WordPress - Installing & Getting Started

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: $50 for BDA members, $70 for non-members

If you want an easy, powerful way to update your website often, you want WordPress. This flexible, highly customizable content management system (CMS) is ideal for blogs, small business websites, online art galleries, and more.

Web developers with a solid grasp of HTML and CSS can install WordPress.org on their web server and edit their website through a sleek online interface. Thousands of free widgets and themes offer endless customization possibilities, and multiple user types allow clients to update text, pages, and blog posts without disturbing the site's architecture.

This is the first workshop in BDA's WordPress series, designed to get you set up and running in WordPress.org. We will cover:

·Finding a host
·Installing WordPress (automatic versus manual install)
·Basic Security
·Finding and installing plugins and themes (recommendations)
·Setting WordPress options
·Using Widgets
·Creating a Page and a Post
·Questions and Answers

For complete details, please REGISTER at www.boulderdigitalarts.com. Boulder Digital Arts offers affordable training in digital media from professionals working in the field.

Submitted by Kira Woodmansee