Category: Community
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WordCamps Galore in Uganda’s Thriving WordPress Community: Join us in Kampala, Jinja, and Masaka all in the next 3 months!
“Exciting news! Uganda’s thriving WordPress community is gearing up for a trio of WordCamps: Kampala, Jinja, and Masaka. From content creators to developers and beyond, these events offer invaluable opportunities to learn, connect, and celebrate WordPress. Check out our latest article for all the details: https://www.wcuganda.org/wordcamps-galore-in-ugandas-thriving-wordpress-community-join-us-in-kampala-jinja-and-masaka-all-in-the-next-3-months/ #WordPress #WordCamp #Uganda”
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Tips and Strategies for Building a Successful Career with WordPress
Listen to the informative discussion through a twitter space hosted by KanzuCode on Tips and Strategies for Building a Successful Career with WordPress. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yoKMZBERDpGQ
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Working with Popups, Increase sales with Elementor
If you run a website, chances are you’re using popups, and if you aren’t, you should be. Popups can help you increase conversions on your website and they could become one of the most versatile tools in your web design kit. What you may not know is how to create outstanding popups that engage your…
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Basics of Elementor
Did you know that 6% of Worldwide Websites Are Built With Elementor? and yet every 5 seconds an elementor website is born?. Elementor is the fastest and simple content editor in WordPress which can be quickly grasped by everyone. In this meetup, attendees went through the basics and more on how designers can use this…
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Managing WordPress Users and Creating Custom Dashboard for Clients
When you develop a website for a client, it is good that you teach your client how to make use of the website! The client should be able to do ‘simple’ things like making news blog updates as you the developer concentrates on maintaining the more technical aspects of the website. The question that you…
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Connecting with the WordPress team and community through Slack
Slack is a communication tool used by the WordPress Community to communicate about various aspects of the WordPress Project. In addition to being able to directly message anyone who has an account, you can join a number of different “channels” to communicate about specific topics. Joining the WordPress Community Teams on Slack is fairly simple.…
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[VIDEO] Emails and WordPress Discussion – WordPress Jinja Meetup September 2019
During the this month’s WordPress Jinja meetup held last Saturday, we discussed issues related to: Using Gmail as an email client for your cpanel webmail, just as you would use outlook for managing your emails. Integrating your cpanel webmail account with your WordPress website using the WP Mail SMTP plugin to avoid sending ‘unvalidated email’…
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Technology Resources for Meetup Organizers for Virtual Events
COVID-19 is spreading and whether the response is overblown or not, conferences and events are being forced to overhaul their plans. We also recently postponed our monthly WordPress meetups in Uganda. This year is going to be rough for event organizers. If your event is coming up soon, you’ll likely have to cancel or reschedule. Sarah…
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WordPress Meetups Postponed over #COVID-19 #CoronaVirus
Hello Members, Following the WordPress Community team recommendations for event organizers in light of COVID-19 (https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/03/11/new-recommendations-for-event-organizers-in-light-of-covid-19/) and the President of Uganda’s address on avoiding the pandemic, ( https://www.yowerikmuseveni.com/address-corona-virus-covid-19-guidelines-avoiding-pandemic ), we are sadly postponing our earlier scheduled March Meetup on Choosing and Customising WordPress themes. Apologies to all those who look forward to the meetup each…
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New Jinja WordPress Meetup Set to Hold its Maiden Meet tomorrow
One of the best things about using WordPress is the opportunity to build relationships with all the awesome people who use it. All across the world there are WordPress groups gathering in person on a regular basis. These WordPress meetups are an opportunity to meet and connect with other WordPress fans in your area. In Uganda,…
