Last night, the Developer Meetup welcomed Daniel Bachhuber (@danielbachhuber), code wranger for WordPress.com VIP, to talk the group through WordPress' Rewrite API. Daniel started out asking the room how many thought the rewrite API was a deep, dark, mysterious thing. Many agreed with that, no one thought it was easy. One of the first tools … Continue reading Master the Rewrite API Recap
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Supercharge Your WordPress Recap
Last night, Aaron Hockley (@ahockley) took the time to walk us through supercharging WordPress. We covered everything from picking out a web host to connecting with our readers to speeding up our workflow. Check out Aaron's slides, or the notes below the break. For a good example of these tips in action, check out Splat Photo, Aaron's … Continue reading Supercharge Your WordPress Recap
Byte-Size Workshops Recap
We had a great meetup Monday night with three short sessions and a new user workshop. Kallen Dewey Kentner went slide-free and spoke about breeding blog posts. Taylor Dewey spoke about typography in web design and posted his slides from that talk. Judy Unrein, who spoke about her WordPress workflow, also posted slides over on … Continue reading Byte-Size Workshops Recap
First Developer Meetup Recap
Monday night marked our first ever Developer Meetup! Just under thirty people spent a couple hours meeting one another, drinking beer, and sharing their favorite "I learned this the hard way" stories: Anonymous functions were introduced in PHP 5.3. wp_cache functions can be used to reduced page load time. Ensure your new public theme uses … Continue reading First Developer Meetup Recap
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