WPwatercooler - Weekly WordPress Talk Show

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be going over what happened in 2016 and what we should be looking forward to in 2017.

* Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016 -Post Status
* State of the Word 2016: Mullenweg Pushes Calypso as Future of WordPress’ Interface, Proposes Major Changes to Release Cycle – WordPress Tavern
* PHP Compatibility Checker
* PHP 6 Certified:Unisex Tee
* Let’s Encrypt-Free SSL/TLS Certificates
* Pardon Our Interruption
* Theme Directory
* Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS-WordPress
* The Rolling Stones
* Motley Crue

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This week on WPblab we're joined by Robert Nissenbaum consultant & speaker at Tactical Social Media to discuss how you can create visibility and authority through social media. * The Power Of A Single Comment – Why You Need To Engage More * Social Networking: How I Generate Leads Without Content * Social + Media = Success – Tactical Social Media Our crowd sourced show notes * New Give Blog layout – https://givewp.com/blog/ * Remember you are writing for “people” not for search bots – over time your keywords will recur naturally when you are writing what you know * Authority – an indication of your site’s level of expertise in a given subject, based on quality content * https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/links?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wpwatercooler.com&filter=&source=external&target=page&group=0&page=1&sort=page_authority&anchor_id=&anchor_type=&anchor_text=&from_site= * The primary purposes of using social media are to drive traffic to your website and build relationships with your target audience * Content is not just what you post on your blog – content is your comments on facebook, others posts, etc – it creates visibility, shows your authority, develops relationships * If you have 2 hours to go and drive to a networking meeting, you have time in the week to take 10-15 minutes here and there to network online through social media * You still need to be/act like a human on social media, don’t just schedule messages, interact with people – start conversations, include some personal content * Relationships trump price and convenience, breeds loyalty * As much time as you have available you should be spending on social media marketing, building relationships take time * Utilize twitter lists! Excellent curation tool * http://nuzzel.com/ News from friends and influencers * Put on a timer for 15 minutes (you can do anything for 15 mins)! Focus on your social media interactions until the timer is up and then stop, the more you do it, the easier it will get. * https://www.rescuetime.com/ – big brother that cares * It’s really important to have a social media presence for your business on every major platform * Especially for tracking conversations about your business & to reply to customers * Start on the platform where you’re most comfortable and work up from there These folks helped us out with the show notes * Cheryl LaPrade – @YayCheryl * Sherie LaPrade – @HeySherie * Jason Tucker – WPwatercooler @jasontucker * James Tryon – @jamestryon

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This week on WPblab we're joined by Robert Nissenbaum consultant & speaker at Tactical Social Media to discuss how you can create visibility and authority through social media.

* The Power Of A Single Comment – Why You Need To Engage More
* Social Networking: How I Generate Leads Without Content
* Social + Media = Success – Tactical Social Media

Our crowd sourced show notes

* New Give Blog layout – https://givewp.com/blog/
* Remember you are writing for “people” not for search bots – over time your keywords will recur naturally when you are writing what you know
* Authority – an indication of your site’s level of expertise in a given subject, based on quality content

* https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/links?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wpwatercooler.com&filter=&source=external&target=page&group=0&page=1&sort=page_authority&anchor_id=&anchor_type=&anchor_text=&from_site=


* The primary purposes of using social media are to drive traffic to your website and build relationships with your target audience
* Content is not just what you post on your blog – content is your comments on facebook, others posts, etc – it creates visibility, shows your authority, develops relationships
* If you have 2 hours to go and drive to a networking meeting, you have time in the week to take 10-15 minutes here and there to network online through social media
* You still need to be/act like a human on social media, don’t just schedule messages, interact with people – start conversations, include some personal content
* Relationships trump price and convenience, breeds loyalty
* As much time as you have available you should be spending on social media marketing, building relationships take time
* Utilize twitter lists! Excellent curation tool
* http://nuzzel.com/ News from friends and influencers
* Put on a timer for 15 minutes (you can do anything for 15 mins)! Focus on your social media interactions until the timer is up and then stop, the more you do it, the easier it will get.
* https://www.rescuetime.com/ – big brother that cares
* It’s really important to have a social media presence for your business on every major platform

* Especially for tracking conversations about your business & to reply to customers
* Start on the platform where you’re most comfortable and work up from there



These folks helped us out with the show notes

* Cheryl LaPrade – @YayCheryl
* Sherie LaPrade – @HeySherie
* Jason Tucker – WPwatercooler @jasontucker
* James Tryon – @jamestryon

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This week on WPwatercooler we’ll be discussing how you should go about organizing your content with Customer Post Types and Taxonomies in your WordPress website. Show airs December 12 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTC * Post Type Templates in 4.7 – Make WordPress Core * Custom Post Type UI — WordPress Plugins * GitHub – johnbillion/extended-cpts: A library which provides extended functionality to WordPress custom post types, allowing developers to quickly build custom post types without having to write the same code again and again. * Home – Pods Framework * Custom Post Type UI Extended – Pluginize – WPshowandTell * Co-Authors Plus — WordPress Plugins

