November 9, 2016

We will be updating a website to make it mobile-friendly.

A mobile-friendly website is one that displays a webpage in an easier to read format on hand-held devices such as smartphones & tablets.

Please see the September 14 post below for more details.

Minor topic - a demo to create a Wiki using WordPress. What is a Wiki?

MeetUp folks should come earlier - 6:30 or after. The workshop starts at 7PM

Also please note room change - new room - 113

For directions, see Directions to Stepinac tab at top.

September 14, 2016

We will be updating a website to make it mobile-friendly. A mobile-friendly website is one that displays a webpage in an easier to read format on hand-held devices such as smartphones & tablets. So there is less need to pinch, zoom & swipe when looking at the website.

This project will include the following activities:

• Build a WordPress website using InstantWP
• InstantWP simulates a web server locally installed on any PC so no need to go with a commercial host while building the site
• Examine many mobile friendly WordPress themes & install one we like
• Populate the website with text & images
• Set up the navigation
• Migrate the local website to our host service provider & bring live  on the web 

June 8th Workshop

For this workshop we are planning to discuss:

• We will do a brief introduction to WordPress if new members show up 
• We will celebrate this - the last workshop of this season & will resume in Sept.
• Demo a local install of WordPress - no hosting needed
• Demo the code required to make a webpage mobile friendly
• Demo how to redirect from an old website to a new website
• More to come as we approach June 8.............

May 11th Workshop

For this workshop we are planning to discuss:

• We will do a brief introduction to WordPress if new members show up 
• Installing and managing themes
• Modifying the stylesheet
• The importance of titles for Search Engine Optimization
• Examine typical hacker's control panel

April 13 Workshop

For this workshop we are planning to discuss: 

• Google Docs
• SEO plugins for search rankings 
• or any subject that comes up from attendees

March 9th workshop

Please note we will meet in room 109 (on 1st floor) at Stepinac at 7PM. 

Directions: http://goo.gl/7wRcDu

The areas we will cover: 

• We will do a brief introduction to WordPress if new members show up
   
• Installing and managing themes
• Modifying the stylesheet
• The importance of titles for Search Engine Optimization
• Examine typical hacker's control panel

February 10th Workshop

Please note we will meet in room G1 at Stepinac at 7PM. 

For directions click here.

The areas we will cover: 

• We will do a brief introduction to WordPress if new members show up
• Building WordPress sites, we will cover:

• Installing and managing themes

• Modifying the stylesheet
  

• The importance of titles for Search Engine Optimization
  

• In the area of website security we will examine what we're up against
• Our security scanner WordFence has published a study on how hackers post scripts to anonymous servers where the downloaded script creates a larger download called an attack platform which with a graphical user interface (GUI) provides a hacker with a multitude of attack tools

• WordFence has provided us with an insiders view as to what these attack platforms look like