{"id":343,"date":"2012-06-21T20:17:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T00:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=343"},"modified":"2012-11-21T05:27:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:27:47","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/a-beginners-guide-to-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/2011.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/04\/shannonsmith1.jpeg\" alt=\"Shannon Smith\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoonini.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-525\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/KathrynPresner_0556_web-102.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Presner\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a> This introductory session is geared for bloggers, web designers and programmers who are new to WordPress. Even those who don\u2019t know a Codex from a Cadillac will feel comfortable here. Delving into WordPress from a beginner\u2019s point of view, we use unintimidating plain language to explain the fundamental concepts of WordPress, from themes, to widgets, to plug-ins. We go spelunking in the admin panel and show real-world examples of what WordPress can do. Questions are welcome, and no query is too basic, so don\u2019t be shy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/zoonini\/a-beginners-guide-to-wordpress-wordcamp-montreal-2012\">View slides on Slideshare &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>For beginners to WordPress, no knowledge of HTML required. <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>About Kathryn and Shannon<\/h3>\n<p>Read Kathryn&#8217;s bio on her <a href=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/talks\/#post-410\">solo talk.<\/a><br \/>\nRead Shannon&#8217;s bio on her <a href=\"https:\/\/2012.montreal.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/talks\/#post-651\">solo talk.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This introductory session is geared for bloggers, web designers and programmers who are new to WordPress. Even those who don\u2019t know a Codex from a Cadillac will feel comfortable here. Delving into WordPress from a beginner\u2019s point of view, we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/a-beginners-guide-to-wordpress\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to WordPress<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25023,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":0,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[5545],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-343","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-user"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2g1ot-5x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"","time":""},"session_speakers":[],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25023"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/343\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}