Chat Log   C:\Users\JVivian\OneDrive - City of Brampton\Documents\ChatLog 2021 WordPress Meetup 2021_01_27 20_13.rtf

Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 5:51 PM: Hi everyone! Thank you for coming! We're just getting everything setup and will begin to start at 6pm EST. Thank you!
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 5:52 PM: In the meantime, enjoy some calming lofi beats :)
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:03 PM: can not hear
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:03 PM: maybe my problem
char (to Everyone): 6:06 PM: sorry I missed my turn I work with Kinnect youth
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:06 PM: my mic shows x
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:07 PM: try again
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 6:07 PM: hey sorry to interrupt, Christina can you give us some background about your role and your experience with WP? :)
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:09 PM: Hi Harish! Yes, I'll introduce myself at the end of the intros for everyone else.
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 6:12 PM: Eric, really have a pressing issue re: e-mail deliverability I would love to connect about!
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:13 PM: My name is Yi. I am new and beginner of wp. Sorry, audio is not good today. 
Grace Wilbur (to Everyone): 6:13 PM: Dobiijoki, can you please provide some website or contact info for your group?
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:13 PM: Not a problem Yi, we're glad that you're here!
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:13 PM: First time to use this app. Thanks a lot
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:14 PM: Yup, it's a bit of a complicated program :$ @ Yi
valik lee (to Everyone): 6:18 PM: Hello Everyone
valik lee (to Everyone): 6:21 PM: novaters3d.me
valik lee (to Everyone): 6:26 PM: my website went down lol
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:27 PM: Oh dear Val lol :(
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:27 PM: I have a question: I found one free theme which has a demo that I want to use, but when I create a child them, I was required to import the three demo files mannually, while if I use the parent directly, I can import the demo smoothly. Why? and how can I use the child theme? Thanks a lot.
Monica Welch (to Everyone): 6:28 PM: Well done
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:29 PM: @ Yi: What's the name of the theme that you're using please?
Hannah (to Everyone): 6:30 PM: The issue I am having is Elementor related. Will this meetup be able to try and help or am I best to find a elementor based meetup?
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:31 PM: You can ask your questions here @ Hannah.
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:32 PM: We work with all plugins and themes at this meetup!
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 6:32 PM: I use Smush and it works well, easier than going to a website because it automatically compresses your image as you upload it to your media library
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:33 PM: Gallery Plugin: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 6:34 PM: or MC4WP
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:34 PM: Mailchimp Plugin: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:34 PM: Mailchimp for WooCommerce: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-woocommerce/
Boris (to Everyone): 6:34 PM: sorry issues with my mic.  Will have to chat
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:35 PM: Bloom: https://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/bloom/
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 6:37 PM: *QUESTION:*  I just changed my website from a joomla to wordpress because i am not good with the Joomla and that was build years back by my web designer. My challenge is when i did the same thing with BlackCanadians.com I lost my seo position and now I am not sure I will lose my seo spot for changing my BlackWomenAwards.com which i just did last week.  So how or what do i do not to lose my spot online.
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 6:40 PM: *QUESTION #2 (If we still have time otherwise we can take this question in the future)* - Not sure why the transparent header vanished from my website? I have a few website that are all clones of each other and now all the header are no more transparent or something strange happened.
Grace Wilbur (to Everyone): 6:40 PM: how do yu get API key
Boris (to Everyone): 6:41 PM: Paul,  first do SITE:mydomain.com on GOOGLE for your domain.  It will show how GOOGLE  indexes you.  Then make sure that those pages are similar or redirected in your new site.
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 6:42 PM: @Boris: You mean i should have same pages?
Boris (to Everyone): 6:42 PM: If you are copying like info/pages, make sure that you setup the same with tags, meta, etc
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: What if i didnt build the original website but only update it
Doug Jarvie (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: PHP8 I'm getting warnings from Wordpress that my host is not using PHPH 8 When I switched on PHP8 on the hosting site back in September, Wordpress would not run because of previous default assumptions not allowed in PHP8.
