Two talks at this meetup: Chris O’Dell spoke about building your first WP plugin with some handy hints around OOP: http://maltpress.co.uk/presentations/wordpressplugins-101.pdf (PDF) Simon Bragg spoke about installing WP on your laptop for testing and development: http://maltpress.co.uk/presentations/Wordpress%20on%20your%20laptop.pdf (PDF)
Page Builders
Chris McMahon spoke about using page builders. More details can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-cambridge/events/232805111/
Writing for the web: compelling content
Sue Keogh came along and spoke on the topic of writing for the web. Sue asked us to direct you all to the Sookio blog, http://sookio.com/blog for more information in a bit more depth than the presentation slides. In particular, take a look at the following posts: http://sookio.com/blog/making-boring-content-interesting-from-blas-to-blazing http://sookio.com/blog/how-startups-can-get-their-message-across http://sookio.com/blog/writing-about-food-a-simple-guide You can also sign up to… Continue reading Writing for the web: compelling content
Lightning talks
We had lightning talks on the following topics: Jonathan Whiteland on Writing a WordPress plugin to use the Eventbrite API: https://whiteland.net/jonathan/presentations/eventbrite_api.html#/ Adam Maltpress on Google Analytics in Development: http://maltpress.co.uk/presentations/analytics_presentation.pdf (PDF) More details here: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-cambridge/events/231566419/
Understanding the Motivators, Tactics and Impacts of Hackers
Steven Watts spoke about some of the nefarious things hackers do and the motivators behind why they do it to help website owners weigh up the risks and see if website security is something that needs to be taken into consideration within their business. You can find a full write up covering all aspects of… Continue reading Understanding the Motivators, Tactics and Impacts of Hackers
SEO for WordPress
Details of this meetup can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-cambridge/events/229509941/ Rob’s presentation can be found here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VTQlEqNCeVw5i8qz6XGpCVqMrMjRDS2aARttsHR_6Wk/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.p
Web Typography
Web Typography: A brief guide to type on the web This is a presentation I did for the Cambridge WordPress meetup. It is quite an indepth look at typography on the web. I hope it is useful for developers and designers alike
Themes
Details of this meetup can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-cambridge/events/227938877/ The evening’s slides can be found here: http://maltpress.co.uk/2016/02/wordpress-themes-a-presentation/
Intro to WordPress and W3 Total Cache
The first Meetup for the group can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-cambridge/events/226192514/ Will’s write-up of his presentation can be seen here: https://www.willhallonline.co.uk/blog/wordpress-and-running