Notes on meetup.com We had a Page Builder vs No Page Builder discussion/argument/war. Alex discussed his experience with Visual Composer. Dan argued against using page builder. Here are 10 page builders to give you food for thought. And 5 more Finally, Chris Lema’s review which is the only one that included Beaver Builder.
This month’s WPToronto East meetup focused on small business. A recurring theme from our discussion was the importance of “content first”. That is, getting your page content ready before you start building a new website. We took a peek at the new WordPress Websites product from GoDaddy, which uses a unique wizard to ask users … Read more
Notes on meetup.com The professional nature of our group continues to grow and we have lots of developers, and people wanting to learn WordPress come out. Many have had previous careers in other related fields, which is great news. Dunstan Morey (https://www.meetup.com/WPToronto/members/3487920/) showed off his new WordPress powered website at torontoguitar.ca — his site features … Read more
This month’s WPToronto East meetup focused on security & privacy. Don Tai shared an in-depth presentation on combatting spam in WordPress, which spurred on some lively conversation about all sorts of related topics. Years ago, Don was contacted by his hosting provider. He was told that his site was using too many resources, despite it being … Read more
Notes on meetup.com Plugins We Love and Use Every Day What are the WordPress plugins we install in a site and which provide the infrastructure one needs? Categorize the plugins (security, SEO, etc.). Identify why they are important? Identify what’s missing in category.
Notes on meetup.com Topics for Fall – who wants to speak and on what topic? Here’s the choice of topics
Notes on meetup.com and minutes(!) We did a site review and provide recommendations to the site owner. If you would like to do a a site review in the future please provide your site in the comments area. This month’s site is www.insightaas.com Business Discussion: What workshops/seminars/discussions do you wish to see for rest of year? … Read more
Notes on meetup.com • Introductions (max 30 min) Take 2-3 minutes to explain who you are, what you do and where you may need help. • Site Review (30 min) We did a site review and provide recommendations to the site owner. Richard Szpin has offered his site for review: http://www.szpin.ca Thanks Richard! • Business Discussion: … Read more
Notes on meetup.com. Building a Digital Workplace with WordPress The cloud, mobile and social media developments have made the Internet into a vast and ever expanding bazaar of business automation and service capabilities. Where once we thought of the Internet as web sites, we now see it as a far more useful and complex landscape in … Read more