as blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning strategies in schools, universities, workplaces and the private sector.

This instructor-led training is aimed at technical users such as system administrators and course managers who enjoy the practical, hands-on approach to learning how to implement and deploy an LMS.

By the end of this training, participants will understand the architecture, design and functional principles behind an LMS and will, by way of live practice and implementation, know how to install, configure, manage, optimize, troubleshoot and deploy an LMS system in their own environment.

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

• This training will use Moodle as a sample LMS implementation.
• To use a different LMS or customize any other part of this training, please contact us to arrange. 

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used by trainers and educators for producing online courses that incorporate concepts such as blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning strategies in schools, universities, workplaces and the private sector.  

In this instructor-led, live training participants will learn how to set up and manage courses, organize a course homepage and its layout, arrange and rate assignments and give feedback, run quizzes, track learning progress, have online discussions with learners, use the gradebook and other advanced grading approaches, run surveys, hold workshops, and more.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Have an in depth knowledge of an LMS and all of its main features.
• Create, design, add, configure and manage courses based on their own needs.
• Add, configure and manage course resources and activities, including but not limited to assignment, chat, feedback, forum, lesson, quiz, SCORM, survey, workshop, gradebook, etc.
• Bring an improved teaching, interaction and learning experience to the audience.

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

• This training will use Moodle as the LMS for all exercises.
• To use a different LMS or customize any other part of this training, please contact us to arrange. 

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at sysadmins who wish to install, configure, deploy and maintain an Open edX system.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure a production-grade Open edX system.
• Define user roles and permissions.
• Configure database and perform maintenance operations.
• Secure, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot a live Open edX system.
• Peform administration tasks, including backup, restore and site migration.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to customize and extend an online course based on the Open edX platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing.
• Understand the Open edX architecture, tools, and development process.
• Build, test and deploy new applications and services to extend the richness of an Open edX course.
• Integrate existing web, desktop, and mobile applications and content into an Open edX course.
• Track, monitor and analyze the activity and performance of an Open edX service or application.

With a market share of 60%, WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) of choice for many of the world's most high-profile websites. PHP is a server side language, which powers about 82 percent of the web.

In this instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote), participants with little or no previous programming experience will learn how to customize a Wordpress website using PHP.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the development tools needed to quickly start working PHP
• Understand and alter the various types of PHP files in WordPress
• Understand PHP syntax (conditional statements, loops, functions, etc.)
• Write their own plugin or a theme within WordPress
• Debug, deploy and troubleshoot a Wordpress website

Audience

• Web designers
• Content creators with technical skills
• Business owners with technical skills
• Developers with no previous experience with PHP

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion
• Lots of exercises and practice
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
• To learn more about Wordpress, please visit: https://wordpress.org/

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Shopify to design, develop, and manage extensible e-commerce applications at scale.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing Shopify apps.
• Understand the features and architecture of the Shopify e-commerce platform.
• Understand the fundamentals of e-commerce and how to build a business with Shopify.
• Learn how to create a Shopify app using Shopify CLI, Polaris, App Bridge, and GraphQL.
• Build REST APIs to extend and scale the functionalities of Shopify apps.
• Get to know the tools and best practices in developing Shopify apps. 

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at web developers or web content managers who wish to use TinaCMS to create, edit, review, and publish website content real-time while keeping control of the code.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start using TinaCMS.
• Create, edit, and customize web pages directly from the web UI.
• Manage the editor by configuring the backend APIs from within the source code.
• Integrate other data sources, workflows, and plugins to extend functionality.

Veeva Vault is a cloud-based content management platform and suite of applications aimed at life sciences companies. 

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at end-users who wish to use Veeva Vault to better manage life science documents and data.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to manage documents, track product information, and collaborate with other team members.

Audience: This course is general and can be attended by anyone. Most precisely, this course is attended by people who are interested in developing a website without any coding /programming skills.

In this instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (onsite or remote), participants will take their WordPress skills to the next level as they learn how to set up, customize and deploy a complex commercial-grade website based on Wordpress. 

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Wordpress locally and in the cloud (single and multi-site.)
• Build a sophisticated, e-commerce website.
• Customize an existing website.
• Brand a website using custom themes.
• Enable booking and membership functionality.
• Set up and administer different user roles (editors, admins, etc.)
• Create a private or public social network
• Optimize a Wordpress website for SEO (Search Engine Optimization.)
• Backup and restore a Wordpress website.
• Maintain and troubleshoot a live, production Wordpress website.

This instructor-led, live training in Grand Rapids (online or onsite) is aimed at developers, instructors, or trainers who wish to use xAPI to track learning behavior and activities, and make better learning solutions.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the features and benefits of xAPI and how it works.
• Learn how to build a Learning Record Store (LRS).
• Get an in-depth understanding of the complete xAPI specification.
• Learn how to send and retrieve xAPI statements.
• Get insights on how to implement xAPI to effectively measure learning activities.