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Dave wanted to customize a custom post type layout. We looked his custom post type code and got it to put classes on the fields that could be controlled using css running only in the admin ala http://css-tricks.com/snippets/wordpress/apply-custom-css-to-admin-area/ Terry demonstrated using advanced custom fields with custom post types as an alternative to Dave’s process. Scott…

Andy talked about the options framework theme: http://wptheming.com/options-framework-theme/ Looked at the options page addon to Advanced Custom Fields.

We are blind to ads. Andy pointed out a medium.com article that we should all read. Andy started out with an announcement promoting WordCamp. Connie got help with moving images around in the visual editor and events manager on her site: http://www.buffalo-niagaragardening.com/ We helped Carol with her website: http://hiddenvalleyadventure.com/  

Scott brought up a bunch of attacks on his site, mainly the dreaded DDoS/brute force stuff. Scott presented on security plugins, including: “better wp security” has a “hide backend option” that will hide the wp-admin, redirecting the user to a 404. Make sure your .htaccess file is writeable! looked at sucuri scanner wordfence You should…

Helped with SEO issues. Suggestions: change the h3 tag on homepage to an h1 tag; eliminate duplicate content by adding a home category and only showing posts of that type on the home page. This will also save lots of time. Learning links: lynda.com teamtreehouse.com

Some links: hosting: http://asmallorange.com http://www.businessinsider.com/automattic-no-email-no-office-workers-2013-11 http://flipboard.com  

Andy demo’d SASS/SCSS Ben demo’d writing plugins; Plugin demo yielded this: http://pastebin.com/3brU2sUV Andy talked about web fonts

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