{"id":1245,"date":"2016-02-18T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T16:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2016-02-26T12:29:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T18:29:20","slug":"foundation-friday-hands-on-wordpress-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/foundation-friday-hands-on-wordpress-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Friday: Hands-On WordPress Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

New to WordPress?\u00a0Or want to ramp up your web design or development skills?<\/h2>\n

Attend WordCamp Minneapolis Foundation Friday<\/h4>\n
\"WordCamp

Photo \u00a9 2015 Paul Lampland<\/p><\/div>\n

We’re excited to announce that WordCamp Minneapolis is offering a day of workshops with our first Foundation Friday<\/strong>. This is a smaller, separate event taking place Friday, May 20th<\/strong> prior to the weekend conference. Unlike the normal conference tracks, these are\u00a0full-day hands-on learning sessions.<\/p>\n

If you’re new to WordPress, you\u00a0can get up to speed before\u00a0WordCamp. If you’re a graphic designer or programmer\u00a0who wants to work with WordPress, you can acquire a solid foundation to get started.<\/p>\n

You should plan to bring a laptop computer, as many of the sessions will be working live in WordPress. You may have your own WordPress website installation, or we’ll offer options for local and remote workspace. All sessions will be in a classroom format,\u00a0led by professionals with WordPress expertise.<\/p>\n

You can purchase these tickets in addition to the normal conference tickets.<\/strong> Capacity is limited and we expect tickets to go quickly\u2014so don’t delay, register today.<\/a> There are three tracks\u00a0from which to choose depending upon your interest.<\/p>\n

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INTRO TO WORDPRESS
\nfor bloggers, content managers, and marketers<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

From setting up\u00a0WordPress to creating content and managing a website, you\u2019ll learn everything needed to get started with the world\u2019s most popular content management system.\u00a0You\u2019ll become skilled\u00a0using the WordPress dashboard to create web pages and blog posts, add images and videos, customize themes, manage users and comments,\u00a0monitor security, and even extend your website with new features from the thousands of WordPress plugin options.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites:<\/strong> None, but please bring a laptop to\u00a0follow along working in WordPress.<\/p>\n

BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

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WORDPRESS DESIGN
\nfor graphic designers<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Moving from print design to web design, or from static content to dynamic content? Explore how to design a great user experience for both the website audience and the content administrator. You’ll learn how design relates to content output, and explore “thinking like WordPress” via the template hierarchy, WordPress content types, modular design, front-end best practices, and more.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites:<\/strong> General design\u00a0experience is encouraged, but not necessary, though we will be talking about design concepts on a high level.\u00a0Experience with the WordPress Dashboard\/Admin and comfortable talking about WordPress content. Bonus if you have some HTML\/CSS experience.<\/p>\n

BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

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WORDPRESS DEVELOPMENT
\nfor web developers<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Starting from scratch, you’ll learn about using WordPress logic and template\u00a0functions to output dynamic content, as well as writing clean, reusable code. You’ll learn how to use core functions, the template hierarchy, custom queries, actions, and smart programming logic to build themes and plugins, as well as best practices for creating a maintainable, scalable codebase.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites:<\/strong>\u00a0Experience with the WordPress Dashboard\/Admin and comfortable talking about WordPress content. Comfortable with HTML\/CSS,\u00a0and some experience with a programming logic language (like JavaScript, PHP, or similar). Highly recommend bringing a computer with your local development environment of choice already setup with a WordPress install.<\/p>\n

BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Location<\/h2>\n

Foundation Friday will be held at the McNally Smith College of Music<\/strong>\u00a0on Friday, May 20, 2016, conveniently located\u00a0adjacent to the METRO\u00a0Green Line\u00a010th Street Station in downtown St. Paul. Schedule coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n

McNally Smith College of Music<\/a>
\n19 Exchange Street East
\nSaint Paul, Minnesota 55101<\/p>\n

Check out the Location<\/a> page\u00a0for more details about hotels, transportation, and social events!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The McNally Smith College of Music is not affiliated in any way with the activities conducted by\u00a0WordPress Foundation on the McNally Smith College of Music campus. The relationship\u00a0between the McNally Smith College of Music and WordPress Foundation is solely that of licensor\u00a0and licensee.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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