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Philly Tech Week is April 22-28!

Plan to attend Philly Tech Week, April 22-28. There will be a great variety of tech related events taking place at various venues and times. For more information and the complete schedule (updated as events are scheduled), visit http://phillytechweek.com

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September Session: Introduction to Drupal

Drupal is a powerful Content Management System, with a large and growing community of developers and users. Many well known sites use Drupal, including whitehouse.gov! On September 17, I presented an introduction to this CMS, using the “rough cuts” edition … Continue reading

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Useful plugin for WordPress site development

When you’re building your WordPress site, you often want some dummy content. While you could simply take notes at the Web Design group and copy the material into your site, that’s a lot of work. Fortunately, there’s a plugin called … Continue reading

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PACS – First meeting of new season is September 17th

In just two months, PACS meets again. I hope that you are all making good progress on your summer reading lists, and that you remember to bring in your book reports. You’ll want to start the 2011-12 season off right!

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WordPress 3.2.1

WordPress 3.2 was released early in July, and version 3.2.1 is out now. If your hosting service will support it, you should upgrade now. I say “if” because I was surprised (and dismayed) to learn that my current host is … Continue reading

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WordPress 3.2 is out!

On July 4, 2011, the latest version of WordPress, 3.2 was released. Users should upgrade as soon as possible to take advantage of new features and enhanced security. Among other things, a cool new theme, Twenty Eleven, is included as … Continue reading

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Saul Rosenbaum rocks June PACS session

Saul Rosenbaum – as usual – rocked the June session. Continue reading

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WordPress Meetup Notes – Getting Started with WordPress

About 25 people came out to the Philly WordPress Meetup on June 29th. Thanks to the generosity of Jennifer Herman and Future Media Concepts (325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia) we had a great place to dig into WordPress, discuss issues and … Continue reading

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