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Workshop Catalog
Here's the full menu of everything Fenixworks is currently offering.
Everything we teach is cross-platform. This means that it doesn't matter if you are using Windows or a Macintosh, what you learn here will work on either.
Click on the workshop title or the little blue triangle next to the title to see a brief description of the workshop.
A La Carte Workshops
A La Carte workshops use a variety of software packages to complete a specific task. They cover things like blogging, or online marketing, and show how to use a variety of tools to get the job done.
Learn your way around Mac OS X Leopard 10.5. We'll show you ways to keep frequently used items at your fingertips without cluttering up your desktop. We'll also talk about settings that make Mac OS X unique. Step up from beginner to Power User (level 1) in one class. More Info/Schedule
Need more traffic to your website? This course provides you with inside knowledge about how the search engines work plus the secrets of successful internet marketing. Learn how you can make your site attractive to search engines and reach new customers when they are looking for your service. More Info/Schedule
Learn how to become your own media channel. Learn about the technical and creative aspects of making a captivating show that people will want to habitually listen to every week. This class is for people with the passion to share their voice or for someone who needs to understand the technical challenges in managing and/or creating a podcast. This class is broken into 2 sessions with a homework assignment between meetings.
A maximum of 8 seats are available for this workshop. Sign up now to receive personalized training. More Info/Schedule
A maximum of 8 seats are available for this workshop. Sign up now to receive personalized training. More Info/Schedule
Learn the ins and outs of running your own blog. We'll show you how to set up and administer your blogspace using Wordpress. We'll teach you how to market your blog so that more people than just your friends and family are paying attention. We'll teach you the lingo so you'll understand RSS, pings and trackbacks. We'll also spend time exploring various plugins for photo galleries, tag libraries and other useful ways to extend your Wordpress installation. More Info/Schedule
Blue Plate Workshops
Blue Plate Workshops cover training for specific software applications.
Learn essential skills for Adobe Photoshop CS3, the industry standard for working with digital photos and images. This 4 session workshops combines the four modules Intro, Crucial Selection Tools, Layers: The Nitty Gritty and Retouching. More Info/Schedule
Continue with the lessons begun in Photoshop CS3 part 1. In this workshop, we'll cover the modules Masking is Power, More Fun with Layers, Automation and Batch Processing and Optimizing for Web. More Info/Schedule
Introduction to Flash CS3, the industry standard for creating animations, designing interactive websites. The training covers using the drawing and color tools, the essentials of timeline animation, and working with type, graphics, and sound, as well as a brief intro to actionscripting basics. More Info/Schedule
Learn how to be a power user with the popular web development application Dreamweaver. After completing this course, you will have the skills necessary to build and maintain websites using Dreamweaver's graphical editor interface. More Info/Schedule
Learn how to be a power user with the popular web development application Dreamweaver in this private class. You will get 1-on-1 instruction based on our normal Dreamweaver workshop experience, but you will be the only person in the class. It's private tutoring from the professionals! We'll use your website for all the lessons, or if you don't have one, we'll spend class time setting it up. More Info/Schedule
Sometimes a spreadsheet just can't keep up with all the information you need. Learn to use FileMaker Pro's layouts, tables and scripts to manage your data in more than rows and columns. You can even use it to generate webpages and sites. That's what we did. All of the workshop descriptions and schedules on this site are managed in FileMaker Pro. More Info/Schedule
Learn to use FileMaker Pro's layouts, tables and scripts to manage your data in more than rows and columns. You will get 1-on-1 instruction based on our normal FileMaker Pro workshop experience, but you will be the only person in the class. It's private tutoring from the professionals! We'll use your database for all the lessons, or if you don't have one, we'll spend class time building it. More Info/Schedule
Intro to InDesign CS3, the best page layout program for designing posters, brochures, magazines, newsletters and books. This is what the pros use! For the novice, for the self-taught who want to fill in gaps in their knowledge, or for those who want to transition from PageMaker or Quark to this powerful professional tool which is the standard in the publishing industry. More Info/Schedule
Once you've taken our InDesign class, you've gotten a good foundation in how to use the program and design documents, but it's a lot of information in a short amount of time. When you start applying it to your own projects, lots of questions naturally arise. Many of you wanted more time after taking the class, to practice on real projects, with help and guidance on the things you were actually designing, so we created this additional class for you. More Info/Schedule
Intro to Illustrator, the industry standard for logo design, illustration, brochures, and posters using vector graphics. In addition to its range of uses for illustration, Illustrator has no equal for handling type and using it in creative ways. Geared to both the novice and the self-taught who want to fill in gaps in their knowledge. Illustrator is a great stand-alone program, and makes a wonderful companion program for those who already know Photoshop and want to enlarge their knowledge of design software. It's a must for graphic designers. More Info/Schedule
Full Course Workshops
Sometimes you just gotta know how to make things work. This is the "under the hood" part of our catalog. Here we teach you to use common tools like text editors and terminal sessions to build, edit and understand websites. When you register for a Full Course Workshop series, you receive 3 months of web hosting at no extra charge.
Introduction to HTML and CSS. Get to know the code, learn how to work on basic pages that display images, and other content using only a text editor. Upon completion of this workshop, you will have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS source code and you will be able to run basic sites with confidence. More Info/Schedule
Learn to use JavaScript to make your pages more interactive. Set and Read cookies, validate forms, access specific elements on the page so you can change them dynamically. More Info/Schedule
PHP is an open source server side scripting language that can be used on any platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, other UNIX). It is commonly used to build websites that are not static, like this one. All of the catalog and scheduling information, as well as the sidebars and footers at fenixworkshop.com are generated on-the-fly by PHP code. More Info/Schedule
PHP is a great way to access MySQL databases. PHP and MySQL are both very common on the web, they are used together for message boards, blogs, calendars, shopping carts and many other things that require dynamic content (like this site!). We will manage a project from start to finish in this workshop. More Info/Schedule
Other Services
Fenixworks is a full featured web development firm that has been working on people's websites since 1999. In addition to the Workshops we teach, we are available for some other services.
Teach your own company's classes or do your own training in our workshop. We have 8 workstations and a projector that can be rented to you on an hourly basis. It's a perfect environment for teaching on the Mac, Linux or Windows. Call 503-336-4712, or send email to info at fenixworkshop dot com for more details.
Our instructors are available to teach you on a one on one basis at our place or at yours. Rates for private coaching are $75 per hour. Call 503-336-4712, or send email to info at fenixworkshop dot com for more details.
Fenixworks can be contracted to design and/or maintain your website. We have experience playing in the big sandbox with companies like HP and Wells Fargo, and we have also worked with companies with less than 5 employees. Give us a call, we can help with your situation as well. Call 503-336-4712, or send email to info at fenixworkshop dot com for more details.