Bill Erickson

I’ll walk you through how to make your website AMP compatible, discuss common issues, and provide a real world example of a Native AMP WordPress site I built recently.

Gutenberg, the new block-based content editor in WordPress, is even more powerful when you build custom blocks to serve your specific design and content creation needs. Advanced Custom Fields makes it easy to build custom blocks with minimal code and no JavaScript. What is Advanced Custom Fields? Advanced Custom Fields is a plugin for building additional… Read More

Display Posts Shortcode is a plugin for dynamically listing content on your site without any code. I’ll walk you through how to use, and customize, this useful tool.

CSS Grid is a new layout system in CSS. It allows you to take an element on the page and turn it into a “grid” of columns and rows. It’s not a replacement for Flexbox or floats, but an additional tool that works great in certain contexts.

A slow website is painful to use, less engaging to visitors, and hurts your search engine rankings. I’ll walk you through the tools I use to identify performance problems, and provide ten tips to improve your website’s performance. Full Presentation Notes – 10 ways to speed up your WordPress Website

Custom metaboxes allow you to add additional fields to the content editing screen. Collect event dates and locations, team member bios and photos, or anything else you desire.

I’ll walk you through creating metaboxes using three popular custom field plugins: Advanced Custom Fields, Carbon Fields, and CMB2.

An Introduction to Gutenberg, the new content editor

Join us for a presentation on Gutenberg from Bill Erickson. Gutenberg is the new content editor included in WordPress 5.0. This meetup is designed for any WordPress user who wants to learn more about the editor, how it will affect their website, and discuss the future of WordPress.