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This week on WPwatercooler we'll be wrapping up our 2 part series on updates, last week we discussed themes and plugin updates this week we're discussing WordPress security updates.

* Website Security News | Sucuri Blog
* The SiteLock Blog
* WPScan Vulnerability Database
* WordPress Versions « WordPress Codex
* DEF CON® Hacking Conference

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This week on WPblab we'll be talking with Roy Sivan about the best thing to help you level up your WordPress career. Name Factoid: Celtic Meaning: The name Roy is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Roy is: Red haired. WP Crowd – WordPress community mastermind group / video show Mastermind sundays at 6pm PST WordPress community is very unique among tech communities because of the level of sharing … you can come in without knowing anything and level up from the ground up. Other communities can be judgy about beginner / entry-level questions. Got a gig working for Disney because of a talk he gave at a WordCamp Teaching other people in the WP community also helps you to level up because you get to know your subject matter better as you prepare to teach it Church IT Roundtable http://citrt.com Epoch – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time Being open source makes WordPress and it’s community unique – people are more open and more generous with their knowledge and time. A great example: WordCamps – only $40 for a whole weekend (with lunches!) and you learn so much for so little Having one code mentor is a great way to learn! But with the WordPress community you have hundreds of mentors! MasterMinds: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chicceo/2013/10/21/7-reasons-to-join-a-mastermind-group/#535c4ddb5deb http://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/how-to-start-and-run-a-mastermind-group.html Masterminds help you keep accountable – good way to level together in a smaller, more focused group Try participating in local hackathons to push yourself a little further and learn more quickly Get involved in your local meetup, they are always looking for speakers of all levels and you can learn so much from the other members. Meetups can help you get out of shell – get used to speaking to a smaller group. It’s a good place to work on a new topic that you might want to one day present at a WordCamp in front of a larger audience. Spend sometime outside of the WordPress spectrum – expose yourself to authors, podcasts, books, experts, etc. in adjacent interest areas that can help broaden your understanding (Get out of the bubble!) Folks that helped us with our show notes * James Tryon – @jamestryon * Cheryl LaPrade – @YayCheryl * Sherie LaPrade – @HeySherie * Adam Silver @heyadamsilver  

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This week on WPblab we'll be talking with Roy Sivan about the best thing to help you level up your WordPress career.
Name Factoid:
Celtic Meaning: The name Roy is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Roy is: Red haired.
WP Crowd – WordPress community mastermind group / video show
Mastermind sundays at 6pm PST
WordPress community is very unique among tech communities because of the level of sharing … you can come in without knowing anything and level up from the ground up. Other communities can be judgy about beginner / entry-level questions.
Got a gig working for Disney because of a talk he gave at a WordCamp
Teaching other people in the WP community also helps you to level up because you get to know your subject matter better as you prepare to teach it
Church IT Roundtable http://citrt.com
Epoch – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
Being open source makes WordPress and it’s community unique – people are more open and more generous with their knowledge and time. A great example: WordCamps – only $40 for a whole weekend (with lunches!) and you learn so much for so little
Having one code mentor is a great way to learn! But with the WordPress community you have hundreds of mentors!
MasterMinds:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chicceo/2013/10/21/7-reasons-to-join-a-mastermind-group/#535c4ddb5deb
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/how-to-start-and-run-a-mastermind-group.html
Masterminds help you keep accountable – good way to level together in a smaller, more focused group
Try participating in local hackathons to push yourself a little further and learn more quickly
Get involved in your local meetup, they are always looking for speakers of all levels and you can learn so much from the other members.
Meetups can help you get out of shell – get used to speaking to a smaller group. It’s a good place to work on a new topic that you might want to one day present at a WordCamp in front of a larger audience.
Spend sometime outside of the WordPress spectrum – expose yourself to authors, podcasts, books, experts, etc. in adjacent interest areas that can help broaden your understanding (Get out of the bubble!)
Folks that helped us with our show notes

