About us
Who We Are -- The WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup was established to build community locally as opposed to having to stay or drive to downtown Los Angeles or other surrounding areas to give back.
WordPress powers over 42% of the web and is propelled by contributions from people like you — so get involved and help shape tomorrow.
Overview -- Just north of Los Angeles on Interstate 5 is the city of Santa Clarita, the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County. Consisting of Canyon Country, Castaic, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch, and Valencia the Santa Clarita Valley is one of its fastest-growing communities.
With thirty-four parks/open spaces, three local commuter colleges (Cal Arts, The Masters' University, and College of the Canyons), a fledgling film studio and tech community, a nationally-known amusement park (Six Flags Magic Mountain), and a public transit system including local bus and regional Metrolink train service, the Santa Clarita Valley is the perfect spot to contribute to WordPress. This WordPress Meetup is open to all who love WordPress --- join us!
Want to learn WordPress?
If you’ve never attended a WordPress Meetup before, here’s what you’ll get:
- The latest news and notes on everything WordPress. From core updates to local events or WordCamps all the way to breaking info on the release of Gutenberg, we’ll try to provide it to you;
- Topical presentations and discussions by the best and brightest in the WordPress community, aka you. We’ll offer topics from advanced level developer specific all the way down to novice small business owners or individuals interested in blogging about their puppies. We've got you covered;
- If you are presenting at a WordCamp, WordPress meetup, or want an audience to bounce a WordPress-related idea off of, we're great listeners; and
- Detailed learning, knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities for area local WordPress developers, designers, and publishers.
What are the WordPress Meetup ground rules?
In line with the mission of WordPress, our meetup was established in keeping with the 5 Good Faith Rules on Make WordPress. We’re a friendly bunch, creating a warm, nurturing, and encouraging environment to talk WordPress.
Upcoming events
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How to Plan a Local WordCamp or WordPress Event (in Santa Clarita)
·OnlineOnlineEvent Overview
The community in the Santa Clarita Valley and communities north of Los Angeles started with a desire to gather, share, and learn WordPress. After a brief break due to the pandemic, let's host our fourth WordCamp and WordPress events.During this sequence of Meetups, stop in and help shape our event by:
- Finding an accessible location and choosing the best date(s);
- Deciding on a theme in relation to previous WordCamps in Santa Clarita,
- Come up with an Event brand design and a Wapuu that reflects your local community;
- Optimizing your small (or large) team's planning efforts;
- How to become an organizer, speaker, or volunteer;
- Submitting an application and working with your WordPress Foundation mentor
- Developing a budget for approval;
- What is a typical event planning cycle?
- What are 'Calls' and other deadlines of note?
- Tips to create the best speaking roster; and
- So much more
All our meetups adhere to the Five Good Faith Rules for WordPress Meetups. GreenGeeks Web Hosting sponsors the WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup.
9 attendees
RUSH WEBSITE(S)! From Wireframe to Figma to AI to WordPress in 12 Days*
·HybridStevenson Ranch Library, 25950 The Old Rd, Stevenson Ranch, CA, US"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"... In this WordPress Meetup, we'll walk through a cycle for a rush project. When a voice you trust reaches out via LinkedIn and asks for your help in a pinch, what do you do? You know the saying, "no good deed goes unpunished..."
Let’s connect to look at a case study of a project to revamp a website and how your WordPress website build, your client requirements, your expertise and skillset, and ultimately the deadline can drive the results, considering the following:
- Should I use the Squarespace site that was started by someone else?
- Bringing your process where there isn’t one (in a rush setting);
- Deciding on an approach - we’ll cover designing for you versus the end user?
- Page builder versus Block approach;
- What are the client requirements (end user, accessibilty, speed, functionality)?
- What happens when the deadline moves?
- Did I charge enough (exchanging long term gains for short term losses)?
- Working through two holidays to hit the deadline.
- Should I use AI for this?
- Developing the User Experience during Wireframing and Figma Design phase.
- The challenges of building three sites simultaneously (Landing Page, Blog, and Member/Private section).
- During our time we’ll take you through the entire process with demos and examples on the decisions made, end results, and the future of this client relationship.
WordPress News and Notes/What's Going on?
As always, we'll look at the latest news, events, and catch up with what you've been creating with WordPress.All of our meetups adhere to the Five Good Faith Rules for WordPress Meetups. GreenGeeks Web Hosting sponsors the WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup.
11 attendees
WordPress 7.0 and Gutenberg Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Birgit Pauli-Haack
·OnlineOnlineGot questions about WordPress 7.0 and Gutenberg?
Join us for this very special Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on WordPress 7.0, Gutenberg, and the Full-Site Editor Meetup with Birgit Pauli-Haack, Developer Advocate. We’ll cover the latest WordPress release update news, we’ll take a look at new features, improvements, and answer your questions about Gutenberg.A continuation of our WordCamp US impromptu AMA with Birgit during our Santa Clarita Coffee & Treats Meetup in Portland, let’s learn more about the latest release of WordPress and the roadmap ahead.
WordPress News and Notes/What's Going on?
As always, we'll look at the latest news, events, and catch up with what you've been creating with WordPress and our WordCamp Santa Clarita planning. All of our meetups adhere to the Five Good Faith Rules for WordPress Meetups.A Special Thanks
GreenGeeks Hosting provides additional funding to make our in-person events for the WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup possible.7 attendeesHow to Plan a Local WordCamp or WordPress Event (in Santa Clarita)
·OnlineOnlineEvent Overview
The community in the Santa Clarita Valley and communities north of Los Angeles started with a desire to gather, share, and learn WordPress. After a brief break due to the pandemic, let's host our fourth WordCamp and WordPress events.During this sequence of Meetups, stop in and help shape our event by:
- Finding an accessible location and choosing the best date(s);
- Deciding on a theme in relation to previous WordCamps in Santa Clarita,
- Come up with an Event brand design and a Wapuu that reflects your local community;
- Optimizing your small (or large) team's planning efforts;
- How to become an organizer, speaker, or volunteer;
- Submitting an application and working with your WordPress Foundation mentor
- Developing a budget for approval;
- What is a typical event planning cycle?
- What are 'Calls' and other deadlines of note?
- Tips to create the best speaking roster; and
- So much more
All our meetups adhere to the Five Good Faith Rules for WordPress Meetups. GreenGeeks Web Hosting sponsors the WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup.
3 attendees
Past events
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