---
title: 'Grav CMS for Educators Workshop Resources'
published: true
date: '10-02-2016 00:00'
metadata:
    'twitter:card': summary
    'twitter:site': '@hibbittsdesign'
    'twitter:title': 'Grav CMS for Educators - Resource List'
    'twitter:description': 'A collection of resources for my Grav CMS for Educators Workshops.'
taxonomy:
    category: blog
    tag:
        - GravCMS
        - Workshop
---

Here is the list of resources for participants in my **Grav CMS for Educators** workshops (bit.ly URL is [http://bit.ly/1PDs3N8](http://bit.ly/1PDs3N8)):

# Grav Skeletons
* [Grav Workshop Demo Site](../../downloads/grav-workshop-demo-site.zip) (bit.ly/1ZZjstZ)
* [Course Hub Skeleton with Admin Panel](../../downloads/grav-skeleton-course-hub-site.zip) (bit.ly/1QQsJ7z)

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# Course Hub Documentation
* [Demo](http://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-course-hub/) (demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-course-hub/)
* [ReadMe](https://github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-skeleton-course-hub/blob/master/README.md) (github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-skeleton-course-hub/blob/master/README.md)  
* [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-skeleton-course-hub) (github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-skeleton-hub-companion/)  

# Suggested Desktop Toolset
* [Atom Text Editor](http://atom.io/) (atom.io) or [Adobe Brackets](http://brackets.io) (brackets.io)
* [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com) (desktop.github.com)  
* [MAMP](https://mamp.info) (mamp.info)

# Installation
## Web Install
**Pre-flight Checklist**  
1. Confirm Web server PHP version (PHP 5.5.9 or higher)
1. Web server login credentials (username and password)

**Installation Steps**  
1. Download a Grav Skeleton from this page (see above list)
1. Unzip the package onto your desktop
1. Copy the _entire_ Grav folder to your Web server
1. Point your browser to the Web server folder
1. Create your site administrator account when prompted
1. And you're done! (press the <i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> icon in the Admin Panel to preview site)

## Desktop Install
**Pre-flight Checklist**  
1. Confirm Web server PHP version (PHP 5.5.9 or higher)
1. Download and install [MAMP](https://www.mamp.info/) (mamp.info)

**Desktop Installation Steps**  
1. Download a Grav Skeleton from this page (see above list)
1. Unzip the Grav package onto your desktop
1. Copy the _entire_ Grav folder into the 'htdocs' folder within your MAMP application folder
1. Launch MAMP
1. Press the MAMP 'Start Servers' button
1. Enter 'localhost:8888' as the URL in your Web Browser
1. Choose the displayed Grav folder name
1. Create your site administrator account when prompted
1. And you're done! (press the <i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> icon in the Admin Panel to preview site)

Now that you have a Grav site present on your computer you can sync those site files to your server in the future, as described in the post [Using Grav with GitHub Desktop](http://hibbittsdesign.org/blog/posts/2015-12-11-using-grav-with-github) (hibbittsdesign.org/blog/posts/2015-12-11-using-grav-with-github).

# Markdown Documentation
* [Markdown Tutorial](http://designedbywaldo.com/en/tools/markdown-tutorial) (designedbywaldo.com/en/tools/markdown-tutorial)  
* [Markdown Cheat Sheet](https://warpedvisions.org/projects/markdown-cheat-sheet/) (warpedvisions.org/projects/markdown-cheat-sheet)   

# Grav Documentation ([learn.getgrav.org/](http://learn.getgrav.org))
* [Installation & Setup Problems](http://learn.getgrav.org/basics/installation#installation-setup-problems) (learn.getgrav.org/basics/installation#installation-setup-problems)  
* [Basic Tutorial](http://learn.getgrav.org/basics/basic-tutorial) (learn.getgrav.org/basics/basic-tutorial)

# Git and GitHub Desktop Overview
* [Git for Designers](http://danielfos.co/notes/git-for-designers)  
* [Getting your project on GitHub](https://guides.github.com/introduction/getting-your-project-on-github/)

# Grav for Educators Workshop Slides
<div class="video-responsive video-responsive-4-3"><iframe src="//slides.com/paulhibbitts/grav-cms-for-educators/embed" width="576" height="420" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div>