Upcoming events

• General Meeting - Ergonomics, It's Not Just The Chair

  • When
    11 Feb 2012
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Main Classroom Building Rm 136, East 22nd & Chester Ave., Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

  Ergonomics is more than just getting our body positioned right when using our computer. Besides the chair, there's so much more. But, we are no longer using just desktop computers with bulky monitors and large keyboards. We got multiple monitors, laptops, netbooks, tablets and phones.
  
  Dave Pfeil of Ergonomically Correct will discuss remedies for computer workstation pains. Dave will give us action items to leave with. He will also demonstrate several devices to make us more ergonomically correct.
  
  
  
  
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• Hardware SIG - Work Session

  • When
    18 Feb 2012
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    CAP, Inc. Resource Center, 3154 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

  This SIG meets and discusses the Hardware Hot Topic for the month along with addressing questions asked by attendees.
  
  
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• Web SIG Cleveland - Website Performance

  • When
    18 Feb 2012
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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 30 (Lower Floor - Administration Building), Notre Dame College, 4545 College Road South Euclid, Ohio 44121-4293

  Web Developers can optimize pages to make them load lightning fast, and 80 to 90 percent of the optimization comes from the client side. With a strong correlation to page load time and a sites’ financial performance optimizing performance on the front end can help to enhance the user experience. 
  

  Reducing the response times of your website can help to reduce the bandwidth and hardware use on both the server side as well as the client side.
  

  Website developer Ryan Thomas will present on: 

  • Page Speed Validation Tools:
    - Google Page Speed
    - Yahoo YSlow
    

  • Browser comparison:
    - JavaScript Speeds
    - CSS Rendering
  • Minimize Payload:
    - Creating fewer HTTP requests
    - Minify CSS, JavaScript, HTML
    - Third Party Requests
    - Images
     * Image Types and Optimization
     * Image Sprites
     * Image Maps
     * Inline Images
    - Consistent urls
    - CSS first then defer JavaScript
    
  • Caching
    - Proxy Caching
    - Browser Caching
    
  • Progressive Page Loading
    
  • Content Delivery Networks
    
  • Headers and Compression
    - Cache Control
    - Expires
    - Gzip
  • Optimizing for Content Management Systems
    - WordPress
     * Performance
     * Offload
     * Caching
     * Plugins
    - Joomla!
     * Caching
     * Extensions and Templates
    - Drupal
     * Caching
     * Modules
  • Optimizing for mobile
    

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• General Meeting - Shifting Social Media Sands

  • When
    10 Mar 2012
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Main Classroom Building Rm 136, East 22nd & Chester Ave., Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

  Sage Lewis of Sagerock will talk about the constantly changing social media landscape and why it matters. Check back soon for more details.
  
  
  
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• Web SIG Cleveland - Current Developments in CSS

  • When
    21 Apr 2012
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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 30 (Lower Floor - Administration Building), Notre Dame College, 4545 College Road South Euclid, Ohio 44121-4293

  Current developments in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) will be presented. Watch for more details. 

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• Web SIG Cleveland - Attend Cleveland GiveCamp!

  • Start
    20 Jul 2012
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    4:00 PM
  • End
    22 Jul 2012
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    LeanDog - 1151 North Marginal Road - Cleveland, OH 44114

  Our July 2012 meeting will not be at our normal location nor in our regular format. Instead, Web SIG Cleveland Members are invited to assist local non-profits by attending....
  

  Cleveland GiveCamp

  Cleveland GiveCamp is an event that connects technology talent with the needs of local Cleveland charities.
  
  Learn more and sign up for this exciting weekend event at: www.ClevelandGiveCamp.org
  
  
  
  

  
  

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• Web SIG Cleveland - Debugging Tools in Web Browsers

  • When
    15 Sep 2012
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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 30 (Lower Floor - Administration Building), Notre Dame College, 4545 College Road South Euclid, Ohio 44121-4293

  Ever have problems with your website looking weird and having CSS problems?  Got a piece of Javascript that’s been acting buggy?  It’s frustrating when you’re not sure where to turn.  Thankfully, most modern browsers come with tools to help debug CSS and Javascript issues.  If it isn’t built into the browser, there’s probably a plugin for it.  Sarah Dutkiewicz (@sadukie), owner of Cleveland Tech Events and Cleveland Tech Consulting, will take us through debugging CSS and Javascript using a variety of browsers – including Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and yes, even Internet Explorer.
  
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