Doug Jarvie (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: Has Wordpress 5.6 looked after these weaknesses?
valik lee (to Everyone): 6:44 PM: I'm using education host as my hosting site and im having trouble with the website, it went down and now im trying to restore it but the database seems not to work right
Yi Cui (to Everyone): 6:44 PM: photograph
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 6:45 PM: @BORIS - Thank you very much, I will use the kink to view index and try have same pages
Eric Leuthardt (to Everyone): 6:45 PM: https://wordpress.org/plugins/host-analyticsjs-local/
Lantz Preg (to Everyone): 6:45 PM: All in one Wp Migration https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 6:45 PM: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-jetpack/
Kathy Sterman (to Everyone): 6:45 PM: Smart Slider 3 - I have just been using the free version https://smartslider3.com/free-wordpress-slider/
Boris (to Everyone): 6:45 PM: Gary B.  -  http://acymailing.com
Eric Leuthardt (to Everyone): 6:46 PM: https://wordpress.org/plugins/host-webfonts-local/
Gary Branning (to Everyone): 6:46 PM: 3D Flipbooks for PDF files. Presents a PDF book to look just like reading a book online
Doug Jarvie (to Everyone): 6:46 PM: Plug in:  1Magick photo compressing tool to replace GP default of WP. newer,faster, better...
Eric Leuthardt (to Everyone): 6:46 PM: https://wordpress.org/plugins/duracelltomi-google-tag-manager/
Boris (to Everyone): 6:46 PM: oops  acymailing.com  is a great mailer that also collects stats, etc.  It adheres to mailing standards so emails can be delivered
Doug Jarvie (to Everyone): 6:47 PM: https://wordpress.com/plugins/imagemagick-engine/jarvie.ca
Grace Wilbur (to Everyone): 6:48 PM: I dont understand API key
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:49 PM: @ Grace, I'll break it down later. But essentially the API key allows you to connect your website to the Mailchimp server.
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:50 PM: Also, everyone, if you need continuous support with your website, WordPress and more, consider joining my Patreon for $10/month: http://patreon.com/christinagwira
Grace Wilbur (to Everyone): 6:50 PM: thanks Christina
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:50 PM: Your'e welcome!
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:50 PM: The recordings for tonight's meeting as well as past meetups can be found here: http://christinagwira.com/events
Boris (to Everyone): 6:51 PM: Harish - it is usually your domain's reputation that can affect deliverability.   What error message are you getting?  Was your domain ever spammed?
Boris (to Everyone): 6:52 PM: look at  http://MXTOOLBOX.com

Boris (to Everyone): 6:55 PM: If needing email capabilities, stay away from shared.  Use VPS services like SITEGROUND, CLOUDWAYS
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 6:55 PM: Exactly Boris
Boris (to Everyone): 6:56 PM: CLOUDWAYS uses  RACKSPACE for emails $1 US  per address
Kwachi (to Everyone): 6:58 PM: jijibee.com
Gary Branning (to Everyone): 6:59 PM: If there is time, If you want to see the Flip books in action I can show you mine on my site.
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:07 PM: http://themeforest.net
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 7:15 PM: do you have somewhere to upload your files to the server? ie. to do you use a FTP to manage the site?
Monica Welch (to Everyone): 7:18 PM: Cant you just call the server and have them check the status of your website 
Boris (to Everyone): 7:28 PM: FTP is usual wah to ulpoad more than 1 file to the server in batch
Kathy Sterman (to Everyone): 7:32 PM: No
Kathy Sterman (to Everyone): 7:35 PM: Could it be a post?
Harish Aggarwal (to Everyone): 7:37 PM: cant you just edit the page using front-end editor, wpbakery, or gutenberg without using elementor??
Tom (to Everyone): 7:41 PM: The page was built in elementor.....you are asking her basically to rebuild it
Tom (to Everyone): 7:41 PM: the # is used as an anchor normally
Tom (to Everyone): 7:44 PM: what is the theme?
