TDAC

Join us for an evening of WordPress. We’ll cover the latest in WordPress news, share how we are using WordPress, and possibly have several 10-minute presentations.

• Where: Spoke6, 439 N 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705 (located on the SW corner of 6th Ave & 6th St)
• When: Tuesday, June 22nd 7–9 PM
• Cost: Please bring a snack or drink to share

This is an open event. Everyone is welcome.

Presentations scheduled:

1. Intro: Latest WordPress news (Lance)
   - 3.0 launched last week! Whoo-hoo! Read all the details and watch a video overview, then go update your WordPress sites.
2. Rapid development (Josh)
3. WordPress community and 100 Stands (Sam DeVore) Canceled
4. Ian: Integrating development frameworks and custom applications with WordPress: pros and cons
5. Child themes (Lance)
   - Codex page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Ideas for presentations in July and August:

1. How to develop a theme: A-Z, learning all the files (based on ThemeShaper tutorial)
2. Writing with WordPress: Britt
3. Plugin development basics
4. Common tasks and how to solve them: calendars and events, migration of old sites to the latest WordPress version
5. Commercialization of WP (plugins, developers, bloggers…)
6. Top 10 things you should know about WordPress
7. Compare photo gallery themes/plugins
8. Search Engine Optimization
9. Best practices in development and design
10. BuddyPress review of capabilities

If you’d like to present a topic related to WordPress, drop Lance an email: lance at simpledream dot net.