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by Justin Foell

MSP WordPress #34 – Thursday, Apr. 25, 2013

March 3, 2013 in Meeting Agendas

WordCamp extravaganza!

Schedule:

  • 6:30-7: Pizza (courtesy of The Nerdery) & Tech Shop (solve problems and answer questions)
  • 7-7:30: Updates & Lightning talks
  • 7:30-8 John Hawkins – Memberships using Restricted Content Pro
  • 8-8:30 John Havlik – Benchmarking WordPress
  • 8:30-9 Grant Landram – Customizing WP-Admin bit.ly/msp-adminui

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by Justin Foell

MSP WordPress #33 – Thursday, Mar. 28, 2013

March 3, 2013 in Meeting Agendas

Schedule:

  • 6:30-7: Pizza (courtesy of The Nerdery) & Tech Shop (solve problems and answer questions)
  • 7-7:45: WordCamp/BuddyCamp Minneapolis update & Lightning talks
  • 7:45-8:30 (Big Room) Dan Beil - in-depth client example
  • 7:45-9 (Small Room) Overnight Website Challenge wrap-up
Big Room Session:
Dan Beil
An in-depth look at the site Blindspot Advisors, launched last friday (http://www.wcreative-mpls.com).  Some of what it includes is:
  • custom quicksand.js plugin (work page. also using wp_trim_words which is awesome)
  • custom freetile.js plugin (blog page, intended to be released at some point)
  • custom home page image slider
  • meta boxes registered to ‘page’ using css and JS to display on certain page templates on the back end (used for the left and right header areas and the brand strategy content.  these are registered using wp_editor to allow for the wysiwyg editor and called using apply_filters(‘the_content’) to allow for shortcode usage).
  • some css3 box shadows
  • single-wcreative_work.php…js / jquery rollover events (single.php template for ‘work’ posts.)
  • scrollTo subnav (about us page)
  • a font kit
  • a couple of custom post types

Small Room Session:
FullCourtPress wrap-up of Motorcycle Dial-A-Ride

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by Toby Cryns

MSP WordPress #32 – Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013

February 27, 2013 in Meeting Agendas

Enjoy the delights of WordPress, lightning style!  We will be gathering for WordPress and pizza-related conversations on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 at 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. for pizza & tech shop) at The Nerdery.

Schedule:

  • 6:30-7: Pizza (courtesy of The Nerdery) & Tech Shop (solve problems and answer questions)
  • 7-8: Lightning talks
  • 8-9 (Big Room) Josh Becarra – selling off a menu
  • 8-9 (Small Room) Overnight Website Challenge

Sessions:

  • Big Room Session: General
    Leader:     Josh Becarra
    Title:     Learn the benefits of selling off a menu – car sales strategies applied to web development.

    Description: Most people cringe when faced with the car buying process. Many times the same is true for businesses who are in need of a new website.
    Learn how car sales strategies can be applied to web development sales in this fun and interactive talk.
  • Small Room Session: Code-heavy
    Leader: Tim Elliot, Justin Foell
    Title: Overnight Website Challenge Meeting

    Description: Prep for the triumphant return of FullCourtPress!
  • Remaining time: Ye Olde Tech Shoppe

Where: The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave S Suite 245 Bloomington, MN 55431
Cost: Free! (Please bring a friend!)

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by Toby Cryns

MSP WordPress #31 – Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013

January 22, 2013 in Meeting Agendas

Enjoy the delights of WordPress, lightning style! We will be gathering for WordPress and pizza-related conversations on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at 7 p.m. at The Nerdery.

Sessions:

  • Lightning Rounds
  • Filters & Actions (Alison Barrett)
  • Ye Olde Tech Shoppe
6:30 – 7 p.m. Pizza and Pop (courtesy of The Nerdery)
7 – 7:15 p.m. Greetings
7:15 – 9 p.m. Sessions
See you at The Nerdery on Thursday! Bring your friends! Pizza and Pop!
What: Minneapolis-St. Paul WordPress User Group Meeting

When: Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at 7 p.m. (Doors and pizza at 6:30)
Session Topics: See above
Where: The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave S Suite 245 Bloomington, MN 55431
Cost: Free! (Please bring a friend!)

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by Toby Cryns

MSP WordPress #30

November 27, 2012 in Meeting Agendas

At tonight’s gathering, Justin Foell gave us a nice overview of WordPress 3.5, which is set to drop really soon. He explained that the media upload screen has received a big overhaul.

Then, Josh Leuze discussed his Meteor Slides plugin and explained why he made the decisions he did in terms of custom post types, taxonomies, etc. It was really neat to get inside of his brain.

Lightning Round

Tonight was our first lightning round. Here are the results:

  • Dan Beil – Before and after photos; S2 Member with BuddyPress (BP Profile Search plugin)
  • Barbara Schendel – Demo’d a couple of neat sites she built recently
  • Kiko Doran – WordCamp 2013 update

Lightning rounds had to be cut short due to time constraints. Next time, we will have a gong. :)

We are getting together on 12/20 at Psycho Suzi’s in NE Minneapolis for food and beverages. See you there!

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