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Do you use WordPress to develop, write, create or manage a website in?  Jack from Riselabs Ltd is a front-end developer and designer with extensive knowledge of WordPress and theme development.

Required: Bring a laptop!

The workshop will cover:

• Setting up WordPress from scratch
• Famous 5 min install
• Databases
• How it's all connected
• How hosting works for WordPress
• Best practice tips
• Installing themes and plugins
• Editing themes
• Starting your own theme development
• HTML & CSS

You'll learn

1. Looking after a website on behalf of yourself or a client and need to know more about the basics.

• Advanced functionality
• How plugins can both help and hinder a WordPress website
• Extending WordPress, using it for E-commerce and other functionality 
• Security and best practice
• Hosting

Developing/Designing for WordPress

• Basics of using a stock theme or custom theme
• Using the theme's ability to customise the website style
• Working with a custom theme on a code level
• Creating and developing themes and more advanced code

If you would like to book a place please email Events Assistant, Michelle Craig.