April 2015 ***Not Beginner*** Meetup
Date
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015 7:00 PM
V for Virtualization
Vagrant and Varying Vagrant Vagrants ( VVV ) are great tools for any WordPress developer but getting up and running with them can be confusing and intimidating.This presentation will be a practical introduction to Vagrant, it’s concepts and commands and VVV, one of the most popular Vagrant configurations for WordPress. We’ll walk through installation and setup for Vagrant and VVV, discuss Vagrant concepts such as Provisioners and Boxes, introduce VVV’s features and talk about some other tools to speed up workflow.
Please note that while Vagrant and VVV are platform agnostic, this demo will be done on a Mac using the command line.
Presented by Ryan Welcher. Ryan is a Web developer with over 10 years experience, a web engineer at 10up and a WordPress core contributor.
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
April 2015 WordPress Meet-Up
Date
Wednesday, 01 Apr 2015 6:00 PM
Make your WP Content More Accessible, Searchable, SEO-friendly & Fun!
Communicating clearly is key to making your WP website work effectively. A WP Content Management System (CMS) is just one element of your social media marketing mix. Some consider it the focal point (hub) of your online communications strategy while others suggest it’s just another channel. Websites are being challenged to stay relevant in a digital ecosystem where mobile apps “almost” make your coffee. Websites can become bogged down with too many blogs, photographs, videos and generally – too much information. Your WP site/s must offer a compelling and clear call to action ensuring that your corporate mission, goals and objectives are strategically focused, clearly communicated and therefore accessible.
Madelaine Palko, the Principal of MPalko Media Consulting, has extensive experience in editorial, curatorial and content management. She was educated in Fine Art at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and attended graduate school at Concordia University, Montreal for Communications and Media Studies. Her love of art, media and popular culture, and experience in communications provide a well-grounded approach to WP content production and management. Her most recent full-time job was as Canadian Content Editor for NTN Buzztime, Inc. an interactive trivia game company based in Toronto ON / Carlsbad, Ca.
Madelaine will provide you with practical tips and resources that will help you optimize your WP content. She will cover topics such as: know your audience, pick the best WP template for your needs, follow basic visual communications design concepts, use plain language, add accurate transcriptions, captions and subtitles to your video content, use clear alternative text descriptions to images, perform regular content audits, etc. These content management suggestions will help you make your WP site more accessible, searchable, SEO-friendly and fun to navigate.
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)
March 2015 ***Not Beginner*** Meetup
Date
Wednesday, 18 Mar 2015 7:00 PM
Introducing WordPress theme WordPress development
I’m going to be giving a presentation introducing beginner WordPress developers to theme development. We will cover topics such as theme structure, content types, the loop, styles, functions.php, and even deploying a theme with git/github, given the time. A basic knowledge of PHP and the usage of WordPress is required for this talk. We will not be discussing user-facing features, rather the code that generates the pages that users see. Slides and source code will be provided!
Presented by: Connor Hicks. Connor is the newest intern at Automattic! He works for the WordPress VIP team working on internal tools. He also attended Carleton University studying Computer Science, with a concentration in mobile development and web services.
This is an introductory level talk for anyone who is interested in learning how to begin customizing WordPress.
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
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, March 4, 2015
Date
Wednesday, 04 Mar 2015 6:00 PM
WordPress Q&A
Jasmine Vesque, Ryan Welcher, Rick Radko and other experienced WordPress Guru’s will field questions from the group. Bring your WordPress questions and we’ll do our best to answer them.
Agenda
6:00 – General announcements
6:05 – Open WordPress Q&A
7:00 – Open help session “Happiness Bar” – get answers to your WordPress questions one on one.
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)
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, February 11, 2015
Date
Wednesday, 11 Feb 2015 6:00 PM
Digital Marketing with WordPress
Do you want to communicate a message to your users? Do you want to persuade them to agree with you? Do you want them to take an action? If yes, then you need more than a just a website that acts as a fancy brochure. You need a digital marketing platform.
David Mackey will be presenting on how to transform your vanilla WordPress website into a digital marketing platform using WordPress Plugins. Come see how it’s done and share your favourite marketing plugin with the community.
Presented by David Mackey. David is a Digital Marketing Consultant based in Kanata. He has 25+ years experience of building and supporting multi-tiered server applications and telecommunication systems. His recent programming experience includes three years of working with WordPress. He is excited to share what he’s learned about Digital Marketing and how you can leverage your WordPress website for persuasion.
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)