{"id":105237,"date":"2014-07-09T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2014.nyc.wordcamp.org\/?p=105237"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T20:35:16","slug":"saturday-beginner-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/saturday-beginner-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Beginner Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, August 2nd, in addition to the main tracks, WordCamp NYC will be offering beginner workshops. If you&#8217;re just starting out with WordPress (or don&#8217;t know where to start), these workshops are for you. There are two workshops on Saturday, each divided into two sections:<\/p>\n<h3>Morning &#8211; Introduction to WordPress<\/h3>\n<p><strong>WordPress 101<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by: <a href=\"http:\/\/2014.nyc.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/shanta-nathwani\/\">Shanta Nathwani<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>.COM vs .ORG<\/li>\n<li>Themes &amp; Plugins<\/li>\n<li>Pages &amp; Posts<\/li>\n<li>Categories &amp; Tags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overview of the WordPress Dashboard<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by: <a href=\"http:\/\/2014.nyc.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/marc-benzakein\/\">Marc Benzakein<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overview of the Dashboard menus<\/li>\n<li>Common WordPress settings<\/li>\n<li>How to create\/edit posts &amp; pages<\/li>\n<li>Adding users<\/li>\n<li>How to manage comments<\/li>\n<li>Managing menus &amp; widgets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Afternoon &#8211; Customizing WordPress<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Choosing &amp; Customizing Your Theme<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by: <a href=\"http:\/\/2014.nyc.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/jamie-schmid\/\">Jamie Schmid<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is a theme?<\/li>\n<li>Where to find themes<\/li>\n<li>Choosing your theme<\/li>\n<li>Installation &amp; activation<\/li>\n<li>Customizing\/theme options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adding Functionality to your site with Plugins<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by: <a href=\"http:\/\/2014.nyc.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/kiko-doran\/\">Kiko Doran<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What can plugins do?<\/li>\n<li>Finding and Installing Plugins<\/li>\n<li>Useful Plugins<\/li>\n<li>Troubleshooting tips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A computer isn&#8217;t required, but we recommend you bring your own laptop to follow along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, August 2nd, in addition to the main tracks, WordCamp NYC will be offering beginner workshops. If you&#8217;re just starting out with WordPress (or don&#8217;t know where to start), these workshops are for you. There are two workshops on Saturday, each divided into two sections: Morning &#8211; Introduction to WordPress WordPress 101 Presented by: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/saturday-beginner-workshops\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday Beginner Workshops<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21084391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tOrc-rnn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105237"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105508,"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105237\/revisions\/105508"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/gdpr-eraser-2-2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyc.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}