WordPress Theming Workshop, Brought to you By AWDG

WordPress Theming Workshop, Brought to you By AWDG
WordPress Theming Workshop

Atlanta Web Design Group (AWDG) is teaming up with the Atlanta WordPress Coder's Guild to bring you a WordPress Theming Workshop. This one-day workshop will take you beyond the basics of using WordPress toward creating your own custom themes.

This workshop is best suited for those who know HTML/CSS and will be hands-on and interactive, so the pace will be set by the attendees.

Topics:

  • What a Theme is/is not
  • WordPress Template Hierarchy
  • Where to Start (Scratch, Starter Theme, Child Theme, Framework)
  • The WordPress Loop- Template Tags- Action Hooks & Filters
  • Widgets
  • Translation
  • Enqueuing Scripts and Stylesheets

Snacks and drinks are provided along with an Atlantic Station discount card for lunch, but please bring your own laptop (Macs are preferred).

Interested? Tickets are $79 until Feb. 20 and $99 at the door. Check out the details below & reserve your seat today!

When:
February 27, 2015
10 AM - 5 PM

Where:
Polygon
264 19th Street NW
Suite 2250
Atlanta, GA 30363

Meet the speakers:
Mike  Schinkel is a WordPress Architect and a serial startup entrepreneur with an engineering degree from Georgia Tech including one startup as #123 on the Inc 500 in 1999. Mike's been a programmer since the late 80s and more recently was the organizer of the Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs meetup from 2007 through 2011, the co-host of The Business of WordPress conference in 2010 and a founding moderator on the StackExchange website for WordPress Development. He also just co-launched The Atlanta WordPress Coder's Guild meetup with his partner Micah Wood in January.

Micah Wood is a consultant and web developer from Atlanta, GA and has worked on WordPress projects for brands like Dell, Orkin and Coca-Cola. He's passionate about continuously improving, working with awesome people, and sharing what he has learned. Micah's been a student of the martial arts for 20 years, actively trains under talented instructors and has spent half of his life teaching others.

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