Color me guilty. I’ve been telling everyone that I would get a post up on the the TBWPUG blog about the upcoming meet-ups, but life has gotten a bit in the way. So now that I’ve gotten the Mea culpa out of the way, let’s get down to business. At the last meet-up we tried an experiment in which we were going to pair up experienced developers/users with those that wanted to learn more about a particular subject. Two major topics seemed to dominate the requests – HTML to WordPress theme and e-commerce. I volunteered to work with a couple of front end designers to put together a talk for November on the subject of HTML to WordPress theme, with [...]
If you are a WordPress developer or just a user and never attended a WordCamp, you are really missing out. It’s a full day (or some cases 2) of sessions on all things WordPress. Anytime like minded people are in one place, great things can happen, as well as great friendships forged. Central Florida was lucky enough to have WordCamp Orlando in December of 2009, however there has been no word of a follow up event. Enter Dan Denney. The man behind Front End Conference started whispers of wanting to help organize an event for the Tampa Bay area earlier this year. Finally, after some encouraging signs, he has gone public with his plans. But he needs the Tampa Bay [...]

In our October meeting, we’re going to have several simultaneous break-out tutorial sessions, each led by a volunteer mentor. This will enable us to cover topics in depth, for people with specific interests in one of those areas, and enhance the sharing and exchange of information that our group, and WordPress itself, are all about.