{"id":560,"date":"2011-08-30T19:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.portland.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=560"},"modified":"2011-09-01T19:18:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T02:18:52","slug":"first-timer-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/schedule\/first-timer-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Timer Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to get started blogging but have no idea where to begin? We have a great workshop for you that\u2019s a part of WordCamp Portland. It will give you an introduction to using WordPress and will make the sessions over the weekend really valuable. The workshop will be held at the US Bank Corp Tower\u00a0(111 SW 5th Ave) and will run from 9am to 4pm on Friday, September 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Just a note before we get started: This workshop is meant for those with no prior experience blogging with any platform. If you\u2019re currently blogging or are looking for a refresher on best practices the workshop is not for you. This class is for the people who are totally new to blogging.<\/p>\n<p>We will walk each workshop attendee through the setup of a site on WordPress.com. You\u2019ll learn how to use themes and widgets, publish various types of content, and take advantage of some of the other really cool features available on WordPress.com.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in the workshop you will need to bring a few things with you. Don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s easy homework. The morning of the workshop you\u2019ll need to have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a laptop with wireless card<\/li>\n<li>a title and tagline in mind for your site<\/li>\n<li>a folder of images, some of which should be large<\/li>\n<li>text written for at least two posts<\/li>\n<li>a blurb about yourself and an image for an About Me page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since we\u2019ll be teaching you how to use WordPress.com you\u2019ll be able to change your posts and about page later. The posts and images you bring don\u2019t have to be in finished, final draft form, but they should be something you\u2019re comfortable working with for the day.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop will partly be run by Happiness Engineers and others from WordPress.com. You\u2019ll be hearing all the information straight for the source and get an introduction to the people who provide WordPress.com\u2019s famous (and free!) 24\/7 support. We\u2019ll show you how you can get in touch with them after the workshop so that as you run into more questions you\u2019ll know right where to go.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re really looking forward to having you join us for this workshop!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in an overview of how we\u2019ll cover things the workshop schedule will look like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00am \u2013 Sign in and get coffee<\/li>\n<li>9:10am \u2013 Welcome<\/li>\n<li>9:40am \u2013 Setting up your new site<\/li>\n<li>10:15am \u2013 Break<\/li>\n<li>10:25am \u2013 An introduction to the WordPress.com Dashboard<\/li>\n<li>10:45am \u2013 Break<\/li>\n<li>10:50am \u2013 The basics of creating content<\/li>\n<li>12:00pm \u2013 Lunch<\/li>\n<li>1:10pm \u2013 Themes and custom design tools<\/li>\n<li>2:00pm \u2013 Break<\/li>\n<li>2:10pm \u2013 Customizing your site with widgets<\/li>\n<li>2:50pm \u2013 An introduction to Gravatar profiles and social features<\/li>\n<li>3:00pm \u2013 Break<\/li>\n<li>3:10pm \u2013 How to post from anywhere<\/li>\n<li>3:35pm \u2013 How to get support and some basic ground rules<\/li>\n<li>3:45pm \u2013 Where you can go from here and what\u2019s next<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to get started blogging but have no idea where to begin? We have a great workshop for you that\u2019s a part of WordCamp Portland. It will give you an introduction to using WordPress and will make the sessions over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/schedule\/first-timer-workshop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First-Timer Workshop<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5733040,"featured_media":0,"parent":320,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1wS71-92","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5733040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions\/738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}