June 2008 Web414 Meeting — Thursday, June 12th, 2008 — 7pm
Note: As of Sunday, June 8th, 2008, Bucketworks is closed due to storm damage and flooding. We are not sure yet if the meeting will be moved or not. We will be holding the meeting at MSOE in Rosenberg Hall. Keep an eye on web414.com for details.
Topics: WordPress, Web Design Critique, MKEDH2 Summary, BCMKE3
Lisa Sabin-Wilson will present "Dissecting Magazine Themes", an implementation of WordPress which uses queries and custom fields to create magazine and newspaper-like themes. Learn how to generate leading articles, featured stories and small article lead-ins, display category icons, article images and videos using WordPress with absolutely no plug-ins or scripts. Sample Magazine Themes will be provided for discussion and Q&A.
Mike Rohde and Jason McDowell will lead a brief group discussion, critiquing a website design to determine what works and what doesn't from design and usability perspectives.
There will be a follow-up summary of MilwaukeeDevHouse2 and discussion and planning for BarCampMilwaukee3 planned for Fall 2008.
MSOE - Rosenberg Hall
1235 N. Milwaukee St.
Milwaukee, WI
USA
Dinner? Not sure yet... We typically order food at 7PM and eat/mingle around 8PM. Please bring cash if you want to dine with us.
Also listed on Upcoming and Facebook.
One more thing... We'd appreciate if you use the signup here (you must be logged in) even if you signed-up on Upcoming or Facebook, just so we get a good idea of how many people plan to attend.
