General
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, May 9th, 2012
- Date
- Wednesday, May 9, 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.
In part 1 (May 9th) we will: get acquainted with the WordPress dashboard, discover the WordPress settings panel, learn how to add content, including images and video, add and manage menus and sidebar widgets.
In part 2 (June 13th) we will: 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, go through the WordPress update process.
OPTIONAL: If you would like to work along on WordPress during the presentation, please bring your laptop (and your library card to connect to the internet). To work along, you will need WordPress installed at a web host or on your laptop. We will not have time to install WordPress during the main presentation. If you would like help installing WordPress, please join the “Install Camp” meetup at 5:15.
Meeting Details:
To connect to WiFi, you need your library card.
Free parking is available on the neighboring streets after 5:30pm. Check the signs, a couple of 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.
Please bring $4 for the cost of the meeting. Exact Change would be greatly appreciated! 
Agenda
6:00 – General announcements
6:05 – Presentation
Title: How to WordPress: the basics
Speaker: Rick Radko – R-Cubed Design Forge
Level: Beginner
Summary: A session of basic how to’s, useful plugins and tips for the WordPress novice, but there will be some gems for users with experience too.
7:30 – Mingle and Network, Q&A
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, April 11th, 2012
- Date
- Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 6:00 PM
- Venue
- Ottawa Library, Main Branch
Basic WordPress Security
Our presentation for this meeting will cover basic items that everyone should be doing to improve the security of their WordPress sites.
Agenda
6:00 – Mingle and Network
6:10 – General announcements
6:15 – Presentation
Title: Basic WordPress Security
Speaker: Dave Adams of DS-Communications
Level: Beginner
Summary: Got a new site? Finding your way around WordPress? This presentation will at least show you how to lock the house before you leave for the night.
7:15 – Open Q&A, bring your WordPress questions to be answered
7:30 – Mingle and Network
Admin Points:
Free parking is available on the neighboring streets after 5:30pm.
The classroom is downstairs. Enter the main doors, and head left, and down the stairs. (Do not enter into the library)
Please bring $4 for the cost of the meeting… Exact Change would be greatly appreciated
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, March 21st, 2012
- Date
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:00 PM
- Venue
- Ottawa Library, Main Branch
Agenda:
6:00 – Mingle and Network
6:10 – General announcements
6:15 – Presentations
Title: Evaluating WordPress Themes Speaker: Denis St.Amour of DS-Communications Level: Beginner Duration: 15-20 minutes Summary: Got and idea for a website? Looking for a theme to run your site? Do I buy or get one free? This lecture is for you where we will discuss the job of choosing a theme for your next website or revamping your existing site.
Title: Bitnami install for local WordPress testing and learning Speaker: David Cook of iCourses-Ottawa Level: Beginner Duration: 30-35 minutes Summary: Learn how to install Bitnami, a local server environment to run WordPress on your own PC. This set-up will allow you get started playing with WordPress in your own test environment, or you can test new plugins and themes, test code snippets, css changes or content revisions without damaging your live site. Rick will roam around and help anybody needing assistance.
7:15 – Open Q&A bring your WP issues questions to be answered
7:30 – Mingle and Network
Amin Points:
Parking is on the street.
The classroom is downstairs.
Please make sure to bring $4 for the cost of the meeting… Exact Change would be greatly appreciated
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, February 8th, 2012
- Date
- Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 6:00 PM
- Venue
- Ottawa Library, Main Branch
Agenda:
- Dave Adams
- 10 Mins
- Rick Radko
- 10 Mins
- All
- 10 Mins
Presentation:
Don’t: “Just paste this code in your functions.php” – as presented at WordCamp Toronto – Rick Radko – 40 Mins
When you want to add functionality to your WordPress blog with a code snippet from the web, where should you paste it? The source sites say “Just paste this code in your functions.php”, but themes installed from wordpress.org are now part of the update system. When they update, they will overwrite your functions.php and you will lose your code!
This talk will show you how to easily create your own personal upgrade safe places to save your code snippets and theme changes. This presentation is geared towards everyone who uses WordPress.
Hope to see you all at the next meeting… and bring a friend!
Parking is on the street.
The classroom is downstairs in the small classroom.
Please make sure to bring $4 for the cost of the meeting… Exact Change would be greatly appreciated
Ottawa WordPress Meetup, October 26, 2011
Postponed!!
Our apologies to those planning to attend our October meetup, we’ve decided to postpone it until we can get a date/place where more members are available to attend.
We’re going to post a survey here to get some preferences from the group. Watch for an upcoming email to the meetup group for more information.
We are all set for our next meet-up.
When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 6:30 PM
Where: iCourses-Ottawa. Free Parking & Wi-Fi.
We will have two topics for this months meet-up in keeping with our Blogger and Developer Streams. The topics are:
Blogging Stream:
Top 10 Tips for Blogging with WordPress – Presenter – David Cook
Get a head start on your own blog (or take it to the next level) by learning the top 10 tips, which are specifically geared toward anyone running on or planning to launch a site on the self-hosted WordPress.org platform.
Developer Stream:
An upgrade safe technique to add functions to your blog – Presenter – Rick Radko
When you want to add functionality to your WordPress blog with a code snippet from the web, where should you paste it? The source sites say “Just paste this code in your functions.php”, but themes installed from wordpress.org are now part of the update system. When they update, they will overwrite your functions.php and you will lose your code!
This talk will show you how to easily create your own personal upgrade safe places to save your code snippets and theme changes. This presentation is geared towards everyone who uses WordPress.
Hope to see you all at the next meeting….and bring a friend!