{"id":285043,"date":"2016-09-06T11:42:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T09:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.capetown.wordcamp.org\/?p=285043"},"modified":"2016-09-07T10:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T08:03:52","slug":"homework-for-workshops-how-to-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2016\/homework-for-workshops-how-to-prepare\/","title":{"rendered":"Homework for Workshops: How to Prepare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, we want to make sure we don&#8217;t lose time with installing software or sorting out finding a pen, so we&#8217;ve prepared a list per workshop track of things to do\/bring in preparation. If it looks a bit daunting, don&#8217;t forget that each track has 4 workshops; you won&#8217;t need all of these things for every workshop.<\/p>\n<h2>User<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Needed for most workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pen and paper<\/li>\n<li>Laptop<\/li>\n<li>Local installation of WordPress (can easily be done with <a href=\"https:\/\/serverpress.com\/get-desktopserver\/\">DesktopServer<\/a>\u00a0for both Mac and Windows, <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.serverpress.com\/article\/150-getting-started-with-desktopserver\">tutorial here<\/a>) with default theme (TwentySixteen) installed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Needed for specific workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Selling anything online, with WooCommerce<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Idea of what you want to sell online<\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https:\/\/en-za.wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce\/\">WooCommerce<\/a>\u00a0locally, but do not activate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>WordPress Customisation for Dummies (Like Me)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Install\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en-za.wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-custom-css\/\">Simple Custom CSS<\/a>\u00a0locally<\/li>\n<li>Install\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en-za.wordpress.org\/plugins\/child-theme-configurator\/\">Child Theme Configurator<\/a>\u00a0locally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integrating OroCRM into WooCommerce<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Intermediate developer<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Needed for most workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pen and paper<\/li>\n<li>Laptop<\/li>\n<li>Local installation of WordPress (WAMP, MAMP, Vagrant or DesktopServer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Default WordPress with TwentySixteen theme and Hello Dolly plugin active<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Any valid code editor (Notepadd++, SublimeText, PHPStorm, Atom)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\">GitHub account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Needed for specific workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Building blocks of development: The process of identifying, reporting and fixing bugs<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>On the test site, install\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dwainm\/comingsoon\/archive\/master.zip\">this plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development for Designers<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing software (Photoshop, Sketch, Node, or free software: Gimp)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The benefits of using a WordPress Framework like Genesis<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to #wcct-genesis on WP South Africa Slack (<a href=\"http:\/\/wpsouthafrica.org\/wp-login.php?action=slack-invitation\">sign up here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Download the files from the channel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Advanced developer<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Needed for most workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laptop<\/li>\n<li>Local installation of WordPress (WAMP, MAMP, Vagrant or DesktopServer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Default WordPress with TwentySixteen theme and Hello Dolly plugin active<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Any valid code editor (Notepadd++, SublimeText, PHPStorm, Atom)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\">GitHub account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Needed for specific workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taking WordPress to the App Store<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\">Add 3 dummy posts with title, content, excerpt and featured image to the test site<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Install <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/apppresser\/\">AppPresser plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Create free <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/j334azz\">Adobe Phone Gap Account<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fork and clone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cwbmuller\/wcct2016\">this repo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Basic Introduction to Continuous Integration with WordPress<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Fork and clone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/seagyn\/wcct16\">this repo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leveraging the Settings API<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Way to build and test plugin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, we want to make sure we don&#8217;t lose time with installing software or sorting out finding a pen, so we&#8217;ve prepared a list per workshop track of things to do\/bring in preparation. 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