Build Your Own Wordpress Site | Intro to WordPress

This class is for beginners wanting to learn about using WordPress as a framework and content management system for a blog or website. You can arrive knowing nothing about WordPress and will leave knowing how to start up, build and manage a site.

We will cover the following:

• Introduction to Wordpress

• Installing & Setup of Wordpress

• Managing Content

• Plugins, Themes & Widgets

• Customizing Themes & Functions

You will be provided your own site with a subdomain at mygdiblog.com (Example: tessa.mygdiblog.com) that you will be able to work on during the class. When RSVP-ing, please let us know what you would like your url to be so we can have it setup before class.

Date: July 25, 2015

Time: 9am - 3pm

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Your Laptop & Charger
Sublime Text 2 or 3 (http://www.sublimetext.com)
WAMP or MAMP (ONLY if you want to work locally and are comfortable with it.)

Instructions for WAMP/MAMP Setup
MAMP (Mac): https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/installing-a-local-server/installing-mamp/
WAMP (Windows): https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/installing-a-local-server/installing-wampserver/

INSTRUCTOR:
We are honored to have Tessa Kriesel, a front-end developer at Windmill Design in NE Minneapolis, teach our class. She has a degree in web development and has 10 years of experience under her belt.

QUESTIONS:
We're here to help! If you have additional questions or would like to talk further before signing up for a class, please contact Tessa, Instructor at tessa@gdiminneapolis.com or Amy, Class Organizer at amy@gdiminneapolis.com.

PLEASE NOTE:
We will be communicating with you about this class via email address you have submitted. Please make sure you check the email address you use for Meetup regularly. If we have less than 10 people signed up for this class up to a week before the starting date, it will be postponed for a later date.

REFUND POLICY:
Refunds will be provided only if the class is cancelled. Please take a look at our refund policy and procedure at http://gdiminneapolis.com/refunds.html .

PARKING:
You may park in the 8 spaces that are designated for Livefront. Street parking is also available but don't park on the bridge.

SPONSORED BY:
Smart Factory & Livefront

Smart Factory is a school for experienced designers and engineers who want to evolve their skills and mindset to meet the growing demand for web and mobile app experts.

https://smartfactory.com/

Livefront is a mobile product design & development team.

Our team creates beautiful mobile apps for people in motion. We work everyday with Fortune 500 companies and startups alike to build custom software for phones, tablets, mobile payment wallets, and wearables like watches and glasses. We care deeply about quality, and we love what we do.

http://livefront.com/