January 2016 WordPress Meet-Up
Date
Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016 6:00 PM
WordPress Content 101
This session is an introduction to adding content in WordPress.
We’ll look at:
•posts, pages and custom post types.
•adding categories and tags.
•publishing in the future by changing the default publishing options.
•adding images.
•embedding YouTube videos.
•the text view. (HTML)
•post list options.
•the quick editor.
•TinyMCE Advanced plugin.
Presented by Rick Radko. Rick is a developer/designer and WordPress guru. At <a>R-Cubed Design Forge</a>, he develops custom plugins, themes and multilingual websites.
Agenda
6:00 – General announcements
6:05 – Presentation(s)
7 ish – Questions
7:30 – Open help session “Happiness Bar” – get answers to your WordPress questions.
Meeting Details:
LOCATION NOTE:
We have a private space reserved downstairs. Enter the main doors, turn left, and down the stairs.
No donations for this meeting! If attendees buy enough food etc. from the pub it covers our tab. (We normally ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $150-450/year)
December 2015 ***Not Beginner*** Meetup
Date
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2015 7:00 PM
GIT
Presentations and open discussions on Git and using Git for version control with WordPress
We’re looking for 3-5 people to present at this session. If you would like to do a short presentation on how you use Git, or lead the discussion about Git for 10-20 minutes, please let us know.
Confirmed presenters:
Mike Dickson: Mike will share his method of using git with WordPress to enable easy version testing, rollbacks, content separation and the .gitignore file that nearly killed him.
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Roman Rus: Options for introducing git into the FTP workflow.
The goal is to replace working on the FTP in such way that resulting workflow is better in all regards, in particular:provide easily accessible history, backup, allow complex collaboration and be sure that we do not overwrite the changes introduced by people that still resist git and keep using FTP to directly change the files on server.
Roman has been working with WordPress since 2008, and as a freelance WordPress developer since 2011 rwebs.ca. He is a full time Web Developer at Machine Agency machine-agency.com.
Meeting Details:
This is a meetup in our “Not Beginner” series. This series of talks is for WordPress (or related) presentations that are not at a beginner level. Anyone at any experience level is welcome to attend, but there will be an assumption in the presentations and discussion that attendees have some knowledge of WordPress.
Senate Room, 6th Floor – Robertson Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive. Robertson Hall marked on Google: http://goo.gl/maps/1UkxO
Parking on campus requires payment, but all of the lots, including the garage just to the north of Roberson Hall, cap at $7 for the evening after 5pm. http://www5.carleton.ca/parking/visitors/parking-rates/
No donations for this meeting! (We normally ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $150-450/year)
Agenda
7:00 – General announcements
7:10 – Presentation
8:00 – Q&A
8:30 – Wrap-up
December 2015 WordPress Meet-Up
Date
Wednesday, 02 Dec 2015 6:00 PM
“Ask the Expert”
At our annual “Ask the Expert” meeting, YOU get to pick the topic! Ask our experts about anything you want to learn about in WordPress. This is also a great meeting to bring friends who are new to WordPress, as the small groups or one on one make it less public. Nobody will know if you are a complete WordPress beginner.
Bring all your questions, beginner to expert. Show us a bug on your site, we’ll try to help you. There will be 5 to 10 identified “Topic Experts” on hand to answer your questions one on one or in small groups.
Of course you can discuss your questions, or WordPress or just shoot the breeze with anyone else there too!
Agenda
6:00 – General announcements
6:05 – Ask the expert and network!
8:00 – End
Meeting Details:
LOCATION NOTE:
We have a private space reserved downstairs. Enter the main doors, turn left, and down the stairs.
No donations for this meeting! If attendees buy enough food etc. from the pub it covers our tab. (We normally ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $150-450/year)
November 2015 ***Not Beginner*** Meetup
Date
Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015 7:00 PM
Make your life easier with nodejs based task runners
Let’s talk about task runners (specifically Gulp / Grunt) and how they can drastically improve your workflow. I’ll show you how to setup and configure a task runner (Gulp) talk about differences between the various task runners available and how to install and configure plugins.
Mike Corkum is the Senior Web Developer at Carleton University where he and his team manage a network of close to 400 WordPress installs. He has been developing for the web for almost 20 years, is a WordPress core contributor, hates short codes and loves cake.
Meeting Details:
This is a meetup in our “Not Beginner” series. This series of talks is for WordPress (or related) presentations that are not at a beginner level. Anyone at any experience level is welcome to attend, but there will be an assumption in the presentations and discussion that attendees have some knowledge of WordPress.
Senate Room, 6th Floor – Robertson Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive. Robertson Hall marked on Google: http://goo.gl/maps/1UkxO
Parking on campus requires payment, but all of the lots, including the garage just to the north of Roberson Hall, cap at $7 for the evening after 5pm. http://www5.carleton.ca/parking/visitors/parking-rates/
No donations for this meeting! (We normally ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $150-450/year)
Agenda
7:00 – General announcements
7:10 – Presentation
8:00 – Q&A
8:30 – Wrap-up
November 2015 WordPress Meet-Up
Date
Wednesday, 04 Nov 2015 6:00 PM
Speed Up Your Site! (rescheduled from last month)
Did you know the average user will wait only 2-3 seconds waiting for a webpage to load before abandoning it forever? Having a fast website is critical to its success. How do you ensure your site loads fast and reliably, to all kinds of users around the world? In this presentation we’ll discuss seven strategies for increasing your WordPress site’s speed.
Covering caching, content delivery networks, image optimization, file optimization, database cleaning, and hosting and theme choices, you’re guaranteed to leave this presentation with concrete next steps for improving your site’s performance.
Meagan Hanes is a designer of digital things, photographer, founder of the Arnprior WordPress Community, and all around creative gal living in Arnprior, Ontario. She enjoys creating easy-to-use websites and technology solutions for businesses big and small. When not giving back to the WP community, you’ll find her working on catching all 721 Pokémon.
Agenda
6:00 – General announcements
6:05 – Presentation(s)
7 ish – Questions
7:30 – Open help session “Happiness Bar” – get answers to your WordPress questions.
Meeting Details:
LOCATION NOTE:
We have a private space reserved downstairs. Enter the main doors, turn left, and down the stairs.
No donations for this meeting! If attendees buy enough food etc. from the pub it covers our tab. (We normally ask for a $4 donation to help cover the cost of the room and our Meetup fees, which total about $150-450/year)