We talked about WordPress Performance Optimization at our May 15, 2014 meetup: testing, hosting, caching, CDNs, image optimization, queries, transients, and more. Get ready! WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014 is August 15-16! Remember, you can also find us on Meetup, Twitter (@wpgrandrapids and #wpgr), and Google Groups. If I missed anything in the notes below, please leave a comment, and…
We talked about WordPress E-Commerce at our April 2014 meetup: digital products, physical products, membership subscriptions, and events. We started with general considerations, then talked about specific plugins and platforms. If I missed anything, please leave a comment, and I’ll add to the post. General e-commerce considerations Brian Richards Payment gateways Most common: Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net…
Our February 2014 meetup topic was WordPress Business Workflow. Four people gave short presentations, then we had an open discussion. If I missed anything, please leave a comment, and I’ll add to the post. Work standards Ryan Hinkle Work standards are important (version control, backups, SSH, etc.) Taking shortcuts can hurt you Work standards can save…
Our January 2014 meetup topic was Lightning Talks: 6-minute WordPress Presentations. Here are notes from the 5 lightning talks. If I missed anything, please leave a comment, and I’ll add to the post. Advanced Custom Fields Chad Warner Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress Plugin Directory Description Visually create custom fields. Select from multiple input types…
Our November 2013 meetup topic was WordPress Q&A/Study Hall. We discussed questions and helped each other with our WordPress sites. Here’s a summary of the questions, answers, and other items discussed. If I missed any, please leave a comment, and I’ll add to the post. Relational database to relate custom fields Posts 2 Posts: Efficient…
Our September 2013 meetup topic was Why Does SEO Matter? Paul Kortman of Connex Social gave the presentation below. His speaker notes are below each slide. King of SEO Paul gave the following additional advice about slide 22: URL: don’t use hyphens in domain name Title: keyword first, then site name Don’t put site description…
