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WordPress Bootcamp with Free Practice Site
WordPress Bootcamp Enrolling Now
Trying to figure out WordPress on your own? Sign up for WordPress Bootcamp and learn the basics in just one 3-hour workshop.
FREE Practice Site
Each WordPress Bootcamp attendee will be given a free practice site for 30 days, set up and ready to use with a theme, graphics and plugins.
Highlights of WordPress Bootcamp
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A practice site that you can keep for 30 days
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Hands-on training
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Small class size
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Easy-to-follow pace
WordPress Topics
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Logging in
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The Dashboard
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Themes and Menus
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Plugins
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Create and publish articles
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How to add images
At just $250 for a 2-hour workshop this is the perfect Bootcamp for those new to WordPress or if you’re tired of trying to figure it out on your own.
Personalized Training
Mary Joan has been teaching WordPress since 2007. She specializes in design and development of WordPress web sites for small businesses, entrepreneurs, non-profits and civic organizations.
In addition she offers personalized training to NuZoo Media clients so they can manage their own web sites.
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Interactive Parallax Scrolling Makes Mitzvah Site Shine
The new Mitzvah Studio website uses interactive parallax scrolling to engage visitors and show off its’ services.
NuZoo has designed the initial web presence for Mitzvah Studio, a video and photography studio specializing in bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings, and other events. Using the design technique of interactive parallax scrolling, NuZoo has created an engaging and interactive experience for website visitors.
The user-friendly style makes the site easy to navigate and find information. The sophisticated design improves visitor perception of the website.
The interactive parallax scrolling effect involves moving background and foreground images at varying speeds to create the illusion of 3D depth.
We use oversized photographs from Mitzvah Studio‘s portfolio throughout the site, and the powerful visuals bring their services to light.
Mitzvah Studio serves the greater Chicagoland area. They photograph and film weddings; bar and bat mitzvahs; rehearsals; parties; and other events.
Parallax Website Shows off Calmark’s Services
NuZoo uses a Parallax website scrolling design for the new Calmark Group website. Parallax scrolling involves the background moving at a slower rate than the foreground, creating a 3D effect as you scroll down the page. Calmark is a national leader in mailing services, combining expert creative, marketing and campaign strategies with production specialists and postal authorities to help non-profits reach their fundraising goals.
Why Parallax Website Design?
Parallax website design brings the user experience to a new interactive level of online viewing by encouraging visitors to scroll through the entire page. It makes page visits last longer and the story-telling approach guides visitors through the site.
The Parallax website makes it fun and engaging, creating depth using layering, and directing visitors to calls of action.
This is the fourth website NuZoo has designed for Calmark. Most recently we produced the DonorConnects website. DonorConnects offers non-profits a social media platform, combined with a strategic direct mail program, to identify donors with the potential for becoming leaders, sustainers, ambassadors, mid-level and major donors and planned givers.