Inheriting Other People’s Code

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When you take over a website that someone else built, it's a good idea to review the current setup thoroughly--BEFORE you agree to take a project on, and certainly before you quote a price for what seems like a simple fix. Sometimes things really are straightforward, and the original developer set things up in a […]

WordPress Membership Sites 2018

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What is a membership site and how do you create one? In WordPress terms, a membership site is one where you have to sign up (and usually pay) to get access to content. The site where I got this photo is a membership site: you sign up and pay for a subscription that lets you […]

Contributor Day 2018

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Join us for the 2018 East Bay WordPress Meetup Contributor Day on August 19th. No code skills required--there are lots more ways to contribute than by submitting a patch to core.

Data-Driven Marketing with Google Tag Manager

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How do you know your website is doing its best for your business? Analytics give you a lot of great information that you can use to make decisions, such as: - What do people search for on the site? Are they finding results? - Which email campaigns were most effective at driving donations / purchases? […]

How to Conduct an SEO Audit with John Locke

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There are sites that offer free "SEO Audits" that identify a few of the glaring problems with your site, but comparing those to a professional SEO Audit is like comparing Wix to WordPress. The SEO audit is the first step in a long-term SEO campaign. It identifies what's working, what's not, and where the site's […]

Show Off Your WordPress Site 2018

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In order to see more sites than we did last year, what we need is for the volunteers to choose ONE (1) feature of a recent site to demonstrate. We'll distribute the URLs of all the sites so people can check them out in more detail after the meeting. What to Include in Your Presentation […]