WordPress Back to Basics: Tips on Getting Started and Moving Forward
The March 2020 meetup had a fairly good sized crowd in a new room at our venue.
We talked about Booking Reservations and Appointments at our April 16, 2015 meetup. Below are the notes. BirchPress Scheduler and PTA Volunteer Sign Up Sheets Presented by Matthew Patulski BirchPress Scheduler BirchPress Scheduler (free version) PTA Volunteer Sign Up Sheets Other reservation, appointment, and event plugins Presented by Chad Warner Event Espresso add-ons Event Espresso 4 Decaf (free) Event…
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…
Want to learn more about what you can do with WordPress? You can at WordCamp Grand Rapids, a 2-day informal conference for WordPress users, designers, developers, and businesspeople. We organizers are active members of the WordPress Grand Rapids (WPGR) meetup group, and we’re working hard to make this WordCamp even better than last year, when…
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…
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…
Our May 2013 meetup was WordPress Show & Tell. Below are the video and tweets from the meetup. Also, Brian Richards announced WordCamp Grand Rapids 2013! Please consider volunteering, speaking, and/or sponsoring. Tweets Starting us off is @lukerumley showing off the benefits of @ithemes BackupBuddy — WP Grand Rapids (@WPgrandrapids) May 16, 2013 Dave McGowan…