Coda 1.7.5 – Demo by Tom Penney
http://panic.com/coda/
$99 for Mac OS only
* Subversion integration for version control. Git in the next version.
* “Everything you need in one window”
* Neat feature: Invite other Coda users to collaboratively edit files.
* Only works with Safari webkit browser in the one window.

There is a WordPress plug-in available…
http://hitchhackerguide.com/2011/02/18/wordpress-syntax-mode-for-panic-coda/
1. Download the packed mode file and unpack it.
2. Copy the PHP-HTML-WP.mode the Coda Modes folder. ~/Library/Application Support/Coda/Modes/
3. Open a WordPress or PHP file and load the syntax mode in Coda by visiting Text -> Syntax Mode -> PHP-HTML-WP in the toolbar.
4. Optional: To make this mode the default visit the Editor pane in the Preferences window and select the ‘PHP-HTML-WP’ mode as default file type

Aptana Studio 3 – Demo by John Havlik
http://aptana.com/
* FREE, Open Source IDE based on Eclipse for Mac or Windows
* Git integration for version control githubfirst
* More web focused than Eclipse. Built for Javascript, CSS, php, and html.
* Plugins available for jQuery, WordPress, and CSS tool tips.

Guest Author:
Tim Cimbura, www.cimbura.com
Helping businesses become more effective, productive, and profitable through custom iPad/iPhone applications, FileMaker app solutions, and web site design.

There has been a lot of discussion on the group recently about what software and workflows WordPress pros are using to build sites these days.

Two of our pros-in-residence, John Havlik and Tom Penney, will show us how they use Coda and Aptana, respectively to rock their workflow.  …And I’ll just address the elephant in the room right now – Doesn’t anyone use Dreamweaver anymore???  ;)

We will also continue our discussion on Trackbacks & Pingbacks and close out the evening with an info-session about the Overnight Website Challenge.

We will follow that up with a Tech Shoppe and a discussion of our soon-to-be announced (and planned) WINTER EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

What: Minneapolis-St. Paul WordPress User Group Meeting
When: Thursday, September 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. (Doors and pizza at 6:30)
Session Topic: WordPress Multi-Site, Tech Shoppe, Winter Event Discussion
Where: The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave S Suite 245 Bloomington, MN 55431
Cost: Free! (Please bring a friend!)

See you tomorrow!
Toby

We will follow up Dave’s session with a roundtable on fun and useful plugins we all use (thanks, Susie!).

Finally, we will have a short organizing meeting for the yet-to-be-named local WordPress event this winter. Who knows, maybe we will call it “WordCamp”.

What: Minneapolis-St. Paul WordPress User Group Meeting
When: Thursday, September 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. (Doors and pizza at 6:30)
Session Topic: The Current State of SEO; Fun with Plugins
Where: The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave S Suite 245 Bloomington, MN 55431
Cost: Free! (Please bring a friend!)

See you tomorrow!
Toby

We will be holding our 17th WordPress gathering tomorrow night at The Nerdery.

The first part of the show will be Matt Mullenweg’s “State of the Word” address from WordCamp San Francisco.  We will follow that up with a discussion about the current state of the WordPress community locally as well where you think WordPress is heading.

What else is on your mind?

What: Minneapolis-St. Paul WordPress User Group Meeting
When: Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 7 p.m. (Doors and pizza at 6:30)
Session Topic: 2011 “State of the Word” Address
Where:  The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave S Suite 245 Bloomington, MN 55431
Cost: Free! (Please bring a friend!)

See you tomorrow!
Toby

Click here to see the agenda.

Following that discussion, Justin Foell will lead us through a tour of CiviCRM and talk about how we might utilize it in a WordPress environment.

What: MSP WordPress #13
Where: The Nerdery (9555 James Ave S Suite 245. Bloomington, MN 55431)
When: Thursday, April 28, 2011 from 7 – 9 p.m.
Food: Pizza and pop at 6:30 (Thanks Nerdery!)

See you there!

This means that you should bring your broken websites, your wounded CSS, and your unsolved support tickets to The Nerdery tomorrow where one of our caring WordPress volunteers will try to help you mend your website wounds.

Be sure to have your FTP information, server logins, and WordPress logins handy if you need website support.  Of course, spectators are welcome!

What: MSP WordPress #12
Where: The Nerdery (9555 James Ave S Suite 245. Bloomington, MN 55431)
When: Thursday, March 23, 2011 from 7 – 9 p.m.
Food: Pizza and pop at 6:30 (Thanks Nerdery!)

We closed 50 support tickets during WordCamp MSP; let’s see if we can add to that total!

See you there!
Toby

With your help, Gillian and I will be procuring a list of “to-do” items for MSPWordPress.com.  At the gathering on 2/24/2011, we will split up into groups, with each group being in charge of producing a “fix” for a specific item on the MSP WordPress.com website.

Some things that come to mind include:

• Design a theme
• Develop a theme
• Make the group’s plugin directory awesome
• Make the group’s theme directory awesome
• Build functionality that gives job recruiters a place to post their openings
• Build functionality that gives job seekers a place to post their credentials
• Build a member directory
• ???

Any other ideas?  If so, leave them in the comments of this post or let us know via the Google Group.