{"id":956,"date":"2019-10-01T09:41:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T09:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.johannesburg.wordcamp.org\/?p=956"},"modified":"2019-10-02T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T09:20:20","slug":"workshop-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johannesburg.wordcamp.org\/2019\/workshop-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The workshops are WordCamp are a great way to get hands-on experience with a range of topics. The make the most of your time with your facilitator, here&#8217;s a couple of things you can prepare at home so that you don&#8217;t get caught up on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to double-check the schedule, you can go here: <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.johannesburg.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\">https:\/\/2019.johannesburg.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases, it helps to have a local install of WordPress running. Some suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/localbyflywheel.com\/\">Local by Flywheel<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some workshops will require an IDE so if they do you can use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/\">VS Code<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sublimetext.com\/3\">Sublime Text 3<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extreme Makeover \u2013 The Homepage Edition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply install the Stylus browser extension (if you don\u2019t have one of these 3 browsers, you&#8217;ll need to install it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Chrome:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/stylus\/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/stylus\/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne?hl=en<\/a><\/li><li>Firefox:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/styl-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/styl-us<\/a><\/li><li>Opera:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/addons.opera.com\/en\/extensions\/details\/stylus\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/addons.opera.com\/en\/extensions\/details\/stylus\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 5 steps to setting up your online store<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Have WordPress and WooCommerce set up (either locally or on a server) and have the initial WooCommerce setup wizard complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress as a Backend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the details to get going here: <a href=\"https:\/\/codeswag.co.uk\/wordpress-as-a-backend\/\">https:\/\/codeswag.co.uk\/wordpress-as-a-backend\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build a static site with WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You will need the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NPM &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/\">Available with Node<\/a>. 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