In a post last week, Seth Godin discussed three concepts – open, generous and connected- that he says people seek from co-workers, bosses or fellow conference attendees.

This week tickets went on sale for WordCamp Atlanta 2013 and, when I read this post, I immediately recognized those characteristics as being descriptive of attendees, speakers, volunteers and organizers of WordCamps.

The Atlanta WordPress Meetup Group now has over 1100 members! We don’t have that many attend our monthly meetings, but we do get a solid 50-60 per month which is all the room we have at the Urban Oasis Bed and Breakfast and Event Space which is also New Tricks’ World Headquarters.

We have a double meeting format with a beginners’ meeting starting at 6:00 PM [Read more...]

Are You Ready to do WordPress but Want/Need a Kickstart ?

• You know you need  to do a website – and you heard WordPress was the way to go and that it was oh so easy. But. . .  you haven’t been able to get it together and are now at your wit’s end. Someone Help PLEASE!

• You want a website that will bring your business to the world. A site that is attractive and captures the attention of your people and turns them into loyal fans.
• You need a website that you can UPDATE yourself. But. . . it is harder than you thought, and you don’t have the money to shell out on a fancy pants designer – quite yet.

• You are ready to give it a go but it is harder than you thought to do it right. So you may do it yourself or . . . maybe you just want to learn enough about WordPress to work effectively with a web designer to create your site and then take over maintaining it yourself.

That’s why I created WordPress for Beginners! July 25,  1-4 PM

Sorry that workshop is over but be sure to get on my mailing list to find out about the next one!

The Atlanta WordPress Users Group Meetup is going to be held at 130 Krog at New Tricks Atlanta Headquarters on Wednesday, May 23 at 6:00 PM for the beginner session and 7:30 For the intermediate workshop.  Note that this Meetup has moved to the fourth Wednesday of the month. There is a ten dollar charge for the meeting since we provide beverages and snacks for everyone.

This month, we are fortunate to have WordPress developer and trainer,  Travis Smith  presenting both sessions.

Travis is going to help the beginners with understanding  the difference between posts and pages and then talk about Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, and Post Formats, oh My! Specifically we will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using pages and posts and then when to use custom post types, custom taxonomies and post formats in their site.

The intermediate users will be get a workshop on the available custom post types plugins, and will show three plugins (Easy Custom Content Types [premium], Custom Post Type UI [free], WP Views/Types [premium]. Travis will show us how to create a custom post type, setup the various custom fields, & then finish with a custom single & archive template. There will be a multisite available to use and test while Travis is presenting. [Read more...]