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May Meeting: Wednesday 16th, 7-9pm, Madlab

Mike Little — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:49:09 +0000

May’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, May 16th from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
A talk on an example of WordPress development process by Rich
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve heard about it and want to know more, you’re an experienced WordPress user or developer, or anything in between; you are welcome to our meetings.

MWUG is run by Mike Little (http://zed1.com), co-founder of WordPress with Matt Mullenweg (http://ma.tt/about), so come along to discover how WordPress can benefit you or your organisation, and get specific advice on any WordPress questions you have.

Subscribe to our Mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/manchester-wordpress-user-group), check out our website (http://mwug.info), follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mwug), join us on Linked In (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Manchester-Wordpress-User-Group-3125011), like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/manchester.wordpress.user.group or join our MeetUp group http://www.meetup.com/ManchesterWordPressUserGroup.

See you at MWUG!

April Meeting Report

Mike Little — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:01:42 +0000

Last night’s meeting went pretty well I thought. And my talk “Just how far can you push Twenty Eleven without code” was well received. I said I would publish links to the plugins and resources I mentioned , so here goes:

The WordPress.com showcase page for Twenty Eleven – http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/
Spectacu.la Page Widget — http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spectacula-page-widget/
Custom Sidebars – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-sidebars/ (I loved how excited some people got about this one!)
WordPress.com Custom CSS – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/
Twenty Eleven Theme Extensions – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twenty-eleven-theme-extensions/
Upper Menu for Twenty Eleven – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/upper-menu-for-twenty-eleven/

In another part of the evening we mentioned backup plugins, and how to turn on debug in wp-config.php.

Another plugin that a few people expressed an interest in was CMS Tree Page View

We also mentioned StudioPress themes — http://www.studiopress.com/ which I wholeheartedly recommend (affiliate link).

Finally, someone asked about being able to remove the original full size image after WordPress has resized it to create the thumbnail and intermediate sizes. I thought I’d seen a plugin that did this, but couldn’t find it. I did, however find this snippet of code in answer to a question on WordPress Stack Exchange. That code could be turned into a plugin, but I would add a little extra code around it, including a check that the original size is actually bigger than your designated largest size.

If I forgot to mention something else we talked about, please leave a comment.

If you came to the meeting last night, let me know what you thought.

WordPress Myths – Slides

Mike Little — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:07:13 +0000

Here is the slide show I used when I presented on common WordPress myths in February.

I’ll try to put a voice over to it at some point.

Update: For those who can’t se the slides here on the page (I’m looking at you IE9) you may be able to see them on Slideshare — http://www.slideshare.net/mikelittle/mwug-wpmyths

April Meeting: Wednesday 18th, 7-9pm, Madlab

Mike Little — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:58:01 +0000

April’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, April 18th from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
~~A talk on an example of WordPress development process~~
Just how far can you push Twenty Eleven without code
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

See you at MWUG!

March Meeting: Wednesday 21st, 7-9pm, Madlab

Mike Little — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:08:44 +0000

March’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, March 21st from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
WordPress and SEO by Azzam Sheikh
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

See you at MWUG!

February Meeting: Wednesday 15th, 7-9pm, Madlab

Mike Little — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:37:06 +0000

February’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, February 15th from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
Some WordPress Myths Debunked
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

This month I’d like to continue the troubleshooting session idea. I’d like to break the group into separate sessions for a while with people helping each other with little issues or problems. So, if you have an issue with your site, come along with the details and maybe bring your laptop. If you are a knowledgable WordPress user or developer come along willing to help out.

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve heard about it and want to know more, or you’re a WordPress developer, you’re welcome to our meetings.

Subscribe to our Mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/manchester-wordpress-user-group), check out our website (http://mwug.info), follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mwug), join us on Linked In (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Manchester-Wordpress-User-Group-3125011), or like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/manchester.wordpress.user.group

See you at MWUG!

January Meeting: Wednesday 18th, 7-9pm, Madlab

Mike Little — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:10 +0000

January’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, January 18th from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
Demonstration of WordPress Multisite
Discussion of bbPress with Zain
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve heard about it and want to know more, or you’re a WordPress developer, you’re welcome to our meetings.

Subscribe to our Mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/manchester-wordpress-user-group), check out our website (http://mwug.info), follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mwug), join us on Linked In (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Manchester-Wordpress-User-Group-3125011), or like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/manchester.wordpress.user.group

See you at MWUG!

No Meeting in December

Mike Little — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:37:54 +0000

As our regular hosts, MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) have decided to close over the holiday period, we cannot able to hold our December meeting there. The next meeting will be in January 2012.

Meanwhile, you can still keep in touch via the mailing list. If you haven’t yet joined, you can do so using the form in the sidebar.

I hope everyone has a great holiday, and I’ll see you in the new year.

Mike

November Meeting: Wednesday 16th, 7-9pm, Madlab

Mike Little — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:17:58 +0000

November’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, November 16th from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
AllFM group project final report
An overview of the Theme Review Guidelines
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve heard about it and want to know more, or you’re a WordPress developer, you’re welcome to our meetings.

Subscribe to our Mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/manchester-wordpress-user-group), check out our website (http://mwug.info), follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mwug), join us on Linked In (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Manchester-Wordpress-User-Group-3125011), or like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/manchester.wordpress.user.group

See you at MWUG!

October Meeting: Wednesday 19th, 7-9pm, MadLab

Mike Little — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:20:00 +0000

October’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (http://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, October 19th from 7pm to 9pm.

The Agenda includes:

WordPress News
AllFM group project report
Running an ePetition with WordPress (with Gurbir Singh)
Questions & Answers
Troubleshooting session
A Chance to show off your WordPress site

New this month is the troubleshooting session. I’d like to break the group into separate sessions for a while with people helping each other with little issues or problems. So, if you have an issue with your site, come along with the details and maybe bring your laptop. If you are a knowledgable WordPress user or developer come along willing to help out.

If you have other suggestions for items to go on the agenda, please comment here or on the mailing list.

Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve heard about it and want to know more, or you’re a WordPress developer, you’re welcome to our meetings.

Subscribe to our Mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/manchester-wordpress-user-group), check out our website (http://mwug.info), follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mwug), join us on Linked In (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Manchester-Wordpress-User-Group-3125011), or like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/manchester.wordpress.user.group

See you at MWUG!