Last year at WordCamp Los Angeles we hosted a half-day workshop focused on teaching beginners the basics of WordPress. The whole day flowed as if you were in 1 class, even though we had multiple speakers presenting different topics.
This year we are bringing it back, but making it even better!
We’ll be focusing on working on a site as a true beginner, primarily focused on users who want to start their own business website, or personal website. We are going to replace some complex topics from last year (like FTP and GIT) with more tutorial and walkthroughs for how to setup your site, customize your site, and then maintain and manage it.
Gutenberg & Content
If you want to build a website, any website, it is because you want to put a piece of content online. This year during the Beginner Workshop we will focus on just that, the content.
What is the best way to put your unique piece of content online? How will you make it different from other sites to showcase who you are?
Gutenberg, or the new WordPress editor is coming into core, so we will want to also focus some time on teaching you how to use it, and how to get the most out of it for your website.
Managing Your Website
There are many options for managed WordPress hosting, however you should have some basic understanding of what that means and how to do it yourself as needed. We will walk through what maintenance of a website means, and things you can do to keep your website secure from hackers, and create contingency plans in case you lose something.
It is one thing to create a website, it is another to make sure it is constantly up to date and backed up.
What We Ask of You
We know that the Beginner day is going to be “too” beginner for some, but maybe a bit more advanced for others. What we want is attendees that are eager to take away something from the workshop. It may be a long day for some, so come ready to learn something, even if it takes till the very end.
Tickets
Tickets will be available to any attendee that wishes to attend but tickets will be limited! Make sure to subscribe to our mailing list so that you’re notified as soon as tickets go on sale!