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This week on WPwatercooler we’ll be discussing how you should go about organizing your content with Customer Post Types and Taxonomies in your WordPress website.
Show airs December 12 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTC

* Post Type Templates in 4.7 – Make WordPress Core
* Custom Post Type UI — WordPress Plugins
* GitHub – johnbillion/extended-cpts: A library which provides extended functionality to WordPress custom post types, allowing developers to quickly build custom post types without having to write the same code again and again.
* Home – Pods Framework
* Custom Post Type UI Extended – Pluginize – WPshowandTell
* Co-Authors Plus — WordPress Plugins

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On this episode of WPwatercooler we'll be discussing WordPress 4.7 Show aired Dec 5 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTC Follow along with us: * What’s Coming in WordPress 4.7 (Features and Screenshots) * WordPress 4.7 Improves Accessibility by Removing Alternative Text Fallbacks – WordPress Tavern * PDF Image Previews Among the Improvements to Media in WordPress 4.7 – WordPress Tavern * WordPress 4.7 – WPShout * Free stock videos – Pexels Videos * How to Install WordPress in Other Languages * TinyMCE Advanced — WordPress Plugins * #16031 (Bulk actions: Reactivate bulk actions hook + add hander hook for all admin screens) – WordPress Trac * #18375 (Post type templates) ‚Äì WordPress Trac * EP209 – Waking the WordPress REST API WPwatercooler * Paw – The most advanced API tool for Mac [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”wordpress-4-7-what-you-need-to-know-5-5844d71043ed9″ show_gravatar=”true”]

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On this episode of WPwatercooler we'll be discussing WordPress 4.7
Show aired Dec 5 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTC
Follow along with us:

* What’s Coming in WordPress 4.7 (Features and Screenshots)
* WordPress 4.7 Improves Accessibility by Removing Alternative Text Fallbacks – WordPress Tavern
* PDF Image Previews Among the Improvements to Media in WordPress 4.7 – WordPress Tavern
* WordPress 4.7 – WPShout
* Free stock videos – Pexels Videos
* How to Install WordPress in Other Languages
* TinyMCE Advanced — WordPress Plugins
* #16031 (Bulk actions: Reactivate bulk actions hook + add hander hook for all admin screens) – WordPress Trac
* #18375 (Post type templates) – WordPress Trac
* EP209 – Waking the WordPress REST API WPwatercooler
* Paw – The most advanced API tool for Mac

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This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing the WordPress Customizer the advantages, disadvantages and how it's grown over the years. We'll touch on ways people are putting customizations in it and things you can't customize with it. Show airs November 28 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTC * Using the WordPress Customizer to Build Beautiful Plugin Settings Pages – LoopConf * Theme Customization API « WordPress Codex * Resetting the Customizer to a Blank Slate – Make XWP * Edit WordPress Posts and Postmeta in the Customizer – WordPress Tavern * The WordPress Customizer – Beaver Builder * Comparing Drag & Drop WordPress Page Builders * Customize Posts — WordPress Plugins [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep213-wordpress-customizer-advantages-disadvantages-how-its-grown-wpwatercooler-5-583b85ff73090″ show_gravatar=”true”]

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This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing the WordPress Customizer the advantages, disadvantages and how it's grown over the years. We'll touch on ways people are putting customizations in it and things you can't customize with it.
Show airs November 28 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTC

* Using the WordPress Customizer to Build Beautiful Plugin Settings Pages – LoopConf
* Theme Customization API « WordPress Codex
* Resetting the Customizer to a Blank Slate – Make XWP
* Edit WordPress Posts and Postmeta in the Customizer – WordPress Tavern
* The WordPress Customizer – Beaver Builder
* Comparing Drag & Drop WordPress Page Builders
* Customize Posts — WordPress Plugins

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On this episode of WPwatercooler we discuss how to get started with WooCommerce Show aired November 21 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * WooCommerce – Wikipedia * Do the Woo a WooCommerce Podcast * WordPress XML & CSV Importer Plugin – WP All Import * Woocommerce CSV importer — WordPress Plugins * Product CSV Import Suite – WooCommerce * TaxJar: Automated Sales Tax Reporting & Filing * EP 211 – SSL options for your WordPress Website WPwatercooler * WooCommerce Documenation * Developer Docs – WooCommerce Docs * Selling Videos with WooCommerce Bob’s Podcast * WordPress eCommerce Show Patrick Rauland’s Lynda.com courses * Lynda.com – WordPress: Customizing WooCommerce Themes (this link includes a free 7 day trial) * Lynda.com – WordPress Ecommerce Fundamentals [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep212-how-to-get-started-with-woocommerce-5-58324ee2e4eef” show_gravatar=”true”]

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