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Practical WordPress: Beyond the Basics with John LeBlanc

Event Details

Time: November 7, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: UHM Sinclair Library Basement 3 (PNM Lab)
Street: University Ave and Metcalf St
City/Town: Honolulu
Website or Map: http://www.outreach.hawaii.ed…
Phone: 956-8244
Event Type: workshop
Organized By: Susan Horowitz
Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2013

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Event Description

WordPress has emerged as one of the most popular, powerful, and flexible open source web publishing frameworks today. Learn tools and best practices for building, customizing, and maintaining self-hosted WordPress-based websites. Topics include social network integration, performance tuning, backup & disaster preparedness, search engine optimization, custom theme development, and custom plugin development. Discover premium plugins and configurations to address complex business use cases such as running an online store, managing paid memberships and supporting multiple languages.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with the WordPress dashboard, an understanding of self-hosted WordPress architecture, and the fundamentals of web publishing.

John LeBlanc is an independent WordPress specialist and web developer. He’s been developing websites and web content management solutions professionally since 1997, serving as the first staff webmaster at CBS in Boston. In 2005, he launched his own consultancy and currently works with a wide range of clients in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Manila.

Call 956-8400 to register - fee $60