Web414 June 2008 Meeting

Note: As of Sunday, June 8th, 2008, Bucketworks is closed due to storm damage and flooding. We will be holding the meeting at MSOE. 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.

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.