* James Tryon – @jamestryon
* Cheryl LaPrade – @YayCheryl
* Sherie LaPrade – @HeySherie
* Adam Silver @heyadamsilver

 

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This week on WPwatercooler we're doing a two parter, this week it's WordPress Themes and Plugins Updates and next week it's WordPress security updates. Join us and learn all about updating WordPress themes and Plugins! * Report: Nokia bringing back iconic ‘brick' phone | abc13.com * Jitterbug Flip|Cell Phone for Seniors * Write Meow * WP Rollback * Common WordPress Errors « WordPress Codex * If You Don't Know what WP Release Day is, You're Already Doomed * VaultPress-WordPress Backup and Security * Ways to handle pro and free versions of your WordPress plugin * maintainn.com * Relax. We Got This|ConciergeWP.com * WordPress Support Services Starting at $79 Per Month * Offsite, Onsite & Cloud * Mac Backup Software * How to Check if Installed Plugins Are No Longer in the Plugin Directory – WordPress Tavern * stephanis.info

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This week on WPwatercooler we're doing a two parter, this week it's WordPress Themes and Plugins Updates and next week it's WordPress security updates. Join us and learn all about updating WordPress themes and Plugins!

* Report: Nokia bringing back iconic ‘brick' phone | abc13.com
* Jitterbug Flip|Cell Phone for Seniors
* Write Meow
* WP Rollback
* Common WordPress Errors « WordPress Codex
* If You Don't Know what WP Release Day is, You're Already Doomed
* VaultPress-WordPress Backup and Security
* Ways to handle pro and free versions of your WordPress plugin
* maintainn.com
* Relax. We Got This|ConciergeWP.com
* WordPress Support Services Starting at $79 Per Month
* Offsite, Onsite & Cloud
* Mac Backup Software
* How to Check if Installed Plugins Are No Longer in the Plugin Directory – WordPress Tavern
* stephanis.info

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This week on WPblab we’ll be talking with surgeon Dr Andy Fragen about how he builds WordPress plugins as a hobby. Andy Fragen Geek Surgeon / Plugin Developer * thefragens.com * afragen (Andy Fragen) * Andy Fragen (@andyfragen) Andy doesn't do WordPress during the day, he does it as a hobby * CSS Zen Garden:The Beauty of CSS Design * The Events Calendar Category Colors Scratching your own itch has lead to making some plugins for favorite things * Github Updater * Software Licensing-Updater Implementation for WordPress Plugins Some people go home from a crazy day at work and do puzzles to unwind… Coding is a puzzle – figuring out how to accomplish something or meet a need with a plugin Started using Git/GitHub mainly for version control for his own purposes … not primarily seeking help/input to start Rachelle Wise: I've written a bunch of plugins, but they've been mostly specific to client sites and haven't submitted anything yet, but I've been thinking about it. Any tips for submitting to the WP directory? Andy Fragen: Use some batch script to make it easier – but definitely go for it! What’s the worse that could happen? You’ll have to support it 🙂 Use hooks, use filters, use the WordPress API Try to test plugins in both single site and multi-site environments Bridget: How do you handle support when it’s just a hobby / side job? James Tryon: Brian Hogg had great advice about saying in the warranty “you only support the plugin on base WordPress with no other plugins installed and a default theme”… so you are not stuck with all the support – WordPress – Profiles – Andy Fragen Great plugin: – Local Development No meetups in Palm Springs? There are some people who livestream their meetups – good alternative for people without a local meetup Bridget: How do you start contributing? Andy: Hang out in support forums and answer questions – if you have a product you really like, start there … more than one person has gotten hired by volunteering their time in support! Use the proper tools – PHPstorm is a good one * PhpStorm IDE * Local Development * Pippins Plugins * Tom McFarlin | A Perspective on Professional WordPress Development * Deploys a WordPress plugin from Github (git) to the WordPress Plugin Repostiory (svn), taking account of git-flow usage.   Thanks to these people for helping us with these show notes! Jen Miller @jenblogs4u James Tryon – @jamestryon Sherie LaPrade – @HeySherie

