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FASTtech Classes at Foothill College

The schedule is out and registration is open to register for the affordable technology classes at the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at Foothill College. Teachers, educators, students, and anyone wanting to enhance their technology skills are welcome to attend these short evening, Saturday or online classes. They are a quick and easy way to upgrade your skills and learn new things!

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

01/23/2012 7:00 pm

Maintaining and Upgrading Your CMS Website
Maurice Green

So you learned all about Drupal or Wordpress and built a CMS-based website. You filled it with content and pictures and sat back to admire it. Now comes the grimey, gritty job of maintaining that site.  Maury will demonstrate some of the best-practice procedures necessary to insure that your website is up-to-date and secure.

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

11/28/2011 7:00 pm

Alternative Free Web Builder CMS Tools
Maurice Green

Over the past few years we have concentrated our efforts on Drupal, and to a lesser extent, on WordPress as the content management systems (CMS) tools for building your own websites.  In this lecture, Maury will delve into several alternative systems which have some special properties that just may be what you need for your next website. These will include Joomla, XOOPS, Website Baker, Concrete 5 and ZenCart.

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

10/24/2011 7:00 pm

Building a Community Website with BuddyPress, Part 3
Maurice Green

BuddyPress logo Using the BuddyPress module with WordPress. BuddyPress adds a powerful tool for building community websites for multiple bloggers and social networking. We have further extended the site with discussion forums and photo galleries. Maury will conclude his demonstration of a community website with both a public and private members-only section.

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

07/25/2011 7:00 pm

Building a Community Website with BuddyPress
Maurice Green

BuddyPress logo Seems like last month we got sidetracked talking about other topics, so this month we will finish our discussion on social networking with WordPress. BuddyPress adds a powerful tool for building community websites for multiple bloggers and social networking to a WordPress website.  Maury will continue his demonstration of a community website with both a public and private members-only section.

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

06/27/2011 7:00 pm

Building a Community Website with BuddyPress
Maurice Green

BuddyPress logoBuddyPress adds a powerful tool for building community websites for multiple bloggers and social networking to a WordPress website.  Maury will continue his demonstration of a community website with both a public and private members-only section.

 

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

05/23/2011 7:00 pm

Building a Community Website with Wordpress
Maurice Green

Wordpress logoWordpress is the leading open source content management system for building blog websites. But with the arrival of Wordpress 3.1 and the Buddypress extension, it becomes a powerful tool for building community websites for multiple bloggers and social networking.  Maury will demonstrate the famous "5-minute installation" of a Wordpress site and the customization of that site for use by multiple contributors with both a public and private members-only section.

Web Design SIG

04/25/2011 7:00 pm

Tweaking Your Drupal Website Design, Part II
Maurice Green, SVCS Webmaster

The Drupal theming system allows the developer to modify the appearance of the website in many ways. In February we discussed selection of an appropriate base theme and modifying the CSS (and HTML) to change appearance. Concluding our discussion, we will describe the structure of  a Drupal theme and demonstrate several other methods for modifying the structure and format of our Drupal website.

Adobe Day at Foothill College

05/06/2011 2:00 pm

Krause Center logoAdobe Day at the Krause Center for Innovation
Foothills College, Los Altos
May 6, 2011  2PM to 5:30PM

Adobe engineers will visit Foothill College to teach students, faculty, and the community the latest and greatest tips and techniques for using Adobe CS5 during Adobe Day activities Friday, May 6, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at Foothill College. To learn more about Adobe Day at the KCI, access http://www.krauseinnovationcenter.org/adobeday.  You can view full length recordings of previous Adobe Day sessions here.

Web Design SIG (SVCS)

03/28/2011 7:00 pm

An Introduction to HTML5
Steve Dolan

HTML5 logoThis will be an introduction to  the newest HTML specification and provide a high-level overview of HTML5 in it's current state. We'll discuss and explore the exciting new emerging standard for developing web sites and applications, learn the current level of support in HTML5, and delve into some of the associated technologies that when combined with HTML 5 are having a dramatic impact on how web and mobile applications are being developed today.

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