The anniversary event is being held in over 200 cities across the globe. We really hope you’ll join us blow out the proverbial candles on WordPress’ anniversary cake.

When: May 27, 2013 7pm
Where: James St. Pub, 390 Bank St, downstairs
No cover charge.

Register at: http://www.meetup.com/WordPress/Ottawa-CA/

The Twitter hash tag for this event is #WP10

Date

Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8:00 AM

Venue

University of Ottawa – Montpetit Hall

Date

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 6:00 PM

Venue

Ottawa Library, Main Branch

“You Have a Backup, Don’t You?”

Could you recover your WordPress website if it was lost due to a hardware failure?  If it was hacked?  If it was corrupted during an update or plugin install?

Having good backups can make the difference between a 10 minute recovery and complete site rebuild that may take up to a week. This presentation will cover the basics of backups, and look at several options for creating and restoring backups.

Presented by Rick Radko, a developer and designer with a passion for finding solutions to difficult design problems.

Meeting Details:

If you want to connect to WiFi, you will need your library card. (unless indicated otherwise above, laptops and connectiion to the internet are not required during the presentation)

Free parking is available on the neighbouring streets after 5:30pm.  Check the signs, a couple of the closest streets are limited to 1hr before 7pm.

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head left, and down the stairs.  (Do not enter into the actual library)  Turn right at the bottom of the stairs and follow the halls to the room.

We ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $450/year  - Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:10 – Presentation

7:30 – Q&A, Mingle and Network

“WordPress and the World of Amazon Web Services (AWS)”

NOTE: LOCATION – Sunnyside Library!!!

Apart from WordPress running locally, on a shared host, or in VPS, it also runs up in the clouds!  This presentation is an introduction to cloud computing as it relates to WordPress.  Although this is an advanced topic, new comers will benefit from the awareness of learning of this new type of technology.

Presented by Dave Adams, a WordPress Systems Admin and Analyst at DS Communications.

Meeting Details:

To connect to WiFi, you need your library card.

Some parking is available in the library lot, there is also parking on the streets west of Bank Street. (Almyer Av.)

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head right, and down the stairs.  Turn left at the bottom of the stairs and follow the signs to the meeting rooms.

We ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $450/year  - Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:10 – Presentation

7:30 – Q&A, Mingle and Network

“How to use Social Media to drive traffic to your WordPress website”

So you’ve built your website, now what? With the many available self-publishing tools out there, content publishers should not adopt a “Build it and they will come approach.” At the end of this presentation you should have a basic understanding of the most popular social media sites out there right now (it changes a lot with new ones popping up all the time!) and be able to assess which platforms would work best to drive traffic to your website.

We will: learn about the most widely used platforms and who uses them, how to decide if they would be right for you and how to develop a basic plan to maximize the use of social media.

Presented by Stéphanie Montreuil, a marketing communications & social media strategist with over 10 years experience in global organizations, as well as non-profits & associations.

Meeting Details:

If you want to connect to WiFi, you will need your library card.

Free parking is available on the neighbouring streets after 5:30pm.  Check the signs, a couple of the closest streets are limited to 1hr before 7pm.

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head left, and down the stairs.  (Do not enter into the actual library)  Turn right at the bottom of the stairs and follow the halls to the room.

We ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $450/year  - Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:10 – Presentation

7:30 – Q&A, Mingle and Network

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Date

Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 6:00 PM

Venue

Ottawa Library, Main Branch

“How to WordPress: The basics” – Part 2 of 2

An introduction to creating your own website (or blog) using WordPress. At the end of this series you should have an understanding of how WordPress works and be able to create a basic site.

Each part will be 2 hours:

In part 1 (November 7th) we: learned about what WordPress is and saw who uses it, got acquainted with the WordPress dashboard, discovered the WordPress settings panel, learned about the different content types and how to add content, including images and video.

In part 2 (January 9th) we will: Do a review of part 1, and then see how to add and manage menus and sidebar widgets, checkout more settings and learn how to adjust your site setup, create and manage users,  look at the resources available on wordpress.org, learn how to install and manage plugins.

Presented by Rick Radko, a developer and designer with a passion for finding solutions to difficult design problems.

Meeting Details:

If you want to connect to WiFi, you will need your library card.

Free parking is available on the neighbouring streets after 5:30pm.  Check the signs, a couple of the closest streets are limited to 1hr before 7pm.

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head left, and down the stairs.  (Do not enter into the actual library)  Turn right at the bottom of the stairs and follow the halls to the room.

We ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $450/year  - Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:05 – Presentation

8:00 – Q&A, Mingle and Network

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Date

Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 6:00 PM

Venue

Ottawa Library, Main Branch

“Ask the Expert & 200 Member Celebration”

Join in the fun, we’re celebrating reaching 200 members!  Chat with topic experts on WordPress and related topics like infrastructure and SEO.  It’s your chance to direct the discussion to what ever YOU want to learn about WordPress.  Bring all your questions, beginner to expert, there will be 5 to 7 identified “Topic Experts” on hand to answer your questions one on one or in small groups. Of course you can discuss your questions with anyone else there too!  We’ll have some refreshments and snacks on hand to help you keep your voice in top speaking condition.

