WordPress Portsmouth Meetup
Starting from January 2019 the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup, aka WordUp Pompey! is changing from the 4th Thursday of the month to the 3rd Wednesday.
In 2019 we’ll finalise the meetups month by month.
This website wp-pompey.org.uk will have the draft agendas and topics for forthcoming months.
We’ll try to confirm the agenda before it appears in your WordPress dashboard.
We have a couple of new speakers lined up for our meetups in the first quarter.
Watch this space.
Come to the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup on 18th December 2019 for our final meetup of the year. We’ll be having lightning talks and a little seasonal fun.
The event starts at 7pm. There will be a social to carry on discussions and network after the meeting for any attendees who wish to go to it.
Continue reading “WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – 18 December 2019 – Lightning Talks Part Three”
The WordPress Portsmouth Meetup group are looking for speakers for January 2020 onwards. If you have a WordPress related talk that you feel would be of interest to our members please contact one of the organisers by whichever means you choose: Slack, Twitter, Meetup, Email.
Our meetings in the past 12 months have been as follows
Thanks to Scott McKeown of RedIT, for his continued sponsorship of the venue. We now have confirmed bookings at The Technopole for the following dates.
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 15th January 2020 | |
| 19th February 2020 |
The Full Bradbury Suite can hold up to 28 attendees in conference layout, 40 in theatre. It has
In 2020 we want to significantly grow the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup group’s membership. We want to double the number of members; from 130 to 260.
Starting in November (2019) we’ll be writing to local WordPress agencies to:
If you’re part of a WordPress agency, and we haven’t written to you, and some or all of your team are interested in finding out more about the local WordPress community, then please join the Meetup group and get in touch.
And we want to increase the average attendance at our meetups
This month Graham Armfield, from Coolfields Consulting, is going to take us through a very informative presentation on accessibility. That’s something that you should be doing when you develop a client’s website. Or as Graham puts it.
It makes sense to treat accessibility as a website requirement – even if your client doesn’t specifically ask for it.
@coolfields – April 2019
We want to ensure that our meetups satisfy the needs of the local community.
If you think that the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup is for you and your team then join the community and get involved.
Join the Portsmouth WordPress Meetup group today.
If not, why don’t you let us know what we can do.
We want to know what you want to know.
WordUp Pompey organisers
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This is the content of the email being sent from Email: pompey@wp-pompey.org.uk.
Hello there replace-this-dinlo , did you know: - That there's a Portsmouth WordPress Meetup group https://www.meetup.com/Portsmouth-WordPress-Meetup/ - We meet monthly on the third Wednesday of the month at The Technopole. - This month we have Graham Armfield, Coolfields Consulting, with a talk entitled "How to build an accessible WordPress theme" - It's FREE and open to everyone interested in WordPress. - In 2020 we want to double our membership and the average attendance of our meetings We'd really appreciate your involvement in the WordPress community. If you're interested then why not join the meetup group and register for the next meeting - https://www.meetup.com/Portsmouth-WordPress-Meetup/events/265682522 For more information see: - https://www.wp-pompey.org.uk/2019/11/11/calling-all-local-wordpress-agencies/ yours sincerely, Herb Miller - co-organiser - https://twitter.com/wppompey - https://twitter.com/herb_miller And sometimes I write a PS.
Come to the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup on 20th November 2019 to hear accessibility expert Graham Armfield, of Coolfields Consulting, explain how to make your website accessible.
The event starts at 7pm. There will be a social to carry on discussions and network after the meeting for any attendees who wish to go to it.
Continue reading “WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – 20 November 2019 – How to Build an Accessible WordPress Theme”
Come to the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup on 16th October 2019 where Lesley Hussell, of Editing Edge, will be leading an interactive workshop style session on copywriting.
A practical guide for anyone who wants to produce fantastic content for websites, brochures, reports, blogs and social media posts.
The event starts at 7pm. There will be a social to carry on discussions and network after the meeting for any attendees who wish to go to it.
Continue reading “WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – 16 October 2019 – Content is King”
This month is a clinic. Bring your laptop / tablet and your problems for some hands on problem solving.
Lightning talks and show and tells invited from participants, particularly for solved problems.
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No formal meetup this month as it’s the Summer holidays and we expect people to be away.
Continue reading “14th August 2019 – No Meetup – Summer holiday”
Come to the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup on 17th July 2019 to hear Leo Mindel’s presentation
“Migrating a WordPress business from self-managed hardware to the Cloud”
with Leo Mindel @WFCKeego
followed by a Q & A then
“An introduction to live streaming”
also with Leo Mindel
The event starts at 7pm. There will be a social to carry on discussions and network after the meeting for any attendees who wish to go to it.
Leo Mindel is the founder of Sotic, a multi award-winning Digital Sports Agency that uses WordPress CMS as the platform to deliver large-scale websites for major sporting rights-holders.
Established in 2002, Sotic adopted WordPress as its preferred CMS in 2015 and has discovered a home in the WordPress community.
Leo has been a member of WordPress London since 2016 and has regularly livestreamed this Meetup.
He is an active contributor to the WP Community, supporting Meetups and WordCamps with talks and support and part of the Communications Team for WordCamp London 2019, which took place in April 2019. He is also involved with others on Documentation on livestreaming and Video on Make WordPress.
Continue reading “WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – 17 Jul 2019 – Migrating our WordPress business to the cloud”
Come to the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup on 19th June 2019 for an interactive workshop style pithy pitch…
“Steps to make your brand engage” with Nic Cowper. @yellobrand
Continue reading “WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – 19 Jun 2019 – Steps to make your brand engage”
