Author: Mike Little

Mike Little is the co-founding developer of WordPress and a director at zed1.com Limited, a web development and consultancy firm specialising in WordPress. You can find his blog at mikelittle.org and follow him on twitter @mikelittlezed1 He has been running MWUG since June 2009, and thinks having a pool of WordPress-savvy people; for learning, community, networking, sharing and so on; in the Manchester area is a really good thing.

April 2018 Meeting: Wednesday 18th, 6.30-9pm, Madlab

April’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (https://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, the 18th from 6.30 pm to 9 pm.

Note: this month we are continuing with the successful clinic format to try to help more of you in the ways you’ve asked us.

Timings and Agenda:

  • 18:30 — WordPress news & review of WordCamp London (Mike Little)
  • 19:00 — WP clinic: bring your laptop and get the hands-on help you need
  • 20:15 — Talk: The Why, When and How of WordPress Child Themes (Sue Fernandes)
  • 21:00 — End
Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve only heard about it and want to know more, you’re an experienced WordPress user or developer, or anything in between; you are welcome to our meetings.

If you fancy coming along, please let us know on our Meetup page.

Mike Little (https://mikelittle.org), co-founder of WordPress, runs MWUG so come along to discover how WordPress can benefit you or your organisation, and get specific advice on any WordPress questions you have.

See you at MWUG!

March 2018 Meeting: Wednesday 21st, 6.30-9pm, Madlab

March’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (https://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, the 21st from 6.30pm to 9 pm.

Note: this month we are continuing with the successful clinic format to try to help more of you in the ways you’ve asked us.

Timings and Agenda:

  • 18:30 — Prompt start –  WordPress news
  • 19:00 — WP clinic – bring your laptop and get the hands-on help you need
  • 20:15 — In Depth Talk – Utility Taxonomies – Tom Nowell
  • 21:00 — End
Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve only heard about it and want to know more, you’re an experienced WordPress user or developer, or anything in between; you are welcome to our meetings.

If you fancy coming along, please let us know on our Meetup page.

Mike Little (https://mikelittle.org), co-founder of WordPress, runs MWUG so come along to discover how WordPress can benefit you or your organisation, and get specific advice on any WordPress questions you have.

See you at MWUG!

February 2018 Meeting: Wednesday 21st, 6.30-9pm, Madlab

February’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (https://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, the 21st from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Note: this month we are continuing with the successful clinic format to try to help more of you in the ways you’ve asked us.

Timings and Agenda:

  • 18:30 — Prompt start –  WordPress news
  • 18:45 — Round table questions gathering
  • 19:00 — WP clinic – bring your laptop and get the hands on help you need
  • 19:30 — Round table discussions and Q&A (see below)
  • 21:00 — End

This month we will be offering the opportunity to ask any question you like about WordPress, we will be hosting this event as a round table huddle so that people can all ask questions, answers, or both. Just so you are not put on the spot in any way we offer you the chance to write and submit your questions upon arrival.

We are think we may run tables on the following subjects, but you decide on the night:

  • General introduction to WordPress
  • Design and Themes
  • SEO
  • Hosting and performance
Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve only heard about it and want to know more, you’re an experienced WordPress user or developer, or anything in between; you are welcome to our meetings.

If you fancy coming along, please let us know at our Meetup page.

Mike Little (https://mikelittle.org), co-founder of WordPress, runs MWUG so come along to discover how WordPress can benefit you or your organisation, and get specific advice on any WordPress questions you have.

See you at MWUG!

January 2018 Meeting: Wednesday 17th, 6.30-9pm, Madlab

January’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (https://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, the 17th from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Note: this month we are continuing with the successful clinic format to try to help more of you in the ways you’ve asked us.

Timings and Agenda:

  • 18:30 — Prompt start –  Talk (TBD) – WordPress news
  • 18:45 — Q&A – for topic covered and Mike’s WP update
  • 19:00 — WP clinic – bring your laptop and get the hands on help you need
  • 20:15 — In Depth Talk – Useful Accessibility Tools (Graham Armfield)
  • 21:00 — End
Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve only heard about it and want to know more, you’re an experienced WordPress user or developer, or anything in between; you are welcome to our meetings.

If you fancy coming along, please let us know at our Meetup page.

Mike Little (https://mikelittle.org), co-founder of WordPress, runs MWUG so come along to discover how WordPress can benefit you or your organisation, and get specific advice on any WordPress questions you have.

See you at MWUG!

December Meeting cancelled

We are really sorry we’ve had to cancel our December meeting. Unfortunately, MadLab our wonderful venue, are not open on the evening of the 20th. We don’t blame them we all need some time off to rest leading up to the holidays.

We weren’t able to organise another evening in time.

We’ll be back again in January and will announce the details in the new year.

 

September 2017 Meeting: Wednesday 20th, 6.30-9pm, Madlab

September’s Manchester WordPress User Group, run by WordPress co-founder Mike Little, takes place at MadLab (https://madlab.org.uk) on Wednesday, the 20th from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Note: this month we are continuing with the successful clinic format to try to help more of you in the ways you’ve asked us.

Timings and Agenda:

  • 18:30 — Prompt start –  WordPress news
  • 18:45 — Talk –  Introduction to WP-CLI (Keith Hyde)
  • 19:00 — WP clinic – bring your laptop and get the hands on help you need
  • 20:15 — Talk – WP-CLI in-depth with demonstration (Keith Hyde & Tim Nash)
  • 21:00 — End
Anyone with any experience of WordPress is welcome, whether you’ve only heard about it and want to know more, you’re an experienced WordPress user or developer, or anything in between; you are welcome to our meetings.

If you fancy coming along, please let us know at our Meetup page.

Mike Little (https://mikelittle.org), co-founder of WordPress, runs MWUG so come along to discover how WordPress can benefit you or your organisation, and get specific advice on any WordPress questions you have.

See you at MWUG!