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Welcome Benjamin Bradley as WebDesign.com’s Full-Time Technical Instructor

Cory Miller | July 1, 2010 | 12 Comments

I’m extremely excited today to officially announce that Benjamin Bradley, our awesome technical instructor, has joined our team in a full-time capacity. For the past couple of months he’s been teaching part-time while we tried to build momentum to hire him full-time. I hope many in our existing WebDesign.com community realize the commitment and investment [...]

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9 Free WordPress Online Workshops Announced

Cory Miller | June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

Here’s some WebDesign.com free online workshops coming up soon …. we’ve added a number of webinars, including: Setting up Local WordPress Hosting – Thursday, June 24, 11a.m.-Noon Plugin Focus: Gravity Forms – Monday, July 19, 6 p.m.-7p.m. Plugin Focus: Introduction to Shopp Ecommerce Plugin – Wednesday, July 21, 1-2 p.m. How To Write Content, Blog [...]

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Sitemapping for Web Design: Free Webinar June 30

Cory Miller | June 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

We’ve invited our friend Amanda Blum to do a free online workshop on doing website sitemaps aka Why Site Mapping is the Ugly Redheaded StepChild of Website Development June 30 starting at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time. Amanda is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, and Creative Director of Howling Zoe Productions, a [...]

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How to Install WordPress Locally: Free Webinar

Cory Miller | June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Installing WordPress locally — on your computer — is a great and fast way to do design, development and testing, especially when you don’t have an Internet connection as you travel. WebDesign.com instructor Benjamin Bradley will be giving a free workshop Thursday, June 24 from 11 a.m. to noon (Central Standard Time) on How to [...]

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WordPress Interview with Brad Williams

Cory Miller | June 9, 2010 | 0 Comments

I got to catch up with one of our good friends, Brad Williams of WebDevStudios.com, at WordCamp Chicago and did a quick interview with him. Brad is co-author of Professional WordPress, a former Marine, and today is also his birthday. (Happy Birthday, Brad!)

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WordPress Interview with Rebecca Diamond of StudioPress

Cory Miller | June 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

Rebecca Diamond of RebWebDesign, who I got to meet originally at WordCamp Chicago, is a sweet friend and provides some excellent advice for budding WordPress designers in this video. She also works for StudioPress. Here’s the video interview with Rebecca:

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iThemes Builder Bootcamp Advanced June 5

Cory Miller | May 19, 2010 | 11 Comments

WebDesign.com will present iThemes Builder Advanced Bootcamp on Saturday, June 5th, 8 a.m. to noon (Central). So by now, you’ve probably heard about this amazing product called Builder.  And you are probably thinking, “I want me some of that Builder… but can it do some cool stuff… cause I NEED it to do some cool [...]

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