January 2015 ***Not Beginner*** Meetup
Date
Wednesday, 21 Jan 2015 7:00 PM
Getting started with WordPress development
Ready to start customizing WordPress but aren’t quite sure where to start? This presentation will help get you going in the right direction by showing you some tools, talking about some Gotcha’s and providing an introduction to some code.
Presented by: Ryan Welcher, a web developer with over 10 years experience working for Mediaplus Advertising here in Ottawa.
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, Dec 3, 2014
Date
Wednesday, 03 Dec 2014 6:00 PM
“Ask the Expert & 750 Member Celebration”
Chat with topic experts on WordPress and related topics. 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 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!
Topic Experts:
Meagan Hanes is an interactive multimedia designer and developer who specializes in using WordPress to create fantastic, effective, maintainable and secure websites for clients of all kinds. Talk to Meagan about: WordPress.com, WordPress Troubleshooting, Plugins and Themes.
Shawn Hooper has been developing web applications since the late 90’s, and has been actively working with WordPress for the past few years. This year he started speaking at community events, presenting at both WordCamp Ottawa and Toronto. His interests are in making the web DO cool things. As WordPress grows as an application framework, it does exactly that…. cool things! Talk to Shawn about: API Integrations, Security, Managing WordPress from the Command Line, Plugins, or any other developer topics.
Jackson Lo is an expert in Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Having worked on countless projects with national brands to small businesses, Jackson brings a breathe of knowledge and experience in optimizing WordPress sites for both humans and search engines. If you feel your WordPress site is not stacking up to SEO best practices or you’re stuck, Jackson is the guy you’ll want to speak to. Jackson also runs a digital marketing agency located in Ottawa called SteerUp Marketing. He recently released a free tool called the Schema Creator Tool. Talk to Jackson about: WordPress SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Local Search Marketing, Content Marketing and Google Analytics.
Rick Radko of R-Cubed Design Forge, is a designer and developer specializing in custom web applications and multilingual WordPress sites. He has published WordPress plugins, is a WordCamp Ottawa Co-organizer and a frequent WordCamp speaker. Talk to Rick about: WordPress, custom themes, custom plugins, multilingual sites, backups and site migration.
Christopher Ross is a website designer, developer, speaker, and consultant who enjoys long walks with shortcodes, functional arguments, and playing with other people’s APIs. Talk to Christopher about: issues with larger sites, optimization, and structure issues, as well as advanced developer topics.
Jasmine Vesque is a web evangelist who enjoys helping people share their most important stories and ideas. She is a web specialist, digital marketer, and graphic designer. Her boutique web agency, Forward Slash Media, provides a wide range of digital solutions and technology training. She loves teaching and regularly contributes as both an instructor and mentor to the Ottawa WordPress Group and Ladies Learning Code. Jasmine is also a WordCamp Ottawa organizer and regular WordCamp speaker. Talk to Jasmine about: WordPress, Web Design, Social Media, and Digital Marketing.
Ryan Welcher is a web developer with over 10 year experience who has been working with WordPress since about 2009. He believes there really isn’t much WordPress can’t do, and has been able to successful rely on it for projects ranging from large websites integrated with 3rd party software, to native mobile apps, to single page sites and browser based games. Talk to Ryan about: plugin development, hooks, custom post types, WordPress as a data source, and development processes.
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 2014 ***Not Beginner*** Meetup
Date
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014 7:00 PM
Make your stylesheets sassy: Getting started with Sass
Sass is a CSS preprocessor that you can use to make your stylesheets faster, more succinct and actually enjoyable to write. Sass stands for “Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets” (no joke) and this presentation is for developers who are new to Sass and looking to get started with their first .scss files (the ‘S’ stands for “sassy”).
Nathan will be covering how you can get your workflow ready for Sass, using the Scss syntax, and his recommended structure for your .scss files. Additionally, Nathan will discuss how you can implement popular frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation using Sass while avoiding the bloat of hundreds of lines of styles you have no intention of using. Finally, Nathan will show developers how to integrate their stylesheets into their project using WordPress’ recommended way via the functions.php file.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop with them. You will benefit from installing a prepossessing application before-hand such as Prepos (Windows and Mac), Cactus (Mac), or CodeKit (Mac) all of which have free trial versions. Using these applications will get you up and running with Sass instantly along with other benefits which will be discussed during the talk.
Presented by Nathan Ferguson. Nathan is an Ottawa web developer who builds client sites predominantly with the WordPress platform. Nathan’s focus is on front-end development and is eager to share what he’s learned with the WordPress community.
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 $450/year)
Agenda
7:00 – General announcements
7:10 – Presentation
8:00 – Q&A
8:30 – Wrap-up
WordCamp Toronto 2014
WordCamp Toronto is an annual, volunteer-run conference that’s all about WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system (CMS).
WordCamp Toronto is for anyone interested in WordPress.
Our goal at WordCamp Toronto is to showcase, connect, and inspire all WordPress users from around Toronto (and beyond), regardless of experience or skill level.
We’re still in the early planning stages, but you can expect a mix of:
- Educational presentations & project showcases.
- Insightful panel discussions on a variety of topics.
- Hands-on workshops that dive into using WordPress.
- Plenty of opportunities to meet new people and chat about WordPress.
Full details at: http://2014.toronto.wordcamp.org/welcome/
Ottawa WordPress Meet-up, Nov 5, 2014
Date
Wednesday, 05 Nov 2014 6:00 PM
Building on the basics, an introduction to HTML, CSS, and WordPress
A lighthearted look at the basics of HMTL, CSS, and WordPress theme structure. An ideal starting point for anybody just starting out, seasoned developers hoping to heckle, and people who need a little more style in their tags. Be prepared to ask questions!
Presented by Christopher Ross. Christopher is a Canadian WordPress designer, developer, speaker, teacher, and consultant who enjoys long walks with shortcodes, functional arguments, and playing with other people’s APIs.
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.
8:00 – Adjourn
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 $450/year)