Portland WordPress User Group » Betsy Richter http://pdxwp.com Feeling and Spreading the WordPress Love in the Rose City Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:22:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 PDXWP Site Backed by Network Redux! http://pdxwp.com/2010/01/pdxwp-site-backed-by-network-redux/ http://pdxwp.com/2010/01/pdxwp-site-backed-by-network-redux/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:30:16 +0000 Betsy Richter http://pdxwp.com/?p=144 I used the Network Redux-hosted gathering at Beer & Blog a few months ago to secure a free lifetime account for the Portland WordPress user group so I could move it off of my own paid hosting plan. While it took me a while to get the site actually migrated, we’ve been running smoothly here for a month or so now.

When I made the announcement here, I threw in an offhand reference to the upcoming domain registration costs for the site as well, hoping to get some kind soul(s) to kick in for renewal costs. Frankly, I figured I’d just hit up the user group attendees in January, collect a few bucks, & call it good.

Not so — instead, I received an unsolicited email a week or so ago from Network Redux’s CEO Thomas Brenneke in response to this earlier post: “We’d like to take care of your domain registrations for the two years. Can you tell me what domains you need registered/renewed and my team will get you squared away?” And they did.

So, to Thomas, Damien & the rest of the Network Redux team — thank you on behalf of the whole PDXWP user group!

(I can also unequivocably recommend Network Redux, as they’re now providing the hosting for OurPDX & a few other sites I manage. Yes, I’m now a paying customer of theirs & very happy with both the service & support.)

]]> http://pdxwp.com/2010/01/pdxwp-site-backed-by-network-redux/feed/ 2 Site’s Been Moved to a New Host http://pdxwp.com/2009/12/sites-been-moved-to-a-new-host/ http://pdxwp.com/2009/12/sites-been-moved-to-a-new-host/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:06:56 +0000 Betsy Richter http://pdxwp.com/?p=132 Our thanks to the people at Network Redux for providing free lifetime hosted service for the Portland WordPress User Group! (I’m especially grateful ’cause that’s one less thing for yours truly to have to cough up…)

Speaking of – the domain names (.com, .net and .org) for the site are set to expire in mid-January. Contact me at betsy@ourpdx.com if you’re interested in helping cover that cost for the next year.

]]> http://pdxwp.com/2009/12/sites-been-moved-to-a-new-host/feed/ 1 May 14 Meeting Agenda – Plugins, Questions & One Free Pass to OSBridge! http://pdxwp.com/2009/05/may-14-meeting-agenda-plugins-questions-one-free-pass-to-osbridge/ http://pdxwp.com/2009/05/may-14-meeting-agenda-plugins-questions-one-free-pass-to-osbridge/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 13:31:01 +0000 Betsy Richter http://pdxwp.com/?p=35 We’d love to see you at this month’s Portland WordPress User Group meeting tomorrow at Webtrends. We’ll be talking about plugins: the good, the bad and the ugly. Come prepared to talk about the plugins you use and love, or share with us the plugins you may have flirted with – but it just didn’t end well. Plus — are you a plugin junkie? How to tell you might be heading for trouble.

We’ll also get an update about September’s WordCamp conference from Aaron Hockley, and get a preview of the conference space itself. We’ll leave time for questions – I know one member will want to talk about a way to use WordPress to handle calendars, event registration and PayPal integration.

And if that’s not enough of an incentive? We also have a free Open Source Bridge conference pass to give away to one lucky attendee, plus discount registration codes for everyone else. (Of course, you’ll have to be there tomorrow night in order to win and/or get the registration codes.)

Meeting details as follows…

When: Thursday, May 14th. 6:00-7:30 pm
Where: WebTrends (map)
851 SW 6th Ave # 600
Portland, OR 97204
Meeting details: Calagator
RSVP on Upcoming

Please join us!

Early heads-up: next month’s meeting (scheduled for Thursday, 6/18) will be at Open Source Bridge – we’re going to take over the Hacker Lounge at 6 pm!

]]> http://pdxwp.com/2009/05/may-14-meeting-agenda-plugins-questions-one-free-pass-to-osbridge/feed/ 0 May PDXWP meeting 5/14 at WebTrends http://pdxwp.com/2009/05/may-pdxwp-meeting-514-at-webtrends/ http://pdxwp.com/2009/05/may-pdxwp-meeting-514-at-webtrends/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 20:02:56 +0000 Betsy Richter http://pdxwp.com/?p=32 (This is a ‘save the date/time/location’ announcement only – look for more details about the topic/agenda as the day grows closer.)

Last month, we agreed to move our regular 3rd Thursday meeting up a week to avoid conflicting with a WebVisions party. We also wanted a chance to get a closer look at the space where Portland WordCamp will be in September.

Well – (in the words of our late unlamented fearless leader): Mission(s) Accomplished:

When: Thursday, May 14th. 6:00-7:30 pm
Where: WebTrends (map)
851 SW 6th Ave # 600
Portland, OR 97204
Meeting details: Calagator
RSVP on Upcoming

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(Betsy will be happy to share her tales of migrating five WP sites to a new server in a single weekend this Thursday, in fact!)

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