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Web414 June 2008 Meeting

2008-06-12 19:00
2008-06-12 21:00

June 2008 Web414 Meeting — Thursday, June 12th, 2008 — 7pm

Note: As of Sunday, June 8th, 2008, Bucketworks is closed due to storm damage and flooding. We are not sure yet if the meeting will be moved or not. We will be holding the meeting at MSOE in Rosenberg Hall. Keep an eye on web414.com for details.

Topics: WordPress, Web Design Critique, MKEDH2 Summary, BCMKE3

Lisa Sabin-Wilson will present "Dissecting Magazine Themes", an implementation of WordPress which uses queries and custom fields to create magazine and newspaper-like themes. Learn how to generate leading articles, featured stories and small article lead-ins, display category icons, article images and videos using WordPress with absolutely no plug-ins or scripts. Sample Magazine Themes will be provided for discussion and Q&A.

Mike Rohde and Jason McDowell will lead a brief group discussion, critiquing a website design to determine what works and what doesn't from design and usability perspectives.

There will be a follow-up summary of MilwaukeeDevHouse2 and discussion and planning for BarCampMilwaukee3 planned for Fall 2008.

MSOE - Rosenberg Hall
1235 N. Milwaukee St.
Milwaukee, WI

Dinner? Not sure yet... We typically order food at 7PM and eat/mingle around 8PM. Please bring cash if you want to dine with us.

Also listed on Upcoming and Facebook.

One more thing... We'd appreciate if you use the signup here (you must be logged in) even if you signed-up on Upcoming or Facebook, just so we get a good idea of how many people plan to attend.

14 individuals signed up
swduncan
ndrop612
Dave Reid
Lisa Sabin-Wilson
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MrWobbles
whil
alkrueger
mattwheeler
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knellotron
sroskopf
MkeHack

Lisa Sabin-Wilson's Dissecting Magazine Themes w/ Wordpress PPT

Lisa Sabin-Wilson has let me know she had a great time at Web414 last night presenting. She's graciiously provided a link to her powerpoint for those who would like it for reference or who missed the talk last night:

http://justagirlintheworld.com/download-manager.php?id=7

She's also donated a copy of her Wordpress for Dummies book to the Web414 library, so if you'd like to check that book out, let me know.

  • By rohdesign at 2008-06-13 12:38
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Get There Early

Want to remind folks that the "Jazz in the Park" season has arrived in the MSOE area. Folks who are driving into Downtown should plan on arriving early and/or be prepared to walk some distance to Rosenberg Hall. The show starts at 6:30, and the parking spaces begin to fill up around 5PM!

  • By workingwriter at 2008-06-11 16:10
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