WordPress from Install to Publish. WPwatercooler is a live video and audio roundtable discussion from WordPress professionals from around the industry who offer tips, best practices, and lively debate on how to put the content management system to use. WPwatercooler is part of the WPwatercooler Network
Hosted by WordPress developer Jason Tucker, the weekly panel includes the following WP experts as well as over 500 guests since 2012.
∙ Jason Tucker – podcast host, web developer, and IT Director
∙ Steve Zehngut – Zeek Interactive
∙ Sé Reed – web developer, speaker, small business advocate and Internet geek.
∙ Jason Cosper – Sr. Performance Engineer at Liquid Web
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On this episode of WPwatercooler we will be discussing the various form plugins that are available for WordPress, which you should use and why. Forms show on your website and allow you to put data into the website. Depending on which form you’re using it does different things with it. Forms will take the data and…
Today’s topic is our favorite plugin Jetpack. What is Jetpack? It’s a plugin that comes with WordPress, it’s not always automatically installed but it does require an API key in order to work. Although in some server infrastructures it is automatically installed. Boiled down, it’s basically a lot of plugins within one plugin. Jetpack has…
On this episode of WPwatercooler we will be discussing the best ways to work with WordPress Multisite, why should you use it and what are the best ways to extend it’s functionality. Live stream starts at 11am PDT / 2pm EST / 7PM UTC [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep63-what-are-the-best-ways-to-work-with-wordpress-multisite-wpwatercooler-” show_gravatar=”true”] Multisite Multisite is the art of having one WordPress installation manage…
Today’s topic is How to manage events in WordPress. Live stream starts at 11am PDT / 2pm EST / 18:00 GMT [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”how-to-manage-events-in-wordpress-5-528981707193cs” show_gravatar=”true”] How to manage events in WordPress Define what your requirements are when deciding which plugin to use such as do you need recurring events, purchase tickets, multiple tickets etc. The plus side…
On this episode of WPwatercooler we will be discussing our favorite WordPress people to follow on social media. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Github Dribble even Instagram! We’re not leaving one stone unturned (ok, we may.. this is a 30 minute show!) Live stream starts at 11am PDT / 2pm EST / 18:00 GMT Google+ mentioned WPChatter Advanced WordPress…
On this episode of WPwatercooler we will be discussing mobile solutions for WordPress, themes, apps and ways to integrate mobile with your project. Mobile solutions Start by asking yourself what the purpose is? Define what the goal is, who your audience is, how will they be experiencing your website? If you’re serious about making your site…
Today’s topic we will be discussing the use of images and galleries in WordPress. There are many plugins and prebuilt solutions to help with these, we’ll be exploring a few of them from the 1000ft level and then digging deeper into our favorites. Tips for working with imaged and galleries in WordPress When used correctly (as…
Today’s topic is WordPress 3.7, auto updates and quick iterations. 3.7 released in October and 3.8 will be released in December. Is that a good/reasonable release schedule? It’s possible that this kind of release schedule will create more diligence as far as custom theme developers in keeping the standards and prevent “hacked” versions of themes….
Today we are talking about the latest plugins we are using in our day to day WordPress web development. What’s a Plugin? A plugin is architecture which allows users and developers to extend WordPress’s abilities beyond the core installation. Each plugin offers custom functions and features enabling users to tailor their sites to their specific…
Social media is here to stay, whether you like it or not. What is the best way to use it on your WordPress powered site and when not to do it. We’ll be talking about how it affects performance and which plugins to use to get the job done. Keep in mind there is a…
On this episode of WPwatercooler we’re going to be discussing meetups. We’ll be discussing: how to find one, how to run one, why would you do either and what are the motivations or running one or attending. What is a meetup? A great way to get like minded people together and share ideas. * Steve: OCWordPress began with…
On this episode we are recapping the events that happened during WordCamp Los Angeles 2013. WordCamp LAX was really smooth and well managed. General thoughts are that it was hard to imagine this was a first time organizer group for a WordCamp. It was also representative of life and diversity in Southern California. Events Friday:…
WPwatercooler streamed live with a panel from WordCamp Los Angeles 2013. We rounded up some of the brightest names in WordPress from the camp and got them on the show to talk shop and share their experiences. Due to low bandwidth issues at the event the video cut out at the beginning of the discussion. Many…
On this episode of WPwatercooler we celebrate about our first birthday and discuss the year in review. Live stream starts at 11am PST Mondays The one year anniversary of WP Watercooler Favorite Episodes: * Episode 28 – April Fools Day show – Drupal Watercooler * WordCamp Live shows * Orange County * Phoenix, Day two…
This week on WPwatercooler we will be discussing analytics for WordPress. Analytics is the way you go about tracking information about the people going to a website. It tells you how they’re arriving on your site, what pages they’re viewing, browser type, country of origin. There are 2 types of analytics. Site based: Input code into the…
