Resources

Inland Empire Saturday School Archives – If you are looking for an In-person-walkthrough of The WP Theme Setup Guide then please check out the Inland Empire WordPress Meetup Saturday School archives.   I developed this curriculum for the members of our meetup group who struggled with the fundamentals.  Once you master the fundamentals you have a solid base to advance to everything else.  These archives walk you through 19 weeks of hands-on WordPress knowledge.

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Southern California WordPress Meetup Groups – Southern California is rich with WordPress Meetup groups where you can learn in person.  If you have not connected into a WordPress Meetup group I would highly encourage you to do this.   In the following blog post I have listed most of the current Southern California WordPress groups

An Overview of Meetups

California WordCamps – If you have been to a WordPress meetup but have not been to a WordCamp I want to encourage you to find the next local WordCamp, Purchase a ticket & attend.

WordCamp Central

Free WordPress Themes – The number one place I go to get free themes is the WordPress Theme Repository.  If you have completed the WP Theme Setup Guide then you should be ready to tackle any theme you want from the free repository.

WordPress Theme Repository

Premium WordPress Theme Shops –  In the course I have listed out several Premium WordPress Shops Where you can get some quality premium themes.

 

DesktopServer – An ABSOLUTE MUST.   If you are putting together your own website, practicing WP Theme Setup, Testing New Plugins, Performing WordPress updates or executing any of thousands of tasks to you perform on WordPress then do not do it on a live server.  Test local & deploy to LIVE.

Desktop Server