This year, we want to make sure we don’t lose time with installing software or sorting out finding a pen, so we’ve prepared a list per workshop track of things to do/bring in preparation. If it looks a bit daunting, don’t forget that each track has 4 workshops; you won’t need all of these things for every workshop.
User
Needed for most workshops:
- Pen and paper
- Laptop
- Local installation of WordPress (can easily be done with DesktopServer for both Mac and Windows, tutorial here) with default theme (TwentySixteen) installed
Needed for specific workshops:
- Selling anything online, with WooCommerce
- Idea of what you want to sell online
- Install WooCommerce locally, but do not activate
- WordPress Customisation for Dummies (Like Me)
- Install Simple Custom CSS locally
- Install Child Theme Configurator locally
- Integrating OroCRM into WooCommerce
- Twitter account
Intermediate developer
Needed for most workshops:
- Pen and paper
- Laptop
- Local installation of WordPress (WAMP, MAMP, Vagrant or DesktopServer)
- Default WordPress with TwentySixteen theme and Hello Dolly plugin active
- Any valid code editor (Notepadd++, SublimeText, PHPStorm, Atom)
- GitHub account
Needed for specific workshops:
- Building blocks of development: The process of identifying, reporting and fixing bugs
- On the test site, install this plugin
- Development for Designers
- Designing software (Photoshop, Sketch, Node, or free software: Gimp)
- The benefits of using a WordPress Framework like Genesis
- Access to #wcct-genesis on WP South Africa Slack (sign up here)
- Download the files from the channel
Advanced developer
Needed for most workshops:
- Laptop
- Local installation of WordPress (WAMP, MAMP, Vagrant or DesktopServer)
- Default WordPress with TwentySixteen theme and Hello Dolly plugin active
- Any valid code editor (Notepadd++, SublimeText, PHPStorm, Atom)
- GitHub account
Needed for specific workshops:
- Taking WordPress to the App Store
- Add 3 dummy posts with title, content, excerpt and featured image to the test site
- Install AppPresser plugin
- Create free Adobe Phone Gap Account
- Fork and clone this repo
- A Basic Introduction to Continuous Integration with WordPress
- Fork and clone this repo
- Leveraging the Settings API
- Way to build and test plugin
This is great, thanks for breaking it down for us, getting my stuff ready now!
Awesome!!
Thanks for this Job Thomas, just a quick one on the ‘DesktopServer’ link near the top – forgive me if that link is correct/intended, but it lands on CSV import suite?
😉
The problem of multi-tasking 😀 – the URL is updated.
I know it all too well! See you Thursday and thanks again for the time and effort to help us prep, MVP 😉
Hi. I see the requirement is a laptop. What if, like me you only own a desktop? Will pen and paper suffice or should I only attend on Friday?
Sorry. Feeling a little unprepared.
J
Hi Jon, no stress about that. I’m sure some of the other attendees will let you follow along on their screen. Or you can just follow the projection of the speaker. Plus maybe this is a good time to test WP on mobile? 😀
I will set it up on my iPad and see how that works. Thanks @Job