Tag Archive for WordPress

Learning WordPress in Ottawa

Last Wednesday I attended the WordPress meet-up that was hosted by Rick Radko. I highly recommend these sessions for beginners. I think it’s interesting for everyone else too. I’ve been running a WordPress meet-up group for some time now and…

Beginner WordPress presentation

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Last Thursday’s presentation at ArtEngine went well. The room was comfortably full and the temperature at ArtEngine wasn’t too hot. I went over the basics like what WordPress is and why you’d want it (also why you’d want a Blog…

WordPress Ask the Expert

Last week as an experiment I had a WordPress session right before another event that I was involved with. The event right after is called ModLab and it’s the open house for one of the labs where I work on…

11th Ottawa WordPress Meet-up

Last night we had a small “Ask the WordPress Expert” meet-up. We had five people in total. The next WordPress event(s) are posted. Contact me if you need another event to help with your projects. The ATWE format is fun…

Yesterday’s WordPress Demonstration

Yesterdays WordPress demonstration went very well.  We filled the room. Canadian Energy Issues Steve Aplin did a brief presentation on how his blog has impacted his interests. He mentioned that it lead him to many new connections and opportunities. He also…

WordPress Meetup Ottawa

We had a great meetup last night. What we learned: 1) Blog oriented sites vs. Page oriented sites. Dashboard/Settings/Reading allows us to decide if a user visiting our URL sees the blog or a specific page. In the event you…

How to set up a blog

If you’re ready to set up your blog, this page is for you. Not sure if blogging is for you? There are three easy ways to set up a blog. Piece of Cake Visit wordpress.com and sign up. This process should…