December 1, 2017

December 1, 2017 — This is going to be an interactive session to teach people about using Creative Commons license, mostly images. Our goal is to give a challenge and see how many people are able to find open source and copyright free images. This will include some tips as to where to find them, as well as implications of not using proper credit.
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December 1, 2017 — Managing work and life as a busy WordPresser can be time consuming and exhausting. Learn how to create balance at work and in your life, hear about time saving tips and tricks that can add more hours to your day and discover how to turn busy into productive. You CAN have more time for your clients, your family and yourself! All attendees will receive a complimentary Blogging Blueprint.
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December 1, 2017 — Throughout my years organizing the Buffalo WordPress Meetup, the most common issues are related to poor choices in themes, or not understanding what elements are meant to change when looking to download or purchase themes. I will give an overview of theme choices, styles, what to look for and what options you have for customization on your own, or with help from a professional. Many themes boast powerful editing options, and have options lists longer than a luxury sports car. It is about filtering through the noise to find the information that matters most.
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December 1, 2017 — Hello! Hola! Bonjour! Does your institution serve students that speak different languages? If so, maybe your website should too! In this session we’ll compare different solutions for publishing content in multiple languages using WordPress, and what impact having a multilingual site could have on your site’s content and design.
In this session, we’ll cover:
– Terminology used when working in multiple languages
– Popular plugins for supporting multilingual content
– Creating PO files to add your own language to your plugins and themes
– Contributing to WordPress’ Polyglot team
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December 1, 2017 — Go on the journey of a “mere mortal” (someone without a computer background) on how they learned WordPress, designed two business sites and opened an on-line store with Woo Commerce. Your trip will guide you through the basics, identify tripping and stumbling points, direct you to where to get information, introduce you to the language of WordPress, where to “hotel” your site, and overview safety tips for your journey.
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December 1, 2017 — Google released its new, free Data Studio a few months ago and it is already hugely popular. It’s powerful but can be really easy and useful
Using a live WordPress site I’ll show easy ways to you how to :
* Generate simple, interactive dashboards with your sites traffic data.
* Make a report from your own or public data.
* Embed your cool new interactive charts in you WordPress pages.
* How to copy, reuse and share your own reports
* Where to find free templates and cool applications
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December 1, 2017 — Learn how to use your website to attract and capture prospective new clients.
Karen uses a fun analogy to show you how to bait, hook, and land new leads using your WordPress website.
No prior fishing knowledge required!
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December 1, 2017 — What can you do with WordPress if you aren’t a developer (or aren’t inclined to set up a development environment and get “into the weeds”)?
Quite a bit, actually!
This session walks through my standard flow for getting a new WordPress site up and running. I’ll walk through each step: domain registration, WordPress installation, installing a theme & plugins, even connecting to Google Search Console and Google Tag Manager.
We won’t touch any code along the way. (I promise!)
If you’re new to WordPress, this is a crash-course walkthrough that’ll give you an idea of how quickly a site can be built.
If you’re an experienced WordPress user and want to start building sites for others, this is a good opportunity to see how you can get a foundation in place for a client without breaking a sweat.
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December 1, 2017 — Giving editors a simple way to customize content on your site by adding fields, choosing from predefined options, or attaching files is a great way to make your website standout and easy to use. However, coding those options and adding/retrieving them from the database can be complicated (to put it mildly). Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) takes the hassle out of adding these enhancements to your theme. In this talk we’ll explore ACF and look at some examples of how to incorporate them into your next project and wow your clients.
**WARNING: We will be looking at some code files in this talk. So if things like semicolons and causes you to break out in hives, you may want to avoid this talk.
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