I spoke about this a few months ago and now we have the particulars.

date: November 2, 2003
time: 10:00 ~ 15:00 (one hour for lunch)
place: Tokai University Fukuoka Junior College
address: 1137 Taku, Akama, Fukuoka

Take the JR kagoshima line to Akama Station and get out at the South gate. A walk would be about twenty minutes up an imposing hill, so it's easier to just take a taxi. Tell the driver "Tokai Tanki Dai, kudasai"

Primary instruction will be given in Japanese. I will be available to take questions in English when it's not my turn at the mike, and my partner, Izu Sensei can answer most questions in English.

If yu have an interest in going please leave me a comment to this news, as we need to know how many temporary databases and install folders to prepare.

Below is the ad copy and curriculum for he four hour seminar


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XOOPS is gaining great popularity across the country as freeeware distributed under the GPL license. We'll be holding a seminar that even beginners can understand on how to use XOOPS to convert your static site to a "dynamic" one. This seminar should help establish the start of strong XOOPS community in the Kyushu area. Those with an interest in how XOOPS can help them bring their web presence to another level should definitely join us on November 2 at Tokai Fukuoka Junior College.

participants are not expected to know anything more than basic html and browser operations. We will not be discussing Apache, MySQL, or php directly.

10:00 - 12:00 Section1

10 ~ 10:30
:Izu lecture on origins of CMS and OpenSource Software:
-What is a dynamic site versus a static site?
-What is a CMS
-What is FreeWare and the GPL

10:15
:Specifically XOOPS:
-What is AMP?
-What is XOOPS?

10:20
:XOOPS examples:
-Abe Shinzo [http://www2.s-abe.or.jp/]
-eTOKAI [etokai.org]
-Ashita Mo Hare [www.seiko-jiro.net]

10:30
:Look at what XOOPS does at Izu's XOOPS9 (www.xoops9.com):
-register an account (show how true [non-automatic] registration works)
-send/retrieve a private message
-text editor features
-post a forum message
-post a news item


11:00
:Cruz practical lesson on installation (post FTP upload):
-all students refer to their assigned UserName PassWord and "Site" URL in their handouts
-go to install URL and begin installation procedure
-finish install
-delete install folder
-set mainfile.php permissions


11:20
:ADMINISTRATION:
-Module control, install "Polls"
-submit poll
-basic preferences


11:30
:column/Block control:
-visibility
-weight
-Top Page Message (custom center block)
-Top Page module (News)
:extra time : other centre blocks:


11:45
:back to user interface:
-submit news on your own site
-create forum category on your own site and post a welcome message
-register and post forum message on other person's site.
-use contact page to send email to site administrator


11:55
:quick questions/review:


LUNCH
:working lunch with Cruz and Izu taking questions informally from the group.:


:Section2 (13:00 ~ 15:00):


13:00
:Theme Customization:
-theme sites OceanNet/
-choose a theme from OCN list and install that from your own site
-theme control block
-theme control in system preferences / theme selection, default theme~
(extra time-theme file hacks)


13:15
:Comments:
-submitting/editing


13:20
:System Images:
-image manager
-image insertion (css support on some browsers not complete)


13:35
:MyAlbum-P:
-get a photo from web (check Cruz's Slipstream Harbour [slipstreamharbour.com] or AshitaMoHare [www.seiko-jiro.net])
-Submit Photos"
-validation
-Set preferences
-edit photo library


13:50
:PiCal Event/Calendar module:
-module installation
-event insertion
-event edit/deletion


14:00
:TinyContent:
-create an HTML page or download set file from XOOPS9
-create HTML content in TinyContent text editor

14:30
:FAQ:
-question submission
-alerts
-editing


14:40
:Open Questions:

:visit jp.XOOPS.org or www.XOOPS.org for support:


15:00
:Congratulation:

participants are encouraged to continue working on their practice sites. Sites will be taken down after the seminar closes. Passwords/suernames will no longer be valid.

18:00
:XOOPS Kyushu OffLine Party:

:Information will appear soon on the XOOPS9 website:
:http://xoops.com: