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WordPress Automattic Workshop Novi Sad

First WordPress Workshop – Novi Sad

On Saturday, we had our first WordPress workshop in the Startit Center of Novi Sad. The workshops were conducted in 3 groups of ~30 people and each group had a dedicated time slot of 2 hours. We managed to cover several topics:

The Beginning of WordPress

I shared the story of WordPress beginnings, B2/cafelog, and the post that started it all. I spoke about Matt Mullenweg, Mike Little, GPL, and how a few dedicated people devoted to the same cause can make great things happen.

WordPress.com and WordPress.org

The logos of Automattic, WordPress.com, and WordPress.org

We also covered the differences between Automattic’s WordPress.com and WordPress.org.

Creating a WordPress.com site

WordPress.com logo

I guided the attendees through the process of creating a WordPress.com account and afterward, I demonstrated how to create a site from scratch by using different WordPress editors, Gutenberg blocks, and Customizer options. Afterward, the attendees worked on a few exercises I previously created and they launched their shiny new sites.

Additional Material

After the workshops, several people approached me and they mentioned it would be super cool to have a video of the whole process I used when I created a WordPress.com site from scratch.

So, here’s the video 🙂

I’m speaking in Serbian but the whole interface is in English

Special Shoutout

I’d also like to highlight one of the workshop attendees, Relja, who published the details of both the initial talk and the first workshop on his website!

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WordPress Automattic Workshop Novi Sad

Intro to WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad

Photo by Marija Aparac, Startit.rs

The WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad kicked off on Saturday, September 28th. I was overwhelmed by the number of people that showed up 🙂 I expected 15-25 people total but 170 signed up and around 120 showed up at the intro talk this Saturday.

Intro presentation for the WordPress workshops in Novi Sad
Photos by Marija Aparac, Startit.rs

During the intro talk, I shared my WordPress story with the attendees and I gave a short overview of all the areas which will be covered during the workshops. Afterwards, we worked on creating Slack accounts on the official WordPress Serbia Slack which we’ll use for further communication. There will be three groups created and the workshops will be conducted in two-hour timeslots for each group. The workshops as a whole will last for seven Saturdays during the course of three months.

I’ll be uploading the workshops material after each class on both my website (in English) and on Startit.rs (in Serbian).

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WordPress Automattic Workshop Novi Sad

WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad

I am pleased to announce that I’ll be holding WordPress workshops in the Startit Center in Novi Sad starting from September 28th. The workshops will last for 3 months and they will introduce the attendees to the wide array of WordPress topics. The workshops will be conducted in Serbian and everyone is welcome to attend them – no previous knowledge is required but it’s necessary to register.

For more details and the registration form, make sure to check the original announcement post and the Facebook event!

Topics Covered

WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad 1
  • What is WordPress?
  • WordPress.com and WordPress.org
  • Creating a WordPress.com site and exploring its options
  • Gutenberg and Classic Editor
WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad 2
  • Local and live WordPress.org installation
  • FTP and databases
  • HTML/CSS
  • WordPress themes, installation, and file hierarchy
  • Child themes
  • WordPress plugins
  • WordPress hooks – actions and filters
WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad 3
  • Creating an e-shop
  • Creating a membership site
  • SEO
  • Image optimization
  • Backup
  • Different errors and debugging
WordPress Workshops in Novi Sad 4
  • Migrations
  • WP CLI
  • WordPress Support
  • Volunteering
  • How to make a living with WordPress?

I hope the attendees will find this workshop useful! I’ll give my best to publish the content of each workshop session on my blog so that the workshop material is available for everyone. And after the first 3 months, I’ll revisit the whole idea, and see how I can improve it. Cheers 🙂

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Google Search Console Guide

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A really good Google Search Console guide. If you’re interested in enhancing SEO of your WordPress website, you’ll find the aforementioned article quite valuable.

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Cleaning up the wp_options Table and Autoloaded Data on WordPress Websites

Maintaining a WordPress website includes many different tasks and one often neglected is removing obsolete data from the database. I bumped into an awesome post on how to clean the wp_options table and autoloaded data and if you are working on WordPress websites, I recommend reading it.

How to Clean up Your wp_options Table and Autoloaded Data