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  • Are You Qualified to Drive That Website?

    October 9, 2017
    Sallie Goetsch
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    Are You Qualified to Drive That Website?

    It takes 25 hours of classroom training, 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training, and another 50 hours of practice just to get your first driver’s license in California—yet most Californians are confident that they can learn to drive. People take car ownership for granted, even though it’s expensive, complicated, and dangerous, but expect to be able…

    Filed under: Using WordPress, WordPress Consulting
    Tagged with: Usability
  • WP Tonic #235: Converting Site Visitors To Subscribers

    October 8, 2017
    Sallie Goetsch
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    WP Tonic #235: Converting Site Visitors To Subscribers

    Getting traffic to your site is great, but what happens once people arrive? This week, the group discusses conversion rates of site visitors to email subscribers and explores ways to improve conversions.

    Series: WP-Tonic Roundtable
    Filed under: Using WordPress
    Tagged with: WP-Tonic Live
  • 233 WP-Tonic Round Table Show “WordPress Hooks, Actions and Filters”

    October 1, 2017
    Sallie Goetsch
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    233 WP-Tonic Round Table Show “WordPress Hooks, Actions and Filters”

    This week, the WP-Tonic Roundtable featured Sallie Goestch, Lee Jackson, John Locke, Kim Shivler, and special guest Larry Swanson along with host Jonathan Denwood to discuss WordCamp Seattle and WordPress Hooks: Actions and Filters. The post 233 WP-Tonic Round Table Show “WordPress Hooks, Actions and Filters” appeared first on WP-Tonic: WordPress Support & Small Fixes.

    Series: WP-Tonic Roundtable
    Filed under: Using WordPress
  • CSS Grid Layout for Events Calendar Pro Widget Shortcode

    September 28, 2017
    Sallie Goetsch
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    CSS Grid Layout for Events Calendar Pro Widget Shortcode

    When you create a CSS Grid layout using <auto-repeat> values, the number of columns depends on the size of the browser window, but never fear: you can still make an item span the entire width of the grid. I use the Advanced List Widget for Events Calendar Pro as an example.

    Series: Events Calendar Tutorials
    Filed under: Using WordPress
    Tagged with: Tutorial, CSS Grid Layout
  • WP-Tonic 231: How To Manage Difficult WordPress Projects

    September 24, 2017
    Sallie Goetsch
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    WP-Tonic 231: How To Manage Difficult WordPress Projects

    Our lead story was how WordPress was going to abandon React, however soon after the discussion, Facebook announced that it was changing its licensing agreement. Things in this space are moving at lightning speed!

    Series: WP-Tonic Roundtable
    Filed under: Using WordPress
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What I Write About

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  • Events Calendar Tutorials
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East Bay WordPress Meetup

  • Does It Work? Using The New CSS Layout with Rachel Andrew
    Description Over the past two years, we have moved from a situation where we essentially lacked a layout system for the web, to one where a complex and flexible system […] The post Does It Work? Using The New CSS Layout with Rachel Andrew appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • Speaker Training
    Get the workbook and slides for the October 2019 speaker training, plus background and pro tips. The post Speaker Training appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • SEO Audit Template & Resources
    Our November speaker, John Locke, graciously provided a template for an SEO audit report. You can download it as a Microsoft Word or PDF document. The post SEO Audit Template & Resources appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • How to Conduct an SEO Audit (11/18/18 Slides)
    The purpose of an SEO Audit is to give a website the best chances of ranking. It is an investigative process. Doing it properly takes time, nuance, and an understanding of context. The post How to Conduct an SEO Audit (11/18/18 Slides) appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.
  • Slides: Google Tag Manager
    Anca Mosoiu demonstrates the use of Google Tag Manager for handling all of your tracking scripts and understanding the behavior of your website visitors. The post Slides: Google Tag Manager appeared first on East Bay WordPress Meetup.

About Me

Sallie Goetsch, smiling, wearing blue-framed glasses and a peacock-feather-motif jacket.
No longer a girl, but still a fan, I built my first website in 1994 and have been building with WordPress since 2005.

Contact Information

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I work from home in Oakley, 45 miles northeast of the WordPress Meetup in Oakland.
  • Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with ‘sketch’)
  • sallie [at] wpfangirl [dot] com
  • +1 (510) 969 -9947 voice/text
  • 2063 Main St #133, Oakley, CA 94561

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