BWPM March2012: WordPress/Social & Advanced Meta Box's in WP
- March 18 · 7:00 PM
This month's meetup is sponsored by WP Engine:
WP Engine is the one of the most mature premium managed hosting platform for websites and apps built with WordPress. WP Engine powers tens of thousands of websites, delivering the fastest, most reliable, and most secure web experience. Businesses large and small have come to rely on WP Engine’s exceptional customer service team that specializes in solving problems ranging from troubleshooting plugins, making themes scalable, and mitigating site migration headaches.
Agenda:
7:00-7:40 Networking/Food
7:45-7:55 Opening Remarks
7:55-8:55 Talks:
How Does WordPress Fit Into Your Social Strategy? by Zac Champigny (@zacchampigny)
We all know WordPress is great for content management, but how does it fit into your social strategy? Here Zac will show you how to make your WordPress site the home base of your online social strategy. We will cover why it’s valuable, what plugins help keep your social community connected and how to track and measure the ROI of taking these steps.
Zac is an associate at the Startup Institute in Boston, a WordPress consultant at zacchampigny.com, and recently returned from Medellin, Colombia after working for his favorite blog postmasculine.com for six months. He loves the tech world and has been putting his effort into helping grow the local startup community here in Boston. Outside of the tech world he is a coach, counselor, and motivational speaker working out of Salem, MA.
Advanced Meta Box Content Management by Kevin Leary (@kevinlearynet)
Well crafted meta boxes can be an effective tool for managing complex page layouts. Learn how to leverage the WPAlchemy MetaBox PHP Class inside of custom WordPress theme to elegantly manage content outside of the loop. Create meta boxes that manage media uploads, multiple visual editors, inputs and other form elements with ease.
Kevin Leary is a content engineer at OpenView Venture Partners, a WordPress consultant at kevinleary.net, and a contributing author at Smashing Magazine. He helps organizations and businesses create amazing websites with WordPress, including MIT, Boston Herald, Boston Magazine and more.
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Zac Champigny
Slides minus the writeup that will come soon...
http://zacchampigny.com/wordpre...
March 25
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Zac Champigny
I hope your students got something out of them Ken. It means a lot you used them in class.
March 22
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Kevin Leary
I hope everyone enjoyed the presentation. Slides, code examples, and the demonstration site I referenced during the talk have been published to Github.
https://github.com/Kevinlearynet...
March 22
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Dave Ross
I loved it Kevin! Some WordPress APIs can be a real pain to work without a little help. Can't wait for a chance to try this library out on a project.
March 22
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Andy Nagelin
I think I was the least technical person in the room but I was still able to come away from the meeting with some useful information.
I will definately be back!1 · March 20
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Joel Geist
Thanks for a great meet up and making a new comer feel welcome! Good talk from Zac.
1 · March 19
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K. Adam White
Ken - At the last meetup we discussed moving the meetup start time up to 6:30, precisely in order to allow more networking time at the end! Stay tuned for future meetups, we may be trying that format out.
1 · March 19
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Cliff
Looking forward to tonight. Working on a project that requires custom user registration and forms data to be validated against a calendar to book appointments and struggling getting the right WP plugins talking to each other and working the right way. Would appreciate the opportunity to geek out with some of your more advanced WP users. First Meetup group meeting: Is format just open networking + talk or is there designated areas/tables to go for help (ala: Genius Bar style)?
March 18
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Jay Meattle
Hey all, Shareaholic is recruiting a tech lead to lead the design and development of our wordpress, drupal, and other CMS plugins. We've created some of the most popular plugins available. Our WordPress plugin is ranked in the top-15 most popular wordpress plugins of all time -- http://wordpress.org/extend/plu...
I'll be at the meetup tonight and be glad to answer any questions. Please reach out! :) -- [masked]
March 18
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Jon Bishop
You should still be good. We only close registration so we can provide NERD with a list. Just check in at the front desk and write your name in.
March 18
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Jim Spencer
I always enjoy attending these meetups. This time I am looking for a freelance WP developer that can create themes, understands 301 redirects and is a nice person. :-)
March 17
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Shaun Scovil
Wish I could make it to this one, but I'll be out in South Hadley, MA representing 10up as a sponsor of the Post-Conference Reception at HigherEdWeb New England.
March 12
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David Dashifen Kees
And car trouble means I might not make it depending on how badly my car is broken.
March 12
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Penny Lewis
I am the Exec Director of the Ecological Landscaping Association (ELA) in the Boston area. I'm having trouble with Windows 8 on my new laptop when trying to update our WordPress based website www.ecolandscaping.org. Problems don't occur if I log into the website wp-admin from a computer with Vista or XP-Pro OS. With no IT department, WordPress hasn't been upgraded since installation 3 years ago. Any suggestions for locating local support experienced with these issues (experienced, reliable, and affordable for our small nonprofit)?
March 8
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David Dashifen Kees
Penny: I googled your site, called the contact number, and left a message. Hopefully it reaches you. Feel free to drop me a ling off-group; various contact information is available in my meetup.com profile.
March 8
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Denise Acampa
I'm trying to quick install Wordpress and I get stuck. Long story Trying to follow a utube video. I'm hopeless !
March 6
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David Dashifen Kees
Contact me off-group if you still need a hand. Various contact information is available from my profile.
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David Dashifen Kees
Do these events generally have a topic or is it simply a get-together for people who love WordPress?
February 27
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Jon Bishop
They are actually very structured. We usually do two sessions with some networking time and one on one time for people that need help with the basics. Check previous events for more insight on our layout.
February 27
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Bruce
I am just getting started with blogging, but I would like to configure my website on my desktop, then upload it to my webhost.
February 23
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