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  WordPress: Zero to Hero

  Thursday, March 25th, 2010

  8:30am-5:00pm

  Rich Media Institute, 156 August Ave, Toronto, ON (map)

  Admission: $125

  Bonus: anyone who signs up for the workshop will get a $45 discount code from InMotion Hosting. You may use the coupon code in any business class shared-hosting, VPS, and dedicated server packages.

  This event is now sold out.

  Peter Flaschner (Keynote Speaker)

  A veteran of online marketing, Peter has worked in online strategy and design since 1997, for clients like Turner Broadcasting, Unicef, The Yellow Pages, MaRS, Hot Docs, Fox News, and many more. Peter brings a high degree of empathy, a killer eye for design, a sixth sense for business, the ability to teach, a desire to help, lateral thinking skills, and a love of technology to each and every project he takes on.

  Peter is a bonafide expert in the field of social marketing and social design for the web. In 2004, he founded The Blog Studio, the world’s first design studio focussed specifically on the then emerging social web. He regularly speaks and writes about social media, and has been featured in numerous books and articles and interviews. His web and identity design work have won a number of awards, is seen by over a million people per week, and generates millions in revenue for his clients.

  Nick La (Workshop Leader)

  Join Nick La, creator of the popular blog Web Designer Wall, owner of N.Design Studio, IconDock, and Best Web Gallery for a one-day immersion into WordPress, the world’s most popular publishing platform.

  If you want to learn how to create your own WordPress themes, understand how to use template tags and conditional tags to format and display the data you want, or how to use WordPress as a content management system, Nick will take you from WordPress Zero to Hero in 7 hours flat.

  Who this workshop is for

  This workshop is for people who have a WordPress blog (or are in the process of creating one) and would like to create their own theme and templates for personal or professional use. This workshop is also for web designers who wish to offer a value-added service to their clients. PHP skills are not required to attend this workshop.

  A full workshop schedule and topical breakdown will be available shortly. Industrial strength WiFi and power will be available to guests, and breakfast will be served at 8:30am. There will also be coffee break scheduled throughout the day.

  Requirements

  Attendees are encouraged to have:

  • A laptop that supports local server such as MAMP (OSX), WAMP, LAMP, or XAMPP
  • An HTML/CSS editor such as Adobe Dreamweaver
  • An understanding of HTML and CSS

  Agenda

  • 8:30am: Attendee Registration, Breakfast & Networking
  • 9:30am: Keynote address, Peter Flaschner
  • 10:00am: Nick La
  • 12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch
  • 3:00pm-3:15pm: Coffee Break
  • 5:00pm: Closing Comments