This is an online Zoom meeting which is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 – 6:30pm - 8:30pm central time

The Zoom session will open around 6:15pm with the meeting starting at 6:30pm (with a short review of Group business before the speaker starts) and will end at 8:30 pm , and a virtual “Meeting after the Meeting” (afterwards).

The Fountaindale Library is closed for Meetings for now due to the pandemic so we have been holding our meetings virtually since March 2020.

This meeting will be run virtually on-line using a UniForum Chicago Zoom account.

RSVP Yes here on Meetup to receive an email an hour ahead of time with URL link to the Zoom meeting.You will also see the Zoom URL on this Meetup posting once you RSVP Yes for the event.

Be sure to have a check mark in "Email me when someone sends me a message" on your Meetup account at this location https://www.meetup.com/account/comm/ in order to receive email notification of the Zoom URL for connecting to the meeting.

The event posted on UniForum Chicago's website:
http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/Launch_a_WordPress_website_and_pick_the_right_theme.html

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Abstract:

WordPress is a powerful open source content management platform that is used by more than 35% of the Internet’s top websites and blogs. It’s not only growing in popularity, it’s growing as a tool. Since WordPress 5.0, new features are pushing it more into a site design editor with block-based content editing and even sitewide editing.

When starting a new or redesign website project today, most of your time is spent on selecting a theme and on the initial site design strategy. In this presentation exclusively for UniForum Chicago, Scott Winterroth will share some of his best tips and tools for selecting a WordPress theme - on any budget. He will review and compare some of the top WordPress theme options along with first-hand experiences for what to avoid.

Join us to learn exactly why you might want to consider these themes for building your next website or blog - for fun or profit. All attendees will receive a free copy of Scott’s eBook - 50 WordPress Plugins You Should Know plus a handout with information from the presentation.

In this virtual workshop, we will cover:

• Getting Started Best Practices
• Installing WordPress
• Selecting a Theme
• Ideas and tips for not wasting your time

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Scott Winterroth Bio:

Scott Winterroth is an author, speaker and marketing consultant and co-founder of Content Academy®. He is a self-proclaimed WordPress evangelist and proponent of the open source sharing community, which he has leveraged to create and maintain hundreds of websites and blogs since 2006. Scott provides freelance marketing, WordPress hosting and online training.

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Getting to the meeting:

This February 2021 General meeting of UniForum Chicago (time as described with the meeting's title above) will NOT be at a physical location, but will be a virtual on-line meeting using a planned Zoom meeting for which the Zoom URL for connecting to the meeting will be emailed to those that RSVP'd Yes on Meetup.com for this meeting at least one hour before the start of the meeting (That means RSVPing Yes by 5pm-ish for the meeting to officially start at 6:30pm).

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Note:

Be sure to have EmaiI Updates turned on and then be sure there is a check mark in "Email me when someone sends me a message" on your Meetup account at this location https://www.meetup.com/account/comm/ in order to receive email notification of the Zoom URL for connecting to the meeting.

You will also see the Zoom URL on this Meetup posting once you RSVP Yes for the event.

It is our intention to hold our annual pizza party once it is safe for in person dining.