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WPCandy Roundtable #3: WordPress Meetup Discussion with 4 co-organizers
Let’s talk about WordPress meetups! On this episode of The WPCandy Roundtable Podcast, I asked four awesome WordPress meetup co-organizers to chat about what makes a quality meetup and how they do what they do. We also went over what they would recommend to new WordPress meetup organizers. Joining me on the podcast are Angie Meeker (Columbus, Ohio WordPress Meetup), Brian Richards (Grand Rapids, Michigan WordPress Meetup), Steve Zehngut (Orange County WordPress Meetup) and Aaron Jorbin (Washington, D.C. WordPress Meetup). These folks know what they’re talking about. Still not sure about listening? Steve Zehngut and Aaron Jorbin each co-organize events with a full roster count of over 800 and 1,200, respectively. That’s a couple of times the size of most large Word Camps , folks. Download: Roundtable-Podcast-003-Angie-Meeker-Brian-Richards-Steve-Zehngut-Aaron-Jorbin.mp3 MP3 file (27.2 MB) Audio RSS Feed We discussed a number of issues that will face new meetup organizers. Some of my favorites this episode were: What’s the best advice for brand new meetup organizers who haven’t started their event yet? What sort of format does your meetup use? Where do you find your meetup speakers? How do you keep your community involved when not meeting? When does your group meet? Do you find weekdays or weekends to be best for meetings? We talked for about 50 minutes and had a great time. If you’re interested in running — or improving — your own WordPress meetup I highly recommend this podcast. What about your WordPress Meetup experience? I know for a fact that plenty of you organize the meetups in your city too. I’d love to have your comments on these topics as well. What did you find helpful when you started your event? If you aren’t organizing your meetup, and also don’t have a meetup in your area, what’s holding you back? Have you ever considered running it for the community in your city? You just finished reading WPCandy Roundtable #3: WordPress Meetup Discussion with 4 co-organizers on WPCandy . Please consider leaving a comment! The post WPCandy Roundtable #3: WordPress Meetup Discussion with 4 co-organizers appeared first on WPCandy . Continue reading
Spice up your Blog with a New Tasty Theme
We are excited to announce the release of our first theme in 2013. Our new theme is called Petit , and is full of features, enough to be used for a variety of purposes, but especially for a recipe website. It includes a big featured area and a carousel that makes your homepage look more than just a blog.. Petit Demo Theme Info Responsive Design The layout of this theme automatically adapts to fit on any screen resolution, be it desktop or mobile devices (iPhone, iPad). Custom Shortcodes Besides numerous built-in shortcodes in our framework, we’ve also added two custom shortcodes for recipes: Ingredients and Directions , so you can quickly create such sections, like in this recipe , for example. Custom Posts vs. Regular Posts One thing that you’ll be happy about this theme is that it doesn’t use Custom Post Types , like many other themes do, to separate regular posts from recipes. That’s why we have decided to keep on using regular posts for recipes, but there is still an option that allows you to let the theme know which of your posts are recipes, and which are traditional blog posts. Why we took this decision? Because we wanted to make the theme accessible to anyone who used a different theme previously, without any custom features, which most of the time will keep you from switching to another theme without losing your content. So if you already have a food blog, then Petit is the right theme to switch to. Instagram Widget Beside standard widgets that can be found in all of our themes, we’ve introduced in this theme a Instagram widget that allows you to display recent images from any users. For more detailed features, check the theme’s page or check out the live demo of this theme. Continue reading
WPZOOM Christmas & New Year 2013 Special!
It’s almost Christmas and we are happy to announce our last special offer for 2012! From now until January 3rd, 2013 we have a special offer on all of our products and subscriptions. Here are the deals that you can benefit from: 33% off on all our WordPress Themes and on the sign-up fee for our Club Subscriptions which will give you access to all our 50+ themes (normally $199, now $133 ) ! 3-for-1 on all our Standard WordPress Themes (normally 2 for 1 for $69, now $46 ) ! 4-for-1 on all our Developer WordPress Themes (normally 3 for 1 for $149, now $99 ) ! How it works? Pick up a theme from our collection , or Join our Club with a membership subscription and get access to all of our 50+ themes Enter code ZOOMXMAS to claim this special! We wish you all a festive and well rested holiday with family and friends! Continue reading
Christmas Giveaway: 10 WPZOOM Themes
Just a couple of days keep us away from the moment when Santa will start knocking on our doors, and we decided this year to help him out here at WPZOOM , and give you the chance to win a Premium Theme from our collection . Today we start our Christmas Giveaway and 10 lucky readers will have the chance to win a beautiful theme from our collection. Instructions are very simple: collect as many points you can to enter the giveaway, and we’ll announce 10 winners , randomly selected, on December 27th . Enter the giveaway: Complete all tasks for a higher chance to be a winner; Winners will be announced on December 27th ; What you can win? Any of our themes! a Rafflecopter giveaway WPZOOM Wishes You Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Continue reading
