An Accidental Career in WordPress

** This month's meetup is FREE **

In 2011, Clinton Warren desperately needed to change the direction of his life. He stumbled into web design and an amazing platform that he knew would change the way website were built, maintained, and operated. He started to build a freelance business, became actively involved in the Meetup community, organized the first WordCamp in Connecticut, and founded a WordPress educational business and what is now a 5 person agency. In this talk he reveals all his tips for anyone looking to follow a similar path.

OPENING PRESENTATION: Database errors for Theme Developers
When there is an issue with your database, WordPress shows a very simple message, on a simple white screen: "Error establishing a database connection". In this presentation, Steve Bruner will show you how you can easily theme this page so your visitors are not shocked when they see this message.

GET ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE AT OUR HELP DESK:

The experts from Tadpole.cc (http://tadpole.cc/) will be available throughout the evening to help you with your WordPress issues and answer your questions.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Clint Warren (http://clintwarren.com/) is the founder of Stacked Agency (http://stackedagency.com/), a digital marketing firm in Norwalk, CT, organizer of WordCamp Connecticut, Founder of Illuminate WP (http://illuminatewp.com/), and blog regularly at clintwarren.com (http://clintwarren.com/).

Steve Bruner is an organizer of the WordPress NYC Meetup, CEO of SlipFire LLC (http://slipfire.com/); a WordPress development shop, and Partner at Piklist LLC (http://piklist.com/); a company building the most powerful WordPress framework available: Piklist (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/piklist/).