Are you determined to have full control over your own website? Perhaps you have already made the decision to build it in a content management system (CMS) because you've been told that this is an excellent solution for organizations with small budgets and few resources.

Maybe you've landed here because you've already decided to build your website with Joomla!, or you’re curious about what’s involved with an installation and setup of the world's most popular, award winning, free and open source content management system. This workshop will show you how to design, build and master your own website using free, wildly popular and open source software.

We'll spend the first session discussing your website needs and objectives. After llunch, we'll explore the Joomla! framework and walk through the seven steps to building a professionally designed website with the Joomla! content management system. Then together, with the help and advice of other workshop participants, we'll develop a site plan for each participant's website.

You'll leave the workshop with a site plan, design resources and training guides as well as all the software and tools you will need to get your website up and running. You'll be able to publish and maintain your own website without any previous online publishing or technical knowledge. You'll be amazed how easy it is to learn to build, update and master your own website.

Master Your Website with Joomla! Workshop Outline:

• Introduction to Content Management Systems
• Differences between static and dynamic page creation
• All about Joomla! website, design and development
• Anatomy of a Joomla! website
• Downloading and installing Joomla!
• Joomla! administration basics
• Joomla! administrative control panel
• Organizing your content in Joomla! 
• Setting up a site plan in Joomla!
• Creating menus and site navigation in Joomla!
• Controlling user level access to your content in Joomla! 
• Extending Joomla! with free and open source components, modules and plugins
• Optimizing Joomla! for search engines
• Securing and backing up your Joomla! site

When:

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 10 to 4pm

Where:

2nd floor at 12120 106 Avenue, Edmonton

Cost:

$250 by September 14, $295 thereafter

Includes:

A life-changing learning experience, refreshments, a Joomla! user manual and online resources to help you before and after the workshop.

Register now by calling (780) 695-5675 or by online selecting this link to the online registration form.

Space is limited to 15 people. Our last two workshops were sold out!

See the feedback from our last "Master Your Website with Joomla! Workshop on March 17 & 31, 2010.