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Meetup #11 Twitter: @wphalifax Facebook: WordPress Halifax Meetup

WiFi Access: Volta Password: VoltaSecure

7:15pm House Keeping, Sponsor Introduction7:30pm Plugins

8:30pm Happiness BarWe usually wrap up around 9:30pm

WordPress Halifax Meetup #11 Sept 28, 2016 Slide 2

• WordPress Meetups are for the benefit of the WordPress community as a whole, not specific businesses or individuals. All actions taken as an event organizer are with the best interest of the community in mind.

• Membership in the local meetup group is open to all who wish to join, regardless of ability, skill, financial status or any other criteria.

• Meetups are volunteer-run with volunteer speakers. In cases where a modest attendance fee might be necessary, this fee should only cover the costs of the meetup and shouldn’t be used to pay speakers or organizers.

• Meetup groups allow events to be organized by any reliable/trusted member of the community.

• Meetups are welcoming places where everyone works to foster an accepting environment which is free of discrimination, incitement to violence, promotion of hate, and general jerk-like behavior.

http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Halifax/about/

Code of Conduct


• WordPress Meetups are for the benefit of the WordPress community as a whole, not specific businesses or individuals. All actions taken as an event organizer are with the best interest of the community in mind.

• Membership in the local meetup group is open to all who wish to join, regardless of ability, skill, financial status or any other criteria.

• Meetups are volunteer-run with volunteer speakers. In cases where a modest attendance fee might be necessary, this fee should only cover the costs of the meetup and shouldn’t be used to pay speakers or organizers.

• Meetup groups allow events to be organized by any reliable/trusted member of the community.

• Meetups are welcoming places where everyone works to foster an accepting environment which is free of discrimination, incitement to violence, promotion of hate, and general jerk-like behavior.

http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Halifax/about/

Code of Conduct


Coders & Creators HFX - tomorrow night 6pm HERE

lighthouselabs.ca

Housekeeping: sponsors


Housekeeping: news and events


Sunday November 6 @ Pier 21

- Looking for 4 or 5 volunteers to run a Happiness Bar!- 11am-2pm with breaks- Free ticket ($50 value) for 3 people, discount for others (maybe split the difference?)

blogjamatlantic.ca




Tuesday October 11th

Looking for a WordPress volunteer

e3chalifax.ca



Developer Wanted

Revolve is looking to hire a WordPress and Drupal developer. More information:

http://revolve.ca/blog/revolve-career-opportunity-web-developer



Lisbon, November 7-10. Going on the road across Canada. You can vote to have Halifax as a stop! Win 3 free tickets including

airfare, accommodation and entry.

http://roadtripcanada17.websummit.net/



Anyone Else?


WordCamp Halifax 2017



Since last time1. DAL and Spatz Threatre only serious venues

2. DAL has been put forward due to cost and availability

3. Budget has been approved by Central, now in process

4. May 12 & 13 or May 26 & 27?



Website Team- site design- site maintenance- content updating

Promotion Team- 2017 design- social media- content writing

Speakers Team- organize- call for submissions- wrangle

Sponsorship Team- sponsors- swag

Volunteer Team- volunteer orientation- setup, tear down- greet, be awesome

WordCamp Lead Organizers (Alison, Tara and Richard)- support and delegate teams - handle budget and contracts - uphold mandates and policies of WordCamp


Tell us:1. What the plugin is called (so we can put it on screen)

2. What does it cost?

3. Why you love it.

4. Any tips on using it?

Share Your Favourite Plugin


Back W Pup (free): site backup to various locations, somewhat easy to use https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/

Valtpress (paid): site backup to their server and other locations, support https://vaultpress.com/plans/

Backup Buddy (paid): backup, restore, or migrate fairly easily! https://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/

Share Your Favourite Plugin: from discussion


Contact Form 7 (free): create your own forms, easy to usehttps://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

Visual Form Builder (free): create your own forms, saves entries on website https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/visual-form-builder/

Gravity Forms (paid): forms with honey pot (anti-spam technique), conditional logic (if user selects one field, different options/emails appear)http://www.gravityforms.com



W3 Total Cache (free): helps speed up site by controlling cache https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/

Gumroad (paid): btake payment for physical and digital content, fees aren’t too steep, free refunds https://gumroad.com/features/pricing

WordFence (free): Brute force attack and other security features https://www.wordfence.com/



Sharaholic (free): social media share buttons, related posts https://shareaholic.com/publishers

Jetpack (free): share buttons, auto-post to social media channels, brute force, etc (28 features + built by Automattic/WordPress.com)https://jetpack.com/

SEO Yoast (free): helps write content for better SEO, customize how con-tent looks when shared on Twitter or Facebook https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/



Yoast SEO (free): helps write content for better SEO, customize how content looks when shared on Twitter or Facebook https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/

ITFFF (If This Than That) (free): technically not a plugin, but app that creates automation. Ex: auto-post videos to your site when you upload them on your Youtube Channel.https://ifttt.com/recipes/search?q=wordpress



1. Get help on that thing that’s been bugging you based on one of our 4 groups. Make sure there is at least one device in the group so you can help each other out.

2. Got what you need? Show off what you’ve worked on in the common area!

3. Have a great night and we’ll see you next month!

Happiness Bar & Mingling Time


New ToWordPress

- Terminology

- How to Use

- Right platform for you?

- .ORG vs .COM

- Plugin Con�icts

- Domain Issues

- Hosting Issues

- Database

- Backups

- Critique of your site

- Plugin Con�icts

- Theme Support


- Plugin Support

- Analytics

- ENewsletters

- Social Media

- Advertising

- SEO

TechnicalSOS

Graphics& Themes

Marketing& Audience



New ToWordPress

- Terminology

- How to Use


- .ORG vs .COM

- Plugin Con�icts

- Domain Issues

- Hosting Issues

- Database

- Backups


- Plugin Con�icts

- Theme Support


- Plugin Support

- Analytics

- ENewsletters

- Social Media

- Advertising

- SEO

TechnicalSOS

Graphics& Themes

Marketing& Audience



New ToWordPress

- Terminology

- How to Use


- .ORG vs .COM

- Plugin Con�icts

- Domain Issues

- Hosting Issues

- Database

- Backups


- Plugin Con�icts

- Theme Support


- Plugin Support

- Analytics

- ENewsletters

- Social Media

- Advertising

- SEO

TechnicalSOS

Graphics& Themes

Marketing& Audience



New ToWordPress

- Terminology

- How to Use


- .ORG vs .COM

- Plugin Con�icts

- Domain Issues

- Hosting Issues

- Database

- Backups


- Plugin Con�icts

- Theme Support


- Plugin Support

- Analytics

- ENewsletters

- Social Media

- Advertising

- SEO

TechnicalSOS

Graphics& Themes

Marketing& Audience


Next Meetup: Thursday Oct 20th

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Meetup #11files.meetup.com/18783556/WordPressMeetup_11.pdf · 2016. 9. 30. · WordPress Halifax Meetup #11 Sept 28, 2016 Slide 2 • WordPress Meetups are for the benefit of the