Agenda:
Starts at 6:00 p.m.
- How to use the Meetup website. Link to resources. Purpose
- Self-Introductions + one issue you’d like to know more about.
Favorite Themes:
Why Melody loves Thesis. Why use Thesis Theme?
- Because close to 50,000 people are using it, so it’s well-documented. This is very important!
- It’s very flexible.
- Here’s a Powerpoint I did re Thesis
- Want all black? Okay
- Custom background? Okay.
- Simple, clean? Okay
- Busy, fun? Okay.
- Want something a little more sophisticated, right out of the box? Lots of people are creating inexpensive skins for Thesis because it’s so popular. Here are some examples.
- Skins from thesisthems.com
- Skins from this reseller
- Or, there’s these
- When you get bored, you can add features and there are tutorials which allow you to do that. Things happen, life changes, and you want a fresh approach? You won’t have to start over.
- For example, want a fat footer?
- See these Extensive tutorials
- Want to add ECommerce: It integrates with Get Shopped and other ecommerce plugins.
Check out this article from upcoming speaker Lia Barrad to help you build a solid web and/or blog presence online: 11 Ways That Companies Fail at Using WordPress