March 11th workshop

Vacation Time 

Sorry, no workshop in March. 

But in April we will continue building the PC Renew site & examine a couple of methods for backing up the site since we can't totally rely on our host for backup.  

February 11th workshop

This month we will direct our activities into two major areas:

Updating our club's website

We will start this month's workshop with a demonstration of how to update the club's own website, wpcug.org. 

Our website has a unique and dramatic look and it works well for our members as well as for new visitors.  It loads very quickly and ranks high in Google search results.  It's only drawback is that it was created almost 15 years ago using the FrontPage website builder and this fact makes updating the site somewhat complicated. If you are interested in how our site is updated with latest newsletter & the general meeting information, then this workshop is for you. 

WordPress
Then, as time permits, we will continue working a new website for PC Renew using the WordPress platform.

The new PC Renew website is about 90% ready & you can examine it at: WestchesterPCrenew.com

Activities will include:

• selecting which widgets to place in the sidebar & footer areas
• installing several plugins which augment WordPress's capabilities
• A more advanced  editor
• Search Engine Optimization
• Google Analytics 
• Photo Gallery
• a dynamic map

The workshop starts at 7PM. See Directions

January 14th workshop

This month we will continue working on building a new website for PC Renew using the WordPress platform as a class project.

This project will include:

• Selecting a hosting provider
• Selecting a domain name for the site
• Installing the WordPress platform
• Selecting a theme for the site
• Build the website
• Test the navigation
• Presenting the resulting site to Jimmy & Gary
• Making changes as requested by Jimmy & Gary
• Bringing the site live

The workshop starts at 7PM. See Directions.

December 10th workshop

This month we will work on building a new website for PC Renew using WordPress as a class exercise.

We are willing to take this project because the PC Renew site is a more straight-forward site than the main club site, and since our workshop had built the original PC Renew site, we have a strong familiarity with it.

This project will include:

• Selecting a host & domain name
• Installing WordPress
• Selecting a theme 
• Create the website
• Presenting the resulting site to Jimmy & Gary
• Making changes as requested by Jimmy & Gary
• Bringing the site live

The workshop starts at 7PM. See Directions.

November 12th Workshop

Weebly - A website builder

Last month we didn't get a chance to cover this.  This month we will start with this topic - to make sure.

Weebly is an online website builder & we'll build a website using this tool.

A special project for this workshop

We will continue our search for a WordPress theme for our club website. Additionally, we will develop some preliminary requirements for content & navigation.

Choosing a theme for a WordPress site is a critical part of website design & for this workshop we will examine this phase in a real world setting.

October 8th Workshop

A special project for this workshop

During the September Executive Board meeting a decision was made to engage an outside WordPress designer to build a new website for the club. For this workshop we will go about the process of choosing a theme for our website and develop some preliminary requirements for content & navigation.

Choosing a theme for a WordPress site is a critical part of website design & for this workshop we will examine this phase in a real world setting.

If we have any remaining time, we will build a website using the online website tool  - Weebly.

September 10th Workshop

September is the start of the new workshop season

For this workshop we will cover the following:

• Setting up a WordPress site on our new hosting account
• In our study of social media, we will look at Google+
• Continue our study of WordPress

As a guest you are welcome to attend ANY 2 meetings as a non-member.