BWPM Aug2012: WordCamp Aftermath

Meetup Link: http://meetup.bostonwp.org/events/75537902/ If you would like to help sponsor this month’s food for the meetup, please contact us. We will have giveaways! Session 1: (for beginners) How To Secure Intellectual Property Rights Created Through Your WordPress Website By William A.M. Mansfield (@PatentMansfield) As a U.S. Registered Patent Attorney through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), […]

June2012: Internet anonymity (Beg) and Custom Post Types (Dev)

Meetup Link:  http://meetup.bostonwp.org/events/54185902/ This month’s meetup sponsored by: Astonish is the leading insurance digital marketing company in the country. We have created the most comprehensive digital insurance marketing system in the world. Our unique insurance lead generating system fuses the power of insurance agency management, online marketing technology, strategic web services, social networking solutions, and so […]

Apr2012: Prototyping Web Apps with WordPress (DEV) & WP and Ecommerce (Beginner)

Meetup Link: http://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 insights and a deep understanding of all media channels and powered by an agency-wide spirit of integration […]

Mar 2012: What Would Core Do? (Dev) & Design, Content Strat, UX, SEO (Beg)

Meetup Link: http://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 web agency focused almost exclusively on WordPress. Our clients  range from small businesses hosted on […]

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 discuss the myriad arguments available with bostonwp_Query, the various properties and methods that are automatically […]

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 while still supporting the spectrum of browsers, old and new, in use today?  We’ll focus […]

LiveWP Episode 7 (Informal Meetup)

Registration here: http://livewp7.eventbrite.com Welcome to the LiveWP.tv show!  For more information about the show, be sure to read up on it or visit LiveWP.tv for past episodes.  We will have some topics chosen and if you have questions, please feel free to bring them! This month, we will be at Meadhall in Kendall Sq, Cambridge!  Check out […]

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): http://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 cafe in the Cayman Islands, and you forgot or just never really knew how to […]

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 empower users to create professional looking content that matches the look and feel of the […]

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 prior to the meetup (e.g., create a simple, three-page site with certain images, sidebars, posts, […]