Milwaukee WordPress MeetUp

Discuss Wordpress Frameworks. Which is the Best? Should I Even Use Them At All?

January 11, 2012 · 6:30 PM
Bucketworks

We will discuss a few of the better-known frameworks that make customizing Wordpress easier. Is a framework right for you? RSVP to learn more.

This evening's networking time is sponsored by Pagelines. They are providing food and drink!

Heather Acton will share about Thesis, a Wordpress theme framework and how it is different than some of the others.

Heather says that Thesis isn't meant to be the starting point for a child theme. Rather, you make changes in a custom-functions.php file and a custom.css file that do not get overwritten when a theme update is installed. Most other frameworks are meant to be "parent themes", and a child theme needs to be loaded in addition to that framework.

Allan Fuelling will share about the WooFramework as he walks us through the admin dashboard and demonstrate the functionality it has.

When WooThemes mentions the word "framework", they are not talking about a "theme framework" as it is generally called. Instead, they've standardized some core functionality in their themes and created a proper interacting structure for that core functionality. So there is no need for a child theme.

Mike Zielonka will present on Pagelines. He will demonstrate how to use the PageLines Drag & Drop Framework and WordPress to build professional websites faster, easier and better than ever before! PageLines is installed as a theme in WordPress 3.0 and up, running on PHP Version 5 and up.

AGENDA:

6:30PM-7:00PM: Open Networking (food provided by Pagelines)
7:00PM-7:30PM: Thesis by Heather Acton
7:30PM-8:00PM: WooFramework by Allan Fuelling
8:00PM-8:30PM: Pagelines by Mike Zielonka

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Corey Megown

I'm super super bummed I missed this meetup, possible to schedule another frameworks discussion soon?

0 · February 21, 2012
Mike McCallister

Knowledgeable speakers and good interaction.

0 · January 14, 2012
Scott Offord

Thanks @PageLines for sponsoring. Thanks to Heather, Mike,

0 · January 12, 2012
Allan Fuelling

I had a great time presenting and sitting on the Q&A panel. A lot of great questions from the audience and thanks to Pagelines for the pizza and beverages.

0 · January 12, 2012
Jeff Ganger

Interesting & informative presentations on frameworks. If you strip the sales and marketing out of the content, I found that frameworks can be quite useful if you frequently do rapid prototyping of WP sites for clients. This meetup was definitely worth my time. Nice work by all presenters.

0 · January 12, 2012
Tom Graber

Very good meetup, I learned a few things about the theme part of Wordpress even though I don't want to get into WP to that level. Good presentation.

0 · January 12, 2012
Jim Dunkerley

Thanks for a very informative Meetup. I learned a lot.

0 · January 12, 2012
Mike Zielonka

Excellent Group! Great questions and great presentations!

0 · January 12, 2012
Heather Acton

Great questions and involvement from the group. I hope we helped folks along, no matter what their experience level with frameworks.

0 · January 12, 2012
Dustin Filippini

Great networking and discussion opportunities at this meetup. Good to see Wordpress users from different areas (designers, developers, users, etc).

Great information on multiple Theme Frameworks. It is great that there are people out there making customization like this of Wordpress better and easier to use to allow better adoption of CMSes like Wordpress.

0 · January 12, 2012
Beth Saunders

All presenters did an excellent job comparing/contrasting the 3 frameworks.

0 · January 12, 2012
Scott Offord

Courtesy of pagelines.com, 5 large pizzas have been pre-ordered and will be ready for delivery to Bucketworks at 6:30pm tonight! We'll also have soda, water, and adult beverages available.

0 · January 11, 2012
Scott Offord

Mike, Allan, Heather, we are excited to have you present at this meetup! Thanks also goes out to Pagelines who will sponsor the food/networking portion of the evening!

0 · January 3, 2012
Tom Graber

Where? I don't see where this is going to be.

0 · January 3, 2012
Mike Zielonka

Hey Hey Guys! Is anyone using Pagelines: http://pagelines.ojrq.net/c/228... ? I would be open to demoing their framework if you guys are interested.

0 · December 19, 2011