Getting Comfortable With Child Themes: A Practical Workshop – November 24, 2016

Atelier thèmes-enfants / Child Theming Workshop

Getting Comfortable With Child Themes: A Practical Workshop

Child themes are a simple but powerful way to customize a pre-made theme. Learning how to use them properly means you’ll never risk losing all your modifications when the developer releases a new version and you update the theme. Using easy-to-follow language, I’ll walk you through the steps to set up a child theme on your laptop’s WordPress installation and we’ll make some tweaks together – from CSS adjustments to more substantial changes in functionality.

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le 27 octobre – clinique de site / October 27th – Site Clinic

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Souhaitez-vous avoir une deuxième opinion sur votre site Web ou celui d’un client? Ce mois-ci, nous tiendrons une clinique de site WordPress, mettant à votre disposition, un panel d’expert(e)s bien outillé(e)s pour répondre à vos questions. Ils ou elles vous offriront des conseils à propos du design, du contenu, de la structure et des fonctions du site. Au courant de l’heure du meetup, nous regarderons publiquement plusieurs sites dans le but d’offrir des astuces utiles et applicables.

Si vous souhaitez soumettre votre site à l’évaluation par notre panel, veuillez vous soumettez et nous en dire plus sur votre site et dans quelle langue vous souhaitez le faire évaluer. À moins que le temps nous le permette, nous ne regarderons que les sites inscrits.

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le 16 août – WordPress Montréal sur la terrasse / August 16th – WordPress Montréal on a patio

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Bonjour à la fabuleuse communauté WordPress Montréal !

Cette année, on a eu beaucoup de plaisir à WordCamp Montréal ! Il était vraiment super de voir beaucoup de visages, nouveaux et anciens, et nous espérons que vous l’avez apprécié autant que nous ! Pour dire adieu à l’été, nous allons faire une rencontre sociale pour discuter du code, les blogs, et WordPress! Venez nous rejoindre!

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WordCamp Montréal 2016

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Did you hear? WordCamp Montréal is gearing up for another exciting edition July 23-24 in downtown Montréal. As always, you can look forward to an engaging and diverse lineup of talks as well as several hands-on workshops. 

Our website is live with all the information about WordCamp Montréal 2016, and we’ll keep it updated as the event draws closer. 

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May 31: Pinball Social Meetup / le 31 mai: Rencontre sociale machine à piastres

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Summer is here and what better time for another social meetup! Join us for a few drinks and some pinball while seeing some old friends and making new ones. Maybe even chat about your latest WordPress endeavours. We’re a friendly bunch, so we’d love to see you, whether you’re an old-timer or new to the Montreal WordPress scene.

Time and Location

Event: WordPress Montreal Pinball Social Meetup
Date: Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Time: 7:00pm
RSVP: Required
Venue:

North Star Pinball
3908 Boul. Saint-Laurent
Montreal, QC, H2W 1Y2

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Métro: Sherbrooke

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April 19 – Social Meetup / le 19 avril – Rencontre Sociale

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It’s time for our first social meetup of 2016! Join us in Outremont for a few drinks, see old friends and make new ones, and maybe even chat about your latest WordPress endeavours. We’re a friendly bunch, so we’d love to see you, whether you’re an old-timer or new to the Montreal WordPress scene.

Time and Location

Event: WordPress Montreal Social Meetup
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Time: 7:00pm
RSVP: Required
Venue:

Brasserie Lorbeer
381 Laurier Avenue West
Montreal, QC,
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Métro: Laurier

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Notes from WordCamp 2016 community planning meeting

Français ci-dessous Agenda Introductions Feedback from WCMTL 2015 Plans for WCMTL 2016 Proposed WCMTL 2016 budget Ticket price and sales Workshop week Introduction Everyone present introduced themselves and shared a little about themselves and their experiences with WordPress and at WordCamps. 11 people were in attendance. Feedback from WCMTL 2015 Feedback was solicited on WCMTL 2015; what worked well, what didn’t work well and what … Continuer de lire Notes from WordCamp 2016 community planning meeting

March 23: Uncle Jake Needs a Website


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Sooner or later, every web designer or developer gets a request for help from a good friend or family member. How do you decide when to say Yes or No? Should you always be paid? How do you manage the expectations and changes to the relationship? What’s different about this kind of ‘client’ and what should you be prepared for? Come and learn the art of negotiating delicate deals that involve loved ones, and how to manage the process so that it doesn’t come back to bite you next Thanksgiving/Christmas.

Belinda DarceyPresenter: Belinda Darcey

Belinda Darcey has been working in web design for 16 years. At her indie design shop, DolceDesign, she creates visuals for websites, mobile apps, billboards, trade show promo pieces, fake tattoos and… well you get the picture. She has bartered and brokered deals with relatives, exes, friends of exes and the odd client.

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Time and Location

Event: Uncle Jake Needs a Website
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Time: 7-9:00pm
RSVP: Required
Venue:

Notman House
51 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC H2X 1X2

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March 15: WordCamp 2016 Planning Meeting

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The organizers of WordCamp MTL 2015 are meeting up to begin planning for WCMTL 2016, this summer. We invite members of the community who want to be involved to join us to discuss logistics and programming of WCMTL as well as to accept task assignments so that we can start working on this ASAP.

Thanks to all who can make it, for those who can’t we will publish a summary on the Montreal WordPress Community blog at wpmtl.org.

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Time and Location

Event: WordCamp 2016 planning meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Venue:

Centre cloud.ca (formerly RPM)
420 Guy St.
Montreal, QC H3J 1S6
Métro: Gare Lucien-L’Allier

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February 9: Keeping Your Content Fresh: Strategies for Personal and Business Blogging


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February 9

Keeping Your Content Fresh: Strategies for Personal and Business Blogging

Our expert panelists will share their experiences and tips for crafting compelling content to keep your blog fresh and engaging. Whether you’re blogging for fun or writing for a corporate blog, you’ll come away with practical ideas you can use right away to reel in readers.

Panelists:

Andrea Zoellner is a blogger, content consultant, and recent adopter of the oxford comma. She has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Concordia University and a DEC in Communications. She is a freelance copywriter at Automattic and a marketing consultant at Viki.com, a video streaming service.

Dan Levy is Content Strategist at Unbounce, the landing page builder for marketers. A journalist by training and a marketer by accident, he previously served as Editor of the award-winning multiplatform magazine Sparksheet and as a research assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Jennifer Doré Dallas is a corporate dropout turned travel blogger at Moi, mes souliers, a freelance writer and community manager for diverse clients in different sectors. Passionate about the IT world and the mysterious realm of blogging, she has been navigating the WordPress interface for years.

Liesl Barrell is the co-founder and CEO of Third Wunder, a digital agency specializing in marketing for brands looking to change and disrupt how we do business around the world. She’s an award-winning agency veteran, a seasoned writer, public speaker, and passionate community leader for women in technology.

The panel will be bilingual and questions taken in French or English.

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Time and Location

Event: Keeping Your Content Fresh: Strategies for Personal and Business Blogging
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
RSVP: Required
Venue:

Centre cloud.ca (formerly RPM)
420 Guy St.
Montreal, QC H3J 1S6
Métro: Gare Lucien-L’Allier

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