August 18, 2010 7:00 PM - 57 attended

The Newbies Guide to Customizing WordPressThemes

You have spoken, we have listened! This month Judi Knight of New Tricks is going to take you by the hand and teach you how themes are set up, and how to make them your own. We will explore some very basic CSS and how to use Firebug (a Firefox add on) to find the areas that need tweaking. We will also go into the easy ways to modify theme images and backgrounds.

We are planning a series of workshops for the fall that will be held on Saturday mornings which will go into more detail on theme customization and theme development. More to come on that. In the meantime.... Come to this month's meet up and get started.

Check out Judi's website for posts on Filezilla, Firebug, Programmer's Notepad and others that are background for this presentation

  • A former member

    Do we pay on site?

    Posted August 12, 2010 at 10:49 AM
  • Judy Thomas
    Judy Thomas

    Looking forward to this Meetup. As KJ Ye asks, are we able to pay on-site, or do we need to prepay?

    Posted August 12, 2010 at 1:45 PM
  • Jack Kennard
    Jack Kennard

    Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

    We will have a drawing for a book, "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design", please bring a business card for the drawing.

    Posted August 14, 2010 at 4:21 PM
  • Judi Knight
    Judi Knight

    Anyone available to help tonight?
    Need a couple of folks to help set up chairs ( 6:30) or take down ( 10:00) chairs and also need some greeters. Let me know. Please try not to get here before 6:30 though!

    Posted August 18, 2010 at 3:11 PM
  • Ralph Kirkland
    Ralph Kirkland

    I'll be there by about 6:30 to help setup. Thanks for hosting.

    Posted August 18, 2010 at 3:53 PM
  • Ellen Lytle
    Ellen Lytle

    Will there be pizza this evening or should I eat before I come to the meeting? Thanks. You do a wonderful job.

    Posted August 18, 2010 at 4:58 PM
  • Tim
    Tim

    I'll be there shortly after 6:30 to help set up.

    Posted August 18, 2010 at 5:07 PM
  • Judi Knight
    Judi Knight

    I have posting the slides for this meet up at http://www.newtricks.me/newbies-guide-to-cutomizing-wordp....

    Posted August 19, 2010 at 7:24 PM
  • Dail Frye
    Dail Frye

    Can someone give me the name of the book about WordPress that was mentioned in our meetup? I thought it was Beginner's Guide to WordPress but I can't find it anywhere. Thanks!

    Posted August 21, 2010 at 8:02 PM
  • Frank Niemeir
    Frank Niemeir

    Dail, the guide is found in the magazine section, usually by the iPhone mags, for around $29. Lisa Sabin-Wilson, who was at WordCamp Savannah 2010, has released a new version of her "WordPress for Dummies" book, which covers 3.0, and she is moving to Atlanta, possibly to Marietta, so maybe she'll be coming to one of the Meetups.

    Posted August 21, 2010 at 10:09 PM
  • Dail Frye
    Dail Frye

    Thank you Damon and Frank! No wonder I couldn't find it! Damon, I saw the Smashing WordPress but wasn't sure if it was too advanced but will take another look at it. Frank, I most definitely will look at the new WordPress for Dummies, I hope she does come to one of our Meetups. Thank you both again!

    Posted August 22, 2010 at 4:39 AM

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  • Event Host
    Judi Knight
    Co-Organizer, Co-Organizer
  • Event Host
    Jack Kennard
    Wordpress Designer & SEOer, Organizer
    Judi did a great job leading the group through the basics. And Mike was able to show a new Wordpress Question and Answer site. Oh yeah, the pizza was pretty good too.
  • Beth Lord
    Although much of the material was over my head, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I did know or was at least familiar with. I look forward to more meetups and learning the ropes!
  • Jackie Tulos
    Great as always!
  • Sally Brown
    I learned a lot from this meetup meeting. Thanks to all the presenters. Judy, you were so informative. Thank you
  • Judy Thomas
    It was above my head. I was hoping for a more "start from scratch" kind of presentation, since the title said "newbies." Perhaps next time provide a more detailed description of the level of user targeted for the class/seminar. I do, however, look forward to going to a possible real beginner's seminar, or "getting started" class, in the future. I was also disappointed that no one was a greeter and introduced any new people around. I only got to briefly speak with two people all night: Jack Kennard and another gentleman, who as also brand new to WordPress. I felt like an outsider all evening; very uncomfortable, like I was crashing a party. Also, I could not see the screen clearly (everything on the screen was way too small), and sometimes had a hard time hearing.
  • Tom Platt
    Always left wanting for more information. Sorry I've got to wait till next month's meeting. Looking forward to it!
  • Dail Frye
    Learned some new things from Judi, she did a great job! Great group of people, I really like the networking!
  • Lana Kravtsova
    +1 guest
    Thanks Judi, the info was very helpful.
  • Frank Niemeir
    Excellent discussions and a great group of people, both newcomers and longtime members of the Atlanta WordPress Users Group.
  • Amy Mann
    It was a good way to be introduced to Wordpress. Judi went over a lot of stuff that i was already familiar with, but it was a good refresher! I'm very interested in coming to some more advanced sessions.
  • Su Berland
    Very informative and easy to understand. Thanks, Judi!
  • Brandy Nagel
    +1 guest
    Good group, well organized. Speakers are qualified to speak on these topics. One suggestion: when showing websites with small print, please remember that most of the audience will not be able to read the words - the presenter could read out the important parts...or enlarge the print when possible.
  • Claudia Arkush
    It was alot for me to digest since I am not facile in Wordpress but as a (print) designer I need to know the scope of Wordpress possibilities and this gave me a insight and confidence to jump in. Your consensus taking for the upcoming meetups was especially appreciated.
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