Come help us celebrate our 6th Birthday. We’ll be providing soft drinks, cake, and Pizza. There will be no presentation, just general WordPress discussion, and of course, networking.
WP Ann Arbor June 2015: Business Development for WordPress Freelancers
Topic
Business Development for WordPress Freelancers
Description
In this talk we will cover new business, contracts, proposals, statements of work, change orders, billing, identifying problematic clients, and client happiness.
Speaker
Declan O’Neill
Talk Level:
All
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
WP Ann Arbor May 2015: Plugin Do’s and Don’ts
Topic
Plugin Do’s and Don’ts
Description
A look into how hosting companies view WordPress plugins. Discussing plugins and features that are frowned upon by hosts as well as mutually beneficial plugins and features for the client and the hosting company.
Speaker
Ben Cool (A2Hosting)
Talk Level:
All
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
WP Ann Arbor April 2015 – PHP Programming for WordPress Admins
Topic
Introduction to PHP programming for WordPress administrators
Description
Learn the basics of PHP, the programming language WordPress is written in. Programming does not have to be complicated or hard — this presentation will give you the tools you need to help you get started.
Note that this is a very basic class for non-programmers. The presentation will not cover the internals of WordPress, themes, or plugins, but it will help you understand and customize other people’s code so that you can make WordPress do things that otherwise wouldn’t be possible.
Speaker
Mark Montague
Talk Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
WP Ann Arbor March 2015 – HTML for WordPress administrators
Topic
Introduction to HTML for WordPress administrators
Description
HTML is the structure for just about every website and despite the intimidating acronym, it’s not that complicated. HTML is a markup language which is considerably less complex than a programing language. In this session we’ll go over the basics of HTML, how it’s used to build or alter websites and how you can modify your WordPress site using HTML. This talk is intended for beginners who have little to no experience with HTML.
Speaker
Ross Johnson
Talk Level:
Beginners
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
WP Ann Arbor – Feb 25th Meetup.
Topic
WordPress Show and Tell (RSVP)
Description
This session will be focused on showcasing and sharing all the recent projects everyone has been working on. Everyone is encouraged to share and anything can be shared.
- Have you made a new website?
- Added something new to a website?
- Discovered a new plugin?
- Created a new plugin?
- Learned some new PHP or JS or CSS?
- Written a great blog post?
- Attended a conference?
- Learned a valuable lesson on client projects?
- Participated in a podcast?
- Learned something new about hosting?
- Found a cool new theme?
- Had an idea you want to bounce off others?
- Encountered a challenge and want to share with a group?
Everyone will get 10 – 15 minutes depending on # of attendees and you must notify us in advance if you want to share something. Feel free to message Declan if you’re unsure or need suggestions/encouragement.
Speaker
N/A
Talk Level:
All
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
WP Ann Arbor Jan 28th Meetup.
Topic
Getting Involved: How to Find Your Place in the WordPress Community
Description
Networking, building relationships, learning, making friends and giving back are just a few of the many great reasons to get more involved with the WordPress community. And like so many things in life, we tend to get back what we put in. In this session we’ll cover many great ways that you can participate so that you can learn more, make a name for yourself and ultimately help others. We will show that one does not need to be an expert developer or even a developer at all to make a major impact and that everyone has a place no matter what their skill set or experience level.
Speaker
Talk Level:
Beginner
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
WP Ann Arbor “Work Group Session” – Jan 2015
Time/Date/RSVP
- Date: Jan 14th 2015
- Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Ann-Arbor/
- Location: Michigan Union Tap Room, 530 S State Street, Ann Arbor, MI
About:
Show up to work on your WordPress site, get help with your WordPress site, help other people with their WordPress sites, or just chat with other local WordPress users. There will not be any agenda, speaker, or topic. People of all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome. Come to share what you know and learn what you don’t know.
Guidelines:
- If you want to get help, please come prepared with everything other people will need to help you, including the information you need to log in to your WordPress site as an administrator (site URL, username, password, SFTP information), information about your WordPress hosting provider (cPanel or other information), and so on. Bring your own laptop, if you have one, so you won’t have to trust entering your password on someone else’s laptop.
- If multiple people are waiting to get help with their site or ask questions, we’ll switch to new people every 30 minutes.
- If you know the answer to someone else’s question, please consider helping them.
- If you or your company provide for-fee WordPress consulting or services, no sales pitches please, and no charging for any help at the meetup. You can say that you offer consulting or services, and pass out business cards or flyers, but anything beyond that should happen at a different time and place than the meetups.
- Please be courteous, professional, and respectful of others. Everyone is a community volunteer.
Location:
The Tap Room is on the ground floor of the Michigan Union, at the corner of State Street and South University. Find the Subway restaurant in the food court and keep going back through the double doors. We’ll be at one of the group work tables with a monitor; look for a “WP Ann Arbor” sign. In addition to the food court restaurants, there are Starbucks and Au Bon Pain one floor above if you’d like coffee or pastries.
Parking:
It may be possible to park for free in the small visitor lot behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking are also free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.
Upcoming Meetups Jan – Apr, 2015
- Jan 14, 2015 – Work Group Meetup
- Jan 28, 2015 – Getting Involved: How to Find Your Place in the WordPress Community (Kyle Maurer, Real Big Markerting)
- Feb 11, 2015 – Work Group Meetup
- Feb 25, 2015 – Introduction to HTML for WordPress Admins (Ross Johnson, 3.7DESIGNS)
- Mar 11, 2015 – Work Group Meetup
- Mar 25, 2015 – Introduction to PHP for WordPress Admins (Mark Montague, University of Michigan)
- Apr 15, 2015 – Work Group Meetup
- Apr 29, 2015 – Business Development for WordPress Freelancers (Declan O’Neill, 3.7DESIGNS)
WP Ann Arbor October 2014
Time/Date/RSVP
- Date: Oct 29th 2014
- Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Ann-Arbor/events/209438142/
Topic: Understanding Content Caching: what it is and how it works
Description:
If you are tired of treating WordPress content caching as a black box with just a “Purge Cache” button on your dashboard and a “Clear browsing history” button in your web browser, then this presentation is for you. This will be an in-depth, highly technical look at what caching is and how it works to speed up your WordPress site. We won’t go into how to setup popular caching plugins, but we’ll instead take a look at how those plugins work under the hood for people who want to understand the theory behind what is going on.
Speaker
- Mark Montague
Talk Level:
- Intermediate to Advanced
Call for Topics & Speakers:
If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let us know. Also, we are always looking for new speakers to talk about WordPress related topics, if you, or you know someone who would like to speak, please get in touch.
Location (Room 2001, LSA Building, 500 S State Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Room 2001 is on the 2nd floor of the LSA Building (1 floor above the ground floor), directly off the 2nd floor lobby. You can enter either from State Street (the front of the building) or from Maynard Street (the rear of the building). The doors will remain unlocked until 7pm, but we’ll post signs on the doors directing you where to go and including a contact cell phone number.
Parking
It may be possible to park in the small visitor lot directly behind the LSA Building, on Maynard Street, or in the lot next to the Student Activities Building if spaces are available. Street parking and University Blue-lot parking should be free from 6pm on; carefully check the posted signs. But parking will definitely be available in the City of Ann Arbor Maynard Street parking structure, 1 block away, for $1.20/hour. More parking options are available on the map, if you click on the (P) icon.