Tony Matthews
Tony Matthews may have started his web site design career with Dreamweaver, but once he used WordPress for a website makeover, he recognized a truly powerful tool. “It’s an open source content management system so no software like Dreamweaver is needed. It’s highly extensible with a huge number of plug-ins for everything from contact forms to event registration, and it’s easy to teach someone how to edit the site.”, Tony says.
In Tony’s session, Creating Your Website with WordPress, you’ll learn how WordPress works from the ground up. Topics include:
1- Why WordPress and what is a CMS? /.com and .org differences
2- Installing WP (using Bluehost control panel on my Mac)
3- The admin page: overview of the Dashboard features such as Settings, Themes Pages, etc.
4- Editing photos for the web (if the audience needs that)
5- Creating pages and custom menus
6- Themes and Frameworks
7- Plug-ins: show how to install and configure a couple of common plug-ins like Contact Form 7 and NextGen
8- Resources for learning more such as w3schools, lynda.com
Spotlight Written by Kelly Phillips
Attend this session and get even more WordPress awesomeness at WordCamp Raleigh 2012 on Nov 3-4. Tickets are only $40 and you can register online now!
