At our April 15 meeting, Michael Fields will present "Taxonomies Are a Wonderful Thing." He'll tell us what taxonomies are, why we should use them, and how to set up and use your own custom taxonomies. You want to know what a taxonomy is NOW? Well, they're sort of like tags and sort of like … Continue reading April 15: Taxonomies Are a Wonderful Thing
Meetings
March 18: Multisite features and more in WordPress 3.0
Join us March 18th at 6:00 p.m. as Aaron Jorbin demonstrates the new multisite, custom post type and menu management features coming in WordPress 3.0. This will be an opportunity to see some of the biggest changes to WordPress in quite some time. Some of the things Aaron will go through include: What the multisite … Continue reading March 18: Multisite features and more in WordPress 3.0
February 18: WordPress and Statistics
Join us Thursday, February 18 to talk about statistics: what programs can you use, what are the benefits and drawbacks of each, and what can they tell you that's really useful? Chris O'Rourke will join us to talk about Mint. We'll also look at the WP-Stats plugin, Google Analytics and Woopra. Do you use any … Continue reading February 18: WordPress and Statistics
January 21: Aaron Hockley On How To Launch a Blog
UPDATE: If you missed the meeting, or if you'd like to review an outline of Aaron's talk, you can find it at Another Blogger. Thank you, Aaron! Actually, the name of Aaron's talk is "After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out how to Do it Right." Aaron presented this talk at WordCamp Seattle, … Continue reading January 21: Aaron Hockley On How To Launch a Blog
Using Child Themes – November 12, 2009
Sites we mentioned or looked at in our discussion of WordPress child themes. On ThemeShaper: How To Protect Your WordPress Theme Against Upgrades How I Used a WordPress Child Theme To Redesign My Blog How to Modify WordPress Themes the Smart Way Devin Price's website: WordPress Theming Michael Fields is working child theme support into … Continue reading Using Child Themes – November 12, 2009
We’re Meeting This Week! Let’s Talk Child Themes.
We had a more developer-focused meeting in October, and a great discussion with Aaron Jorbin, Eric Curtis, Michael Fields, Kevin Peoples and Devin Price. We discussed bugs, taxonomies, wp-ecommerce, themes, svn, git, and more. Don't know what all of those things are? Me, either. But if you come to a meeting, maybe someone else can … Continue reading We’re Meeting This Week! Let’s Talk Child Themes.
August Recap, NO MEETING in September
Hello, WordPressers! I'm here with a recap of the August meeting, but first, a reminder that there is NO WORDPRESS USER GROUP MEETING in September, because WordCamp Portland is the same week. Unfortunately, if you don't already have a ticket, WordCamp Portland is SOLD OUT! The August meeting was all about themes. Robin Catesby led … Continue reading August Recap, NO MEETING in September
August 20: All About Themes
Kelly Guimont and Robin Catesby will join us on Thursday, August 20 to talk about WordPress themes! We'll be splitting up into two groups, and plan to have something for people with and without technical backgrounds. Kelly (@verso) describes herself on LinkedIn as a "Product Poster Girl, Powergeek, Professional Question-Asker." She was one of the … Continue reading August 20: All About Themes
July Meeting Wrap-Up (Making Money Blogging)
In July, we were pleased to welcome Sam Churchill of dailywireless.org! 18 people attended, and the discussion was lively and informative. The slide show from Sam's presentation on making money blogging is available on Slideshare. Also, we're considering a change to our meeting time. Please vote in the poll! Our next meeting will be August … Continue reading July Meeting Wrap-Up (Making Money Blogging)
July 23 – Sam Churchill on How to Make Money With Your Blog
We're pleased to announce the topic and speaker for our July 23 meeting. Sam Churchill, author of dailywireless.org, will be joining us to discuss how to make money with your blog. Sam will share a history of his revenue stream along with ideas that have worked for him. As always, we'll have time for general … Continue reading July 23 – Sam Churchill on How to Make Money With Your Blog
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