Topic Experts: (more may be added)

Dave Adams of DS Communications works on the admin, optimization, security and the required infrastructures for 15 WordPress sites. For example, one of my sites averaging 500 Visits and 1000 pages views a day. Talk to Dave about: WordPress + infrastructure.

Stéphane Boisvert is a Senior Digital Advisor for Bob Rae, Leader of the Liberal party. Stéphane is part of the team that runs the Liberal.ca network of sites. He has been working with WordPress since 2009 and with PHP and MySQL since 2002. Talk to Stéphane about: WordPress + multi-site, BuddyPress & optimizations.

Jackson Lo is an SEO Consultant specializing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Local Search Optimization. Talk to Jackson about: WordPress + SEO.

Richard Martin is an online entrepreneur. He created and manages a site that provides health services to clients and continuing education training for health professionals. Before going online he did product marketing in Silicon Valley with several companies including Apple, Cisco and Broadcom. Richard now lives in Ottawa. Talk to Richard about: WordPress + how an effective blogging and video strategy can drive clients to your WordPress site.

Rick Radko of R-Cubed Design Forge, is a designer and developer specializing in custom web applications and multilingual WordPress sites. He is also a seasoned WordCamp presenter, and has published WordPress plugins. Talk to Rick about: WordPress + multilingual sites, multi-site, backups and site migration.

Jasmine Vesque is the Communications Marketing Manager for a group of five companies. She maintains their online presence through web design, development, and maintenance, and social media management. She also works as a freelance web and graphic designer. The only thing she loves more than building websites with WordPress, is sharing her knowledge with others. Jasmine recently shared her knowledge as a Ladies Learning Code mentor. Talk to Jasmine about: WordPress.

Meeting Details:

If you want to connect to WiFi, you will need your library card.

Free parking is available on the neighbouring streets after 5:30pm.  Check the signs, a couple of the closest streets are limited to 1hr before 7pm.

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head left, and down the stairs.  (Do not enter into the actual library)  Turn right at the bottom of the stairs and follow the halls to the room.

We ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $450/year  - Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:05 – Ask the expert and network!

8:00 – End

Date

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 6:00 PM

Venue

Ottawa Library, Main Branch

“How to WordPress: The basics” – Part 1 of 2

An introduction to creating your own website (or blog) using WordPress. At the end of this series you should have an understanding of how WordPress works and be able to create a basic site.

Each part will be 2 hours:

In part 1 (November 7th) we will: learn about what WordPress is and see who uses it, get acquainted with the WordPress dashboard, discover the WordPress settings panel, learn about the different content types and how to add content, including images and video.

In part 2 (January 9th) we will: add and manage menus and sidebar widgets, checkout more settings and learn how to adjust your site setup, create and manage users,  look at the resources available on wordpress.org, learn how to install and manage plugins.

Presented by Rick Radko a developer and designer with a passion for finding solutions to difficult design problems.

NOTE: LOCATION – Main Branch.

Meeting Details:

If you want to connect to WiFi, you will need your library card.

Free parking is available on the neighbouring streets after 5:30pm.  Check the signs, a couple of the closest streets are limited to 1hr before 7pm.

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head left, and down the stairs.  (Do not enter into the actual library)  Turn right at the bottom of the stairs and follow the halls to the room.

We ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $450/year  - Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:05 – Presentation

8:00 – Q&A, Mingle and Network

WordCamp Toronto: Developers is for everyone. Enthusiasts, hobbyists, novices, pros – it doesn’t matter. As long as you have an interest in WordPress development, we want you to come!

Presentation Tracks

• Beginner Track: Introduction to WordPress development. We assume that all attendees have a basic understanding of front-end development (HTML & CSS).
• Intermediate Track: Development fundamentals and case studies. A good fit if you’re familiar with the basics of WordPress development and want to approach it professionally.
• Advanced Track: Going beyond WordPress to make you a better developer.

Date

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 6:00 PM

Venue

Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch

“An Introduction to Custom Post Types”

NOTE: LOCATION – Sunnyside Library!!!

Have you ever used a theme or a plugin that offers an additional content area outside of the standard Posts or Pages? These are called Custom Post Types, a great feature in WordPress that allows you to break out into specific areas of content that can be used for anything the mind can imagine.

Whether you are learning about theme development and want to add separate content sections of your own or simply new to using WordPress to manage your content, it is to your advantage to know and understand what custom post types are, and what they can do to simplify your publishing or development life.

Presented by Troy Chaplin, a WordPress designer, developer and enthusiast who enjoys pushing the limits of what can be achieved with each new project.

Meeting Details:

To connect to WiFi, you need your library card.

Some parking is available in the library lot, there is also parking on the streets west of Bank Street. (Almyer Av.)

The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, head right, and down the stairs.  Turn left at the bottom of the stairs and follow the signs to the meeting rooms.

Cost: $4, Exact Change would be greatly appreciated!

Agenda

6:00 – General announcements

6:10 – Presentation

7:30 – Q&A, Mingle and Network