2930 Shattuck Ave Ste 305
Berkeley, California 94705

Berkeley Coworking and cog motive are hosting a WordPress installfest on Thursday, January 15th. Join us to get your online publishing platform installed, updated, and configured so you can share your thoughts on politics, your industry, and what your cat is doing.

You should come to this if you: want to blog, want to learn a little more about content management systems, want to get over your fear of the “settings” panel, want to help others learn more about WordPress, or want to hang out with people who are pretty cool.

We will be meeting from 6PM to 9PM at Berkeley Coworking. If you have a laptop, bring it. Free wifi is provided on-site.

Berkeley Coworking is a coworking space with a great and diverse group of tenants and regular drop-ins. Located near Ashby BART and Berkeley Bowl, the only reason you have to not stop by is if you are allergic to awesome. Learn all about us at http://berkeleycoworking.com.

cog motive is an art and technology collective that focuses on creative expression and helping people over the digital divide. Web comics, web design and development, content strategy, we have our fingers in lots of pies. We love pies. Join the mayhem at http://cogmotive.com.

WordPress is an open-source publishing platform, presented in many flavors depending on a person’s preferred level of tweakablity. We will be going over the self-hosted version, which allows for a huge number of plugins and themes. You can start studying now at http://wordpress.org.

Official Website: http://www.berkeleycoworking.com

Added by btanaka on January 6, 2009

Comments

raines

Presumably the new version due out that day is related? Or coincidence?

maiki

Coincidence. That is the day that works best for us. However, that is a pretty cool coincidence, ne? ^_^

VZ

I'm not allergic to awesome and will probably be there. Cool! ;)

nsimon

I just developed a WordPress plugin that displays all of your social identities as favicons in the blog sidebar. It helps your blog readers connect with your social locations on the web. Please consider trying it out during the Installfest. All comments appreciated. See the screenshots for examples. Thanks, Neil

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dandyid-services/

rtp_47

I just came across this announcement and I'm very much interested in participating. However, to my chagrin, I'm scheduled to fly back east today. Any chance of a repeat performance in the near future? Or maybe being able to huddle up with one of the mentors upon my return. Thanks, Rick...

btanaka

I wouldn't rule out a repeat performance. If there is one, we'll be sure to let everyone know.

ivanoats

Good idea! We were actually talking about doing this at CitizenSpace, too!

sana.choudary

Can I learn about installing Wordpress MU at this event?

maiki

@ sana.choudary Sure, we can go over WordPress MU.

@ivanoats We would love to be a part of that! ^_^

aaronc

I can't make it tonight; can't find babysitter in time. Very interested in repeat performance or help in another way with this.