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.
