Craft Your Digital Space: Websites & Online Shops for Creatives

Professional Workshop Series: Craft Your Digital Space: Websites & Online Shops for Creatives

Tualatin Valley Creates (TVC) offers workshops as a way for artists to connect while learning about important and interesting topics. In January, 2025, TVC is kicking off the year partnering with the Clackamas Arts Alliance to bring you the workshop Craft Your Digital Space: Websites & Online Shops for Creatives, with workshop presenter Tim Yardley, owner of Halcyon Hosting, LLC.

This Workshop will be held on Zoom from 6:30-8:30pm on January 23, 2025.

 Topics included in this workshop will be: 

1. Securing a Domain name
2. Domain Registration
3. SSL Certificate, HTTPS
4. Costs
5. Porkbun.com
6. Local resource, affordable
7. Monthly fees
8. Online and Retail store
9. What is your business need?
10. Payment Processes
11. Discussion
12. PCI-DSS for credit cards. Processing standard for some sites
13. Square and Stripe for payment processing.
14. Platforms; versions, e-commerce
15. Etsy, Shopify, Wordpress, WooCommerce
16. SEO for each platform
17. Branding your e-commerce store.
18. Logo
19. Social media integration
20. Upkeep and Maintenance
21. Q&A

Who: Tim Yardley, owner of Halcyon Hosting LLC, is a 20+ year veteran of website hosting and dev ops.  Halcyon Hosting LLC, is a Beaverton based web host specializing in WordPress that believes in helping local businesses reach their full potential regardless of web host.  Tim Yardley, a native of Oregon, grew up in the Beaverton area, where you can often find him wandering around with a camera taking 360-degree photos or videos for local businesses.

Personal IG

https://www.instagram.com/tim.yardley

Business IG

https://www.instagram.com/halcyonhosting

Halcyon Hosting LLC Website

https://halcyon-hosting.com/

What:  Professional Workshop -  Craft Your Digital Space: Websites & Online Shops for Creatives

Where: Virtual Workshop on Zoom

When:  Thursday, January 23rd, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 pm pm PST

Fee: $10 non-refundable registration.

Registration: Must register in advance at: 

Contact Tualatin Valley Creates at [email protected] to learn more.

About

Clackamas Arts Alliance is the voice for Clackamas County arts and culture, serving the communities of Clackamas County from the banks of the Willamette River to the slopes of Mount Hood, and advocating for arts and culture in regional, county, and city planning. Founded in 1994, and incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2003, we are the chief resource for seven municipal arts commissions, four guilds, 13 libraries, 35 museums, and hundreds of artists, writers, performers, creative entrepreneurs, businesses, and educators. We are the fiscal agent for the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition, which distributes Oregon Cultural Trust funds to more than 75 local arts, history, heritage, humanities organizations, and cultural creatives. We nurture local artists and creatives – and encourage network building – by providing connections with training, performance and exhibitionopportunities, and commerce channels. Our Artists Exhibition Program, local arts festivals, and other creative activities connect the public with cultural enrichment and showcase local artists and arts organizations. We maintain a robust calendar of activities, experiences, and opportunities for everyone in the public to enjoy, creating pathways for all comers to access and participate in arts and cultural activities. For more information, please visit www.clackamasartsalliance.org 

Tualatin Valley Creates is the leading arts service organization for Washington County, Oregon. TVC’s mission is to foster an inclusive, resilient, and creative community by celebrating the local arts, culture, heritage and humanities throughout the county’s 15 cities and unincorporated areas. This includes Aloha, Banks, Beaverton, Bethany, Cedar Mill, Cornelius, Durham, Forest Grove, Gaston, Hillsboro, King City, North Plains, Sherwood, Tigard and Tualatin. 

TVC is an organization driven by advocacy and action. Originally founded in 1999 as the “Westside Cultural Alliance” by a group of art advocates, it gained its status as an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit shortly after. Since then, it continues to support community members by providing the latest news about local events, funding resources, professional development and economic opportunities. TVC also strives to make arts and culture accessible to its under-served populations by offering free networking events, workshops and the Arts & Culture Leadership Incubator. Through these efforts, TVC continues to uplift its vision of cultivating a robust arts and culture ecosystem in Washington County.

For more information visit www.tvcreates.org.

Event Venue

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