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WordCamp Ottawa 2013, Saturday, April 27th
- Date
- Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8:00 AM
- Venue
- University of Ottawa – Montpetit Hall
Register for WordCamp Ottawa 2013 at: http://2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org/register. (not on Meetup)
WordCamp Ottawa 2013 will feature 17 sessions in 3 tracks: (you can sit in on any session(s) in any track(s) you wish, even hopping between tracks, there are no restrictions as to which ones you attend)
- “Content Creators” with presentations that will help users that create content in WordPress sites.
- “Site Creators” with content for those who are more experienced users, but not necessarily designers or developers.
- “Code Creators” will include presentations for designers or developers about site set-up, theme design, plugin development, best practices for development, and more.
See the speaker lineup at: Speakers
See the sessions at: Sessions
We will also have an unconference session on “The Role of Women in the WordPress Community”, a panel discussing “Building Your Business, Cause, or Brand using WordPress” as well as a pre-camp “Introduction to WordPress”.
Add in the “Happiness Bar” where you can get one on one help with your WordPress questions, and all together we’ll have about 30 talented people, many from our own WordPress community, and others from as far away as Vancouver, presenting to you the latest and greatest for WordPress.
Don’t miss this great event! Register now!
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, Apr 3rd, 2013
- 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
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, Mar 6th, 2013
- Date
- Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 6:00 PM
- Venue
- Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch
“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
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, Feb 6th, 2013
- Date
- Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 6:00 PM
- Venue
- Ottawa Library, Main Branch
“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
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, Jan 9th, 2013
- 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