Toledo Tech Events

Toledo Web Professionals Geek Dinner.

The presentation for this meeting will be a collaborative effort. Various speakers will give a brief (5-10) talk on the pros and cons of a CMS they have experience with. A projector will be available.

People will start arriving around 6 and talks will start around 6:45 or so. Come join us to talk shop, socialize and enjoy the great beer and food from the Maumee Bay Brewing Co.

Speakers scheduled so far:

Patrick McSweeny - Wordpress and Drupal

Keith Thompson - Plone

Chris Wammes - Percussion

Justin Dykhouse - Concrete5

Daniel Paquette - Cushy CMS and GetSimple CMS

Created in the shadows by ExpressionEngine expats, Craft CMS is an ultra flexible content management system that makes designers, developers AND clients happy. From custom fields, to Twig templates, Craft makes no assumptions about what your content could or should look like. Craft CMS is eye-opening for Wordpress developers, sanity-restoring for Joomla and Drupal developers, and makes building websites fun again.

Rachel Rine, our guest speaker, will be walking us through getting started with Craft and showing off some incredible examples of implementation in both the backend and in templating.

About Rachel Rine: Rachel spends most of her time churning out code as an interactive designer/developer for Madhouse, where she enjoys optimizing performance, accessibility, and usable design. When she’s not grumbling about #serverstruggs, you can probably find her listening to econ podcasts, playing board games, and trying to keep her plants alive.