Registration open for theme workshop

Join us Friday the 9th @ Blankspaces in Santa Monica from 11am – 4pm for a WordPress theme workshop. This event is a free seminar which is part of WordCamp LA 2011.

You must be registered with the conference to attend, but if you feel like only attending this event please leave a donation (anything helps). Please note, there is only 50 spaces available so if you are a developer or a more advnaced user, please hold off on attending, we’ve got a developers day for you.

Tickets have sold out, and we are full.

What to expect

We will have two WordPress theme experts to walk you through themeing for WordPress. Welcome John Hawkins and Kristin Falkner, with break-out session help from Marty Thornley and myself (Austin Passy) – Would you like to help? Leave comment below.

Schedule

11:00am – Checkin

11:30amKristin FalknerFrom PSD to WordPress: Tips & Tricks for Taking Any Design & Turning it Into a Custom Theme

Overview of the key concepts behind taking any design and turning it into a functional WordPress theme. Tips include base themes to work off, how to break up a PSD and its content into pieces suited for WordPress, the best plug-ins for heavy customization, etc.

12:30pm – Quick Break  *optional

1:00pmJohn HawkinsAn introduction to Child Theming

A presentation on how to get started building a child theme. showing things like importing CSS, overwriting files, functions, etc…

1:45 – 4:00pm – Break out sessions (anything goes).

Sign up now (link)

About Austin

Hi, I'm Austin, but you can call me Frosty. I'm an LA native living in Santa Monica. I'm currently "Principle Engineer; Content" for Crain Communications and when I'm not working on WordPress during the day I create premium plugins; which I sell. My most popular products are extensions for Custom Login (a plugin with over 1 Million downloads) and other plugins. I've been working on WordPress since ~2006 and from 2009-2012 I was the organizer of WordCamp LA. I'm a huge Dodgers fan, softball player and golfer. Links: Be sure to follow me on Twitter @TheFrosty, and check out my premium WordPress plugins.
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5 Responses to “Registration open for theme workshop

  1. rhonda says:

    Bummer– Theme Workshop sold out in one day. If anyone can’t make it that signed up, please, please let me know.
    Thanks!!

  2. N/A says:

    I would love to attend the free them workshop. Either way, I will be at Word Camp on Saturday but why not put the flag up the poll and see who salutes.

  3. JMK says:

    Still watching Twitter and hoping their are a few cancels for Friday … this looks really great and would love to be there. Streaming though is nice though so thanks for adding that.

  4. I need to cancel…can someone take my place?