November 21, 2017 — Arlington County is just across the Potomac River, and in 2012, our proprietary CMS was not able to meet the high-tech demands of our content authors and our audience. WordPress “microsites” were popping up all over, funded by a purchase card and $10/month hosting. A small group convinced the Public Website sponsors to go with WordPress, and our main site, http://www.arlingtonva.us, went live in 2014. Hear how we convinced the stakeholders: Finance, Procurement, Security, Privacy, Records, Comms and IT, to embrace open source. See our project plan and re-use it in your agency!

August 6, 2016 — Photographs and other images can add interesting content to any type of WordPress site. Learn how to create or find images to use, do basic editing, deal with copyright issues, understand the WordPress media management system, work with WordPress galleries and content sliders, and make your site look beautiful and professional.