Category: Meeting Minutes
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Apr2012: Prototyping Web Apps with WordPress (DEV) & WP and Ecommerce (Beginner)
Meetup Link: https://meetup.bostonwp.org/events/54185662/ Pizza is sponsored byAMP Agency. AMP Agency is an integrated communications agency that employs an “Insights Inspired, Results Driven” approach to conceive, develop and implement innovative marketing solutions across a range of channels. All recommendations AMP makes are inspired by consumer…
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Mar 2012: What Would Core Do? (Dev) & Design, Content Strat, UX, SEO (Beg)
Meetup Link: https://meetup.bostonwp.org/events/46930142/ ***We will have pizza and it will be here at 7:00pm. Networking will be from 7:00pm-7:30pm and then we will start opening remarks and then the talks. This month’s pizza is sponsored by 10up LLC who is a leading…
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BPWM Jan2012: WP Queries (Developer) & Restoring from a Backup (Beginner/Int)
Session 1 for Developers: bostonwp_Query, pre_get_posts, and eliminating query_posts() by Erick Hitter (@ethitter) At the heart of WordPress is the bostonwp_Query class, used to retrieve practically all content from the database and prepare it for display. In this presentation, I’ll…
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BWPM Nov 2011: WP, HTML5, and IE 9/10 & Caching, Scaling, and WP.com VIP
#1. WordPress, HTML5 Adoption, and Internet Explorer 9 & 10 by Chris Bowen No doubt you’ve been hearing quite a bit about HTML5. There are many new features to help improve user experiences, but how do you use them today…
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BWPM Oct 2011: Ten Must-Do steps in converting to WordPress
Presented by Alan Bergstein (An update of his session presented at WordCamp Boston 2011): https://2011.boston.wordcamp.org/2011/07/08/… It happens all the time. You’ve got a site that was brilliant four years ago, and the site developer has retired to a beachfront Internet…
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BWPM June 2011 – Creating Better Content w/ Shortcodes
Creating Better Content w/ Shortcodes (slides here) By Jon Bishop (@jondbishop) WordPress shortcodes assist in the creation of complex HTML elements and are very easy to use. Most premium themes provide a suite of shortcodes to extend default functionality and…
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BWPM May 2011: Framework Bake-Off Part Deux
Monday, May 23rd, 2010 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm After March’s Framework Bake-Off, courtesy of Alan Bergstein, this month we will evaluate three additional WordPress theme frameworks: PageLines Platform, StudioPress Genesis and Hybrid. Volunteers will attempt to complete a specific goal…
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BWPM Apr 2011 – Dev/Design: Unpack WordPress Today
npack WordPress Today! (WordPress Out of the Box) We have to think outside of the box if we are going to be able to harness the full power of WordPress. We can build directory sites, job boards, inspirational sites, social…
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BWPM Mar2011 – WordPress Theme Framework Bake-off
Monday, March 28th, 2010 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm Suggested & facilitated by member Alan Bergstein, this month we will collectively evaluate three popular WordPress theme frameworks, Thesis, Headway, and a third (to be decided). This will take place live during…
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BWPM Feb 2011: WordPress Actions & Filters (Dev)
There are a couple of announcements before we get to the video/recap: For those who would like to attend the WordPress Beginner’s Class on Friday March 25th, early registration at the discounted price ($215) will only be available until Friday…