August 22, 2010 1:00 PM - 22 attended

August WordPress Meetup

Since template customization seems to be popular topic on this group's feedback, we will be covering Custom Menu (new feature in WP 3.0) and Template Hierarchy.

Bring your laptop (ideally, with local install of test blog) if you want to try things out while you're at the meetup.

We'll have some updates on WordCamp Detroit.

Please note we have a new location this time (thanks to Tim!), and the time is Sunday at 1PM.

  • Jody Higgins
    Jody Higgins

    I'm excited....I'm a WordPress newbie and I just joined this group so this will be my first meetup. In any case, I am very new to WordPress. I'm really looking forward to the meetup.

    Posted August 21, 2010 at 8:41 AM
  • Gary LaPointe
    Gary LaPointe

    It was nice meeting you all! http://GarySaid.com/

    Posted August 22, 2010 at 2:30 PM
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22 attended
4.50 4.509 (9 ratings)
  • Event Host
    Naoko McCracken
    Thanks all for coming! It was nice to see so many new people even with a short notice. I look forward to your feedback and suggestion for future meetup topics.
  • Event Host
    Anthony Montalbano
    Co-Organizer
  • Event Host
    Tim Aten
  • David Damore
    Great people, great location.
  • Deborah Edwards-Onoro
    Assistant Organizer
    Had a great time at the meetup and talked with many people afterwords about WordPress and web work. Great to finally meet people in real life! With such a mix of people, both advanced and beginners, it's challenging to develop a meeting structure that appeals to both. Not sure what would work, maybe a workshop for beginners at another time? Loved the meeting day and time, since I had no other conflicts. For the next meeting, having a projector will make it easier to view.
  • David Zemens
    I enjoyed the meetup and thank Paper Street Motors for hosting the group. It was nice to meet some people I have known only through online relationships. This was my first meeting, so I don't know if the makeup of the group was standard or not, but there seemed to be a mix of folks from fairly advanced WordPress users to those looking for very basic information. Just a thought, but perhaps each meeting could have two topics, one advanced and one basic, and the group could break into two segments just after introduction. I am looking forward to the next meetup.
    Checked-in
  • Lynne Ford
    This is a great bunch of people.
  • Cleo Parker
    As always good content and a great mix of people at various experience levels. Doing the introductions at the beginning would have been helpful for both attendees & presenters. I am definitely going to try some new themes after learning about the new functionality in WP 3.0 although I don't think I'll be making one from scratch anytime soon.
  • Jody Higgins
    I was a little behind because I am so new to WordPress but I was impressed because the information was still made understandable. Others who were attending help me to know what was being discussed and none of my questions felt "stupid". This was an amazing way to spend a Sunday afternoon and really got me excited about investigating WordPress further. I don't care what day of the week these are held on - I will always be there. A nice bonus was the networking. I may have even found a new client or too. This was a really wonderful group of entrepreneurs, business owners and others who just want to learn WordPress. What a great group. Thank you all for making me feel welcome!
  • Matthew Cobbs
    An engaging, enthusiastic group. Lively discussion. Thanks to Naoko & Todd for leading the meetup!
  • Jason Schwartz
    Next time, let me know if we could use a projector. If I'm coming, I'll be happy to bring one.
  • Gary LaPointe
    Checked-in
  • TJ List
    The Geek Who Speaks People, Organizer
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