On September 21st, 2009, from 6pm-9pm, JoeJoomla will be doing a workshop at Ed Video Media Arts Centre in Guelph, Ontario. Ed Video Media Arts Centre is a membership based facility to help and enable the creation and exhibition of video-based projects. They are open to the public and provide workshops, do events, and rent equipment. Every artist needs a website to showcase and promote their work. Joomla! is a great choice for a powerful and professional looking, yet easy to use, content management system for media artists of all kinds. By attending this 3 hour workshop you will get all the information you need to know if Joomla! is right for you.

In the workshop we will be covering the basics such as:

• What is a CMS (content management system)?

• What are the benefits of a CMS over a static html website?

• How to set up the database on a webserver for Joomla!

• How to install Joomla!

• A quick overview of a few administrative backend tools
• Control Panel
  
  • Menus
  • Section Manager
  • Category Manager
  • Article Manager
• Components - What are they?
• Extensions - What are they?
• WYSIWYG text editor
• How to install a template
• Where to find Joomla! help

In order to attend this workshop you must register by September 16th. Cost of the workshop is $30 for Ed Video members/$40 for non-members (plus taxes).

Ed Video Media Arts Centre is located at:

40 Baker Street
Guelph, ON
N1H 6R7
(519) 836-9811

The Executive Director is Elizabeth Dent, the Technical Director is Angus McLellan, and the Programming Director is Scott McGovern.

Fill out the form below to send your information to Ed Video to register for this workshop. Angus from Ed Video will contact you with registration instructions.

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