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November 2012 Slides: How to Do Custom Meta Boxes by Greg Turner
Greg Turner described the way he uses the Meta Box plugin to help him create custom metaboxes on client sites. His presentation slides took the form of a custom theme design. I can embed the … Continue reading
November 2012 Slides: Custom Fields & Custom Metaboxes
These are the slides that never reached Oakland, with Sallie’s overview of custom fields and custom metaboxes in WordPress. Custom Fields & Custom Metaboxes Overview from East Bay WordPress Meetup
October 2012 Meetup Notes: bbPress and BuddyPress
One very important thing Anca discussed was not just why you would want a forum, but the NON-technical challenges of creating a forum, including getting people to participate in it and moderating it once you have participants. Continue reading
October 2012 Slides: bbPress and Forums
Slides from Anca Mosoiu’s brief bbPress overview at the East Bay WordPress Meetup
October 2012 Handout: bbPress and BuddyPress Prep
Here are some videos about bbPress and BuddyPress to help prepare you for our October Meetup. Continue reading
September 2012 Handout: Links to Membership Plugins
Membership Plugins S2Member (Free and paid. Very popular. Integrates with bbPress and BuddyPress. Has an API. If you want to build membership sites as part of your business, you should get to know this.) WishList Member (One … Continue reading
September 2012 Slides: Membership Sites on WordPress
Check any of the WordPress job boards and you’ll see requests for membership sites–from people who are expecting to pay, since they plan to make money. That must be why there are so many commercial … Continue reading
August 2012 Slides: What I learned (about running a WordCamp) at WordCamp SF 2012
WordCamp SF 2012 was a dramatic departure from WordCamp SF 2011. While there were some good speakers and topics, the overall effect was unsatisfactory. This presentation addresses some insights on conference planning. Continue reading
Handout for August 2012: Slides and Videos from WCSF 2012
The slides from many WCSF presentations are available online, and by now the videos have been posted at WordCamp.tv. I’m going to embed slides unless the slides aren’t available. Chris Coyier: 10 Things to Make … Continue reading
July 2012 Slides: WordPress Multisite Deep Dive
The topic of the July 2012 meetup was WordPress Multisite. Since it had been more than 2 years since we covered the topic of Multisite, we started with the basics of what Multisite is, how … Continue reading