We talked about Building Web Apps with WordPress at our Jan 15, 2015 meetup. Below are the notes. WordPress as a Web App Presented by Brian Richards Components Custom post types Custom taxonomies Custom meta: post meta, user meta, comment meta User roles & restrictions Post relationships (via Posts 2 Posts) Methods WP_Query pre_get_posts: can be more specific …
We talked about Development Environments and Version Control at our Dec 18, 2014 meetup. We talked about ServerPress, Git, and developing locally. Below are the notes. DesktopServer Gregg Franklin gave a demo of DesktopServer, a local server package which runs on Mac and Windows. He showed how to create and manage local development sites. He also showed …
We talked about backing up WordPress sites at our Oct 16, 2014 meetup. We covered a few backup plugins and management services. Below are the notes. BackupBuddy & Amazon S3, etc. Presented by Chad Warner BackupBuddy BackupBuddy is a premium plugin. Instructions: How to use BackupBuddy with Amazon S3. BackWPup BackWPup is a free backup plugin. These instructions are several …
We talked about what we learned at WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014. We took turns sharing specific things we learned and actions we took as a result of WordCamp. Chad Warner and Topher DeRosia summarized a few points from talks. Others added their thoughts or asked questions. We also had plenty of discussion about other WordPress topics. …
We talked about WordPress Marketing Automation at our July 2014 meetup. Dan Kaufman, marketing consultant at Empowered Marketing and co-organizer of I Love Marketing GR spoke about how to automate a sales funnel and must-have plugins. Get ready for WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014, August 15-17! You can buy a ticket, volunteer, and/or sponsor. Remember, you can also find us on Meetup, Twitter (@wpgrandrapids and #wpgr), and Google …