Monthly gathering of WordPress junkies in the East San Francisco Bay
Extensive notes on Lou Anne’s presentation are in the “Slides” post; these are notes about the rest of the discussion. Meetup members asked about post thumbnail galleries, marking external links “nofollow,” and more.
Read the Post about June 2014 Meetup Notes: Post Galleries, Nofollow, and More
Slides and notes from Lou Anne McKeefery’s June 20th presentation on SEO for WordPress websites.
Read the Post about June 2014 Meetup Slides: WordPress SEO with Lou Anne McKeefery
Notes and links about Go Daddy Managed WordPress Hosting, WordPress SEO by Yoast, Google Authorship, Webmaster Tools tricks, anonymous searching, and more.
Read the Post about May 2014 Meetup Notes: Hosting, Updates, SEO, Authorship, and More
Pieter Hartsook presented Anca Mosoiu’s slides and then gave a demonstration of Joost de Valk’s WordPress SEO plugin on his own website.
Read the Post about May 2014 Slides: WordPress SEO with Yoast
Here are the slides from Sallie Goetsch’s May 2014 presentation introducing Google Webmaster Tools for WordPress.
Read the Post about May 2014 Slides: Google Webmaster Tools for WordPress
Links to useful resources for using Google Webmaster Tools with WordPress. You can even use Webmaster Tools with WordPress.com sites, though you can’t use Google Analytics on WordPress.com.
Read the Post about May 2014 Handout: Google Webmaster Tools
Here are Katherine Mancuso’s slides from the April 2014 presentation on Google Analytics. Katherine discussed what analytics can tell us and why we need to know, including hits vs. page views vs. sessions and setting up goals and campaigns.
Google Analytics is a huge topic. There are many resources on the subject, though it’s hard for any publication to keep up with the new developments–including Google’s own documentation! Here are some resources that Meetup members can use to help them get to grips with Google Analytics.
Read the Post about April 2014 Handout: Google Analytics Resources
iThemes created Exchange to be easy to use: an end-user’s shopping cart. Chris Lema has heralded it as the simplest shopping cart (or membership system) to set up. But an examination of Exchange and its add-ins revealed one major flaw: no product variations.
Q&A topics in March included business directories, accessibility, landing pages, and one-page themes for WordPress sites.
