{"id":2330,"date":"2012-10-12T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2012-10-11T23:40:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T03:40:35","slug":"speaker-spotlight-tony-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker-spotlight-tony-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Tony Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tony Matthews<\/p><\/div>\n

Tony Matthews<\/a> 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. \u201cIt’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.\u201d, Tony says.<\/p>\n

In Tony\u2019s session, Creating Your Website with WordPress<\/a>, you\u2019ll learn how WordPress works from the ground up. Topics include:<\/p>\n

1- Why WordPress and what is a CMS? \/.com and .org differences<\/p>\n

2- Installing WP (using Bluehost control panel on my Mac)<\/p>\n

3- The admin page: overview of the Dashboard features such as Settings, Themes Pages, etc.<\/p>\n

4- Editing photos for the web (if the audience needs that)<\/p>\n

5- Creating pages and custom menus<\/p>\n

6- Themes and Frameworks<\/p>\n

7- Plug-ins: show how to install and configure a couple of common plug-ins like Contact Form 7 and NextGen<\/p>\n

8- Resources for learning more such as w3schools, lynda.com<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Spotlight Written by Kelly Phillips<\/a><\/address>\n

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<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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