Tomorrow's Free Friday Workshops

The schedule for this Friday, October 23rd:

• Introduction to WordPress (10 to 11am) - Brian will be covering the basics of small site building and blogging using the world famous WordPress. What, Why, and How is a blog made? Learn about the difference between a post and a page, upload images, and especially, how to write for the web.
   
• WordPress E-commerce Plugins (11 to noon) - Auz will be leading a discussion on integrating e-commerce with your blog or website. A review of plugins, bolt-on services, and even a full featured shopping cart suitable for selling physical products, digital downloads, and even services.
   
• E-Commerce Payment Systems Overview (noon to 1pm) - Learn about the wide variety of payment systems available for use with most e-commerce software. We will review PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, Payflow and how they handle Credit Cards, eChecks, Electronic Fund Transfers, as well as International Bank Wire transfers. Overview, demonstration, and discussion will be led by Morgan. He will reserve 20 minutes for open questions on Center Stage.

These classes are free and open to the public.  Remember we are at 790 SW Industrial.  Directions >

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WP Tip: Add a Photo Gallery to your WordPress Blog

In class two weeks ago, we spent about 10 minutes oooing and aaahhhing over the very visibly yummy cakes over at cakesbyemmie.com, but also checking out that cool Ken Burns effect on the slideshow as implemented by the NextGen gallery.

An excellent choice for adding images and slideshows to your Wordpress Blog/Site, the NextGen Gallery plugin gives you options to add an image browser, image list, or flash slideshow to any post or page. 

See Auz's short video to get acquainted with adding images and displaying an image list as a slideshow.

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