Monday, October 4, 20216:00 PM to 8:00 PM WordCamp US is coming up on Friday, October 1! It’s online and free, but you do need to register in advance. If you haven’t already registered, you can do so here: https://us.wordcamp.org/2021/. You can see the schedule here: https://us.wordcamp.org/2021/schedule/. If you haven’t been to a WordCamp before, … Continue reading [Online] Recap and Discussion of WordCamp US 2021

Monday, September 13, 20216:00 PM to 8:00 PM WordPress 5.8 was released on July 20th. This release contained many updates; such as new Blocks, Block patterns, migrating Widgets to Blocks, changes in the Admin area, and a number of extras. In addition; new Block Templates and Full Site Editing (FSE) features (still in beta) are … Continue reading [Online] What’s new in WordPress 5.8 “Tatum”

Monday, August 2, 20216:00 PM to 8:00 PM We'll go over what a Headless CMS is and how it can be implemented with WordPress, how it works, the pros and cons and much much more ( Advanced Custom Fields, Gravity Forms and APIs oh my! ). Ideally at the end of this you'll have a … Continue reading [Online] WordPress as a Headless CMS: Static VS SSR

Monday, June 7, 20216:00 PM to 8:00 PM You may have heard about PPC (Pay Per Click) but have never tried it. If you've ever considered running search or display ads through Google or Microsoft, this is your chance to learn more about the platforms and how they work, as well as what kinds of … Continue reading [Online] Is PPC Right for Me? Setup and Money Saving Tips for Google Search Ads

Monday, April 12, 20216:00 PM to 8:00 PM Susan Langenes of Collage Creative will explain how she solved several usability and accessibility issues on rop.org using Gutenberg and a custom theme based on _s or Underscores, from Automattic. --- Note: This will not be at our usual location, it will be an online event using … Continue reading [Online] Improving UX and Accessibility with Gutenberg and Underscores

Monday, January 4, 20216:00 PM to 8:00 PM For our first presentation of the new year, Doug Yuen will explain the basics of DNS. It's what points your domain to your web host and your email provider, among other things. I'll cover the concepts of nameservers and DNS records, as well as the main types … Continue reading [Online] Demystifying DNS: Understanding Records, Migrating Safely, and More

Monday, August 3, 2020 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM In this Zoom presentation, David Schargel will be discussing all-things-security including various best practices, tools, techniques, and plugins you can use to better secure your websites. David will explain some of the key concepts and terms, what hackers like to attack to compromise your website or … Continue reading [Online] User: The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Security

Monday, July 6, 2020 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM In this Zoom presentation, Doug Yuen will explain the basics of GitHub (and Git, the version control system that GitHub is built around). This presentation is designed for people who have never used GitHub, or tried to learn but got confused. GitHub is a popular service … Continue reading [Online] User: Introduction to GitHub

Monday, June 1, 2020 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Join us on Zoom as Mary Ann Aschenbrenner takes on a walkthrough of the this year's WordPress theme. She will demonstrate several websites she's built for her clients using the Twenty Twenty WordPress theme, describe how to use the page templates included, and even go over … Continue reading [Online] User: WordPress Twenty Twenty Theme Demonstration

Monday, May 4, 2020 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Recent WordPress versions have updated how images are handled in the Media Library and displayed on your website. We'll be looking at these changes and how they affect your current and future sites. This talk will cover image optimization, photo editing tools (apps and online), where … Continue reading [Online] User: Images – Optimizing, Managing, What’s New, Plus Resources