Learn how to customize WordPress sites and themes for yourself or your clients.

WordPress has become one of the most popular tools for developing blogs and small business web sites. This one day workshop will show you how to go beyond the WordPress default themes and plugins.

Whether you are building sites for yourself or for clients, this one day workshop will help you take your sites to the next level of customization and functionality.

What You Will Learn:

• Understanding WordPress 2.5 framework
• Customizing the default WordPress installation
• Customizing free and premium themes
• Customizing plugins
• Sources for themes and plugins

Who Should Attend:

• Independent web developers
• Graphic designers
• Small business owners
• Anyone wanting to build customized sites

Prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Some prior experience with web development

Duration:

1 day

Price:

$195.00 per person
Includes lunch, handouts and free premium theme from iThemes.com

Course Outline:

Setting up WordPress

• Hosting decisions
• Installing WordPress
• Optimizing the installation

Working with Themes

• Understanding how themes work
• Finding themes
• Customizing themes
• Design tips
• Browser compatibility

Working with Plugins

• Understanding plugins & widgets
• Finding plugins
• Installing & integrating plugins
• Our favorite plugins
• Troubleshooting plugins

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation requests received more than 15 days before the event will be refunded the registration fee less a $25.00 cancellation fee. No refunds are available within 15 days of the event date. You may transfer your registration to another person.

Dates & Registration

Contact Main Street for current schedule.