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This week on WPblab we’ll be talking with surgeon Dr Andy Fragen about how he builds WordPress plugins as a hobby.
Andy Fragen

Geek Surgeon / Plugin Developer

* thefragens.com
* afragen (Andy Fragen)
* Andy Fragen (@andyfragen)

Andy doesn't do WordPress during the day, he does it as a hobby

* CSS Zen Garden:The Beauty of CSS Design
* The Events Calendar Category Colors

Scratching your own itch has lead to making some plugins for favorite things

* Github Updater
* Software Licensing-Updater Implementation for WordPress Plugins

Some people go home from a crazy day at work and do puzzles to unwind…

Coding is a puzzle – figuring out how to accomplish something or meet a need with a plugin
Started using Git/GitHub mainly for version control for his own purposes … not primarily seeking help/input to start
Rachelle Wise: I've written a bunch of plugins, but they've been mostly specific to client sites and haven't submitted anything yet, but I've been thinking about it. Any tips for submitting to the WP directory?

Andy Fragen: Use some batch script to make it easier – but definitely go for it! What’s the worse that could happen? You’ll have to support it

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing doing community service work using WordPress. From hackathons to community website drives we'll inspire you to get involved and help a non-profit in your area. * GiveCamp|Coding for Charity * Website Weekend LA-A Non-Profit Hackathon in Los Angeles * Open Data Day DC:Hackathon+Workshops in Washington, DC, USA * EP42-#A11y, WordPress and Your Website w/Rachel Carden @bamadesigner * WPblab 048-WordPress Community:Giving Back at a Nonprofit Hackathon * Plugin-a-Palooza Returns to WC Orange County – WordCamp Orange County * TechSoup:Power Up Your Social Impact * Vegas WordPress Meetup Group – Official Site * A Nonprofit's Guide to Building Simple, Low-Cost Websites * List of companies offering free Web hosting to 501(c)3 nonprofits and other charities * Hosting and WordPress

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This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing doing community service work using WordPress. From hackathons to community website drives we'll inspire you to get involved and help a non-profit in your area.

* GiveCamp|Coding for Charity
* Website Weekend LA-A Non-Profit Hackathon in Los Angeles
* Open Data Day DC:Hackathon+Workshops in Washington, DC, USA
* EP42-#A11y, WordPress and Your Website w/Rachel Carden @bamadesigner
* WPblab 048-WordPress Community:Giving Back at a Nonprofit Hackathon
* Plugin-a-Palooza Returns to WC Orange County – WordCamp Orange County
* TechSoup:Power Up Your Social Impact
* Vegas WordPress Meetup Group – Official Site
* A Nonprofit's Guide to Building Simple, Low-Cost Websites
* List of companies offering free Web hosting to 501(c)3 nonprofits and other charities
* Hosting and WordPress

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EP62 – WordPress Social Media Marketing for Seniors On this episode of WPblab we speak with Cemal Tashan about Social Media Marketing for Seniors. Cemal Tashan: Designing for Seniors WordCamp OC Talk * Seniors use Facebook to spy on their kids and grand kids * Confusion on how social media works * Color contrasts are important * Interactions are difficult for seniors, looking photos and such are easier for them. * Have two accounts on Amazon, one for search and one for purchasing * Photos of oceans, palm trees, dogs, cats are attractive to seniors * Senior abuse laws for the Internet? * Unaided brand awareness * Social Marketing branding bombardment * Keys to Being Social – The Series – You Too Can Be A Guru * A real person, a lot like you * Seniors are writing bios in long form * Microgrants Program Thanks for helping out with the show notes! Jen Miller @jenblogs4u James Tryon – @jamestryon

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