We held our first Baltimore WordPress Meetup last night at the Beehive in Canton. Here are some notes on the conversation.
Plugins:
Margie shared http://www.wordpress-tips.org, and demoed security plugins mentioned during Brad Williams’ WordCamp MidAtlantic presentation
ServerBuddy - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/serverbuddy-by-pluginbuddy/
WP Security Scan - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/
WP-MalWatch - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-malwatch/
WordPress Exploit Scanner - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/
WordPress File Monitor - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor/
Matt demoed W3TC, which is different, and more configurable than the more commonly known WP Super Cache
We discussed PODS, Custom Post Type UI, and GD Custom Posts and Taxonomy tools. We’ll probably discuss these in further detail at a future meetup.
Jim mentioned three useful plugins, one for events, one for data uploads, and one for helping to troubleshoot .htaccess and permalinks. We’ll look into finding the names of these.
Will mentioned his two websites, murallocator.org, and geoill.com. He’s using a customized version of the GeoMashup plugin for his mural locator. The app clusters points of interest for a zoomed-out view.
Matt mentioned a number of cool projects he’s working on, including presswp.com, and wpmodguide.com
Jason has an interesting game-based captcha alternative plugin in the works.
Gordon is developing a site for the Geek cycling community, bikebmore.com
Troubleshooting:
1. We tossed around several approaches to help Thor with an HTML issue. One was the Raw HTML plugin, another was similar code found on wpmodguide.com for functions.php
2. Will wants to upgrade hosts. Thor mentioned that he’s pleased with a2hosting.com
3. Margie mentioned issues on her new server with permalinks.
UPDATE: Permalinks now work on this site. I needed to run the following two commands on my server:
a2enmod rewrite
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
(4. Related: Once we can troubleshoot weird timezone post-duplication issues with the p2 theme, we’ll make this site, wordpress-tips.org available to all members of the Baltimore WordPress community.)
Planning:
Audrey, Amanda and Thor are particularly interested in theming
Rich might present on marketing
Jim has an idea for a presentation next month, announcement to follow. He’d like to conduct a WordCamp for the Baltimore area next year.
We’ve invited core team member Andrew Nacin to present.
Other future topics include blogging, widgets, and custom content types
I catered the meetup, with East Indian Curry Lentil Stew, and baked apples with ginger and cashews.
(My catering career will be enhanced, when the propane container doesn’t somehow fall out of the box before arrival. Cold soup was enjoyed by all, okay, some! The apples were organic, and delicious.)
To join the meetup, visit http://www.meetup.com/The-Baltimore-WordPress-Group/
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Russell Heimlich 2:57 am on September 18, 2010 Permalink |
Thanks for sharing my summary of WordPress Mid-Atlantic!