Common Mistakes With WordPress (We all make them…)

WP Omaha: AdminSpeaker: Eric SwansonFlywheel Tech: WP Admin Whether you are just getting started with a new WP site, or you are an experienced WordPress admin, it is, Despite all of its technological advances over the years, WordPress is still

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Game of Phones: Optimizing Websites for a Mobile User-base

Speakers: Rob Ruiz and hopefully others Tech: WP Admin Complexity: Beginner-Intermediate Many times, it’s easy to only think about the desktop user experience when it comes to a WordPress site. However, it’s about time we dedicate an entire talk to

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Meetup Plugin Dev (Part 1): Using Settings Frameworks and APIs

WP Omaha: Dev Speaker: Rob Ruiz (yet again) Tech: PHP, Javascript, JSON Members that have been in the group for the 6-9 months might have heard about the Meetup plugin I have been developing for some time now. At this

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How Are Your Numbers? – Google Analytics/SEO Deep Dive

Speakers: Zach Nelson and Rob Ruiz Tech: WP Admin, Google Analytics (some VERY lite Javascript), Google Webmaster Tools Optimizing the effectiveness of your website often requires understanding your users experience while they are there. Who are they? How did they

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WordPress Development Workflows

WP Omaha (Dev) Speakers: Dylan Hildenbrand and Rob Ruiz Tech: PHP, FTP, Git, Gutenberg, VS Code, WebStorm, WP CLI We are going to breakdown various workflows for WP development. Workflows can be different depending on what we are working on;

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Driving Traffic To Your Site With Social Media

Speaker: Rob Ruiz & Zach Nelson Audience: WordPress Admins, Online Marketing/Advertising, Analytics Join us this month as we dive into a VERY common problem. You learned WordPress. You build a site. All of your hard effort, time, and creativity poured

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Web Fundamentals: HTML & CSS for Beginners

SPEAKER:Rob Ruiz, Bizzle Designs (http://www.bizzledesigns.com/) Rob is a co-organizer of WP Omaha and owner of Bizzle Designs in Omaha. He was also a speaker at WordCamp Omaha earlier this year. Oh, and he’s a WHIZ at CSS! DETAILS:If you can

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Exploring Exploits: Analyzing Known Vulnerabilities in WordPress

Speaker: Dylan Hildenbrand Tech: PHP WordPress is great, but it lets be honest; it has a security problem. Everyday, new vulnerabilities are discovered in different plugins, themes, and even WP Core. So what can we do? We can start by

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How/Why to Write an Engaging Client On-boarding Questionnaire

Speaker: Veronica Oleson – @veronica_oleson Topics: Online Marketing, Sales, UX You’ve closed the sale and landed a new (or repeat) client. Congratulations! Now what? Freelancers and agency owners often struggle with on-boarding new clients and setting the tone for a

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Optimizing Images For Your Website

You’ve heard it said that an image is worth a thousand words. This is especially true on your website because an image may be the first thing that catches the eye of your visitor and connects with them. Using images

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