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:44 PM: Email me at: info@christinagwira.com
Tom (to Everyone): 7:45 PM: it could be a function of the divi theme
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:46 PM: SEMRush
Boris (to Everyone): 7:46 PM: SEMRUSH is pricey
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:48 PM: 301 Redirects and Redirection
Boris (to Everyone): 7:48 PM: RANKMATH includes it
valik lee (to Everyone): 7:50 PM: Thank you everyone, have a great evening!
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 7:51 PM: *IMAGES* - Has anyone responded or settled with someone requesting compensation for using an image they claim to have copyright for. I got contacted by this company then now a lawyer for 2 year now and the money keeps going up for an image i have removed over a year ago. I thinks its for    ..."Infringement of Agence France-Presse’s Copyrighted Works" = This is a very old irrelevant picture just showing Haiti and I used it on a non profit page.   .....they wanted about $400 3 years ago but now wants about $2500
Boris (to Everyone): 7:52 PM: who is from again?
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 7:53 PM: ..."Infringement of Agence France-Presse’s 
Boris (to Everyone): 7:53 PM: I thought all these guys went away years ago
Boris (to Everyone): 7:53 PM: yes GETTY was famous for that
Boris (to Everyone): 7:54 PM: NEVER use GETTY.  Use from PEXEL.com
Boris (to Everyone): 7:54 PM: What law firm are they using?
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 7:55 PM: Thats the lawfirm
Doug Jarvie (to Everyone): 7:56 PM: PHP 8
Grace Wilbur (to Everyone): 7:57 PM: where to get pics without copyright infringement
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:58 PM: http://unsplash.com
Boris (to Everyone): 7:58 PM: Take a look at the law site.  It says that they have issues on emails claiming to be from them
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:58 PM: http://picjumbo.com
Boris (to Everyone): 7:59 PM: look closely at the email and links to see if all use the domain of the lawfirm
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 7:59 PM: These are great places to get creative commons photos
valik lee (to Everyone): 8:00 PM: Quick question, what is the easiest website builder that is closest to Wix?
Grace Wilbur (to Everyone): 8:00 PM: Thanks everyone
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 8:00 PM: The lawfirm actually had a dislaimer about fraud email on their site but the email and website correcpond with the one on the website
Jennifer Vivian - BEC (to Everyone): 8:00 PM: Thank you Christina!!  Another great session :) Looking forward to next month
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 8:00 PM: But i plan to reach a lawyer soon because its now getting annoying
Gary Branning (to Everyone): 8:01 PM: Thanks everyone for your input and ideas!
Boris (to Everyone): 8:01 PM: did you look at any of the links underneath?
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 8:01 PM: Thanks Christina, I will send you email tonight or tomorrow
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 8:02 PM: Sounds good Paul!
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 8:02 PM: You're welcome Gary!
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 8:02 PM: I enjoyed the session ...good to see a great turnout
Boris (to Everyone): 8:04 PM: if getting lawyer if will be expensive.  In the past I used a lawyer from NY that specialized in the GETTY  suits.  Cost us about $100 US then (over 15 years ago).  In another case we just ignored them, again GETTY
Paul Ade (to Everyone): 8:04 PM: Thanks Boris for taking out time to answer or contribute to getting me answers
valik lee (to Everyone): 8:09 PM: Quick question, what is the easiest website builder that is closest to Wix?
Christina @ NOYA (to Everyone): 8:11 PM: Hi Val, it depends on you. I love Divi and I feel like it's easy to use. Some people, like Yi like using Astra and Elementor
Kathy Sterman (to Everyone): 8:12 PM: Thanks Christina.
valik lee (to Everyone): 8:12 PM: Thank you Christina
valik lee (to Everyone): 8:12 PM: Bye everyone
Doug Jarvie (to Everyone): 8:12 PM: thank you and fare well