December 20, 2023 — In the world of web development, we’ve all encountered projects that resemble a patchwork of hacks, held together by digital duct tape. This often stems from the misleading notion that building a “simple website” will suffice. Developers resort to creating template pages under the assumptions that “the design won’t change over time” and “building reusable blocks is too costly.” The result? A labyrinth of spaghetti code that becomes a maintenance nightmare. But what if I told you there’s a better way?

In this presentation, I will delve into:
– Utilizing Timber and Bedrock for a clean project architecture while crafting custom themes
– Adopting an Object-Oriented approach for effective project decomposition
– Understanding the impact of clean design on website page speed
– Implementing a robust Quality Assurance process and the critical role of automation (CI/CD)

This talk draws upon years of hands-on experience at Osom Studio, where we’ve honed our approach to WordPress development. We’ve even channeled our insights into an open-source project, Juniper.

October 21, 2023 — In dem Talk möchte ich darauf eingehen, wie man seine Webseite durch das Einbinden von dynamische Quellen sowohl für den Besucher interessant macht als auch dem Content Editor Spaß am Befüllen der Webseite bereitet. Der Talk vereint SEO, Marketing, Webseitendesign und Themes in einem.

October 17, 2022 — Con questo talk vorrei presentare i vantaggi nell’utilizzo dei tools opensource Roots (Bedrock+Sage) per la realizzazione di un tema WordPress totalmente personalizzato.
Dopo aver fatto una veloce panoramica su come effettuare il setup via composer dell’installazione Bedrock e dello starter theme Sage mi soffermerei nel descrivere i vantaggi nell’utilizzare di tali due tools come segue:

Bedrock
– repository git ben organizzate grazie all’utilizzo di composer per la gestione delle dipendenze
– struttura del progetto orientata a processi di CI/CD
– facilità di aggiornamento e rollback dei plugin e del core WordPress

Sage
– benefici nella segregazio della logica php dalle viste blade
– tools webpack ready to use per la compilazione degli assets statici

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July 25, 2020 — Ana Cirujano, diseñadora especializada en WordPress, nos va a explicar el proceso de diseño de una web que se va a implementar en WordPress.

En esta charla, veremos un caso real en el que Ana se basará en un tema de WordPress para crear un diseño personalizado para una web. Para ello, utilizará la herramienta Figma.

Esta charla va dirigida a diseñadores, implementadores, desarrolladores, que quieran aprender cómo se crea un prototipo con Figma que esté pensado desde un inicio para ser desarrollado con nuestro gestor de contenidos favorito: WordPress.

July 8, 2020 — When designing WordPress themes, one of the biggest challenges stems from a core component of WordPress itself: the ability for site owners to change, modify, and build new content themselves. After all, modern web content needs to be flexible and evolving, but not everyone is a developer who can build custom layouts to fit each use case.
As content and functionality become even more modular thanks to advances like the Gutenberg editor, theme designers will have to accommodate even more flexible ways of visualizing and presenting information. How do we anticipate and accommodate the needs of a constantly evolving website while providing visual solutions that are clean, thoughtful, and consistent?
In this talk, we’ll discuss the principles of Atomic Design, how to stop thinking of your content as “pages” and “posts” in favor of the concept of “building blocks”, and how to extend this mindset to utilize the potential of Gutenberg as it is now, and where it might be going in the future.

June 27, 2020 — This is the second of a three-session WordPress 101 series. The talk begins with beginner-level advice for seeking support, and then for choosing themes and plugins. Intermediate-level topics follow for customizing WordPress with CSS, menus, custom post types and custom fields.

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April 16, 2020 — “This session begins with three separate case studies – from Bill Erickson, Ellen Bauer, and Beth Soderberg – to help you prepare themes for Gutenberg and concludes in a tremendous panel discussion.

Bill uses his time at the very beginning to show how to improve content management for clients by applying careful, thoughtful work to your themes. In the second presentation, Ellen talks about important considerations when working on themes that you plan to distribute to others (that is, themes you plan to sell or provide to a large audience for free). Then Beth helps us to build smarter starter themes using better default block styles and support.

After the presentations, each speaker returns to participate in a panel discussion about the challenges and considerations they couldn’t cover in their separate presentations.”

January 21, 2020 — Due to the availability of free and premium themes, it becomes difficult for people to choose the right theme for the creation of their websites/blogs. The need for education on the right themes for each type of website/blog is highly required as the number of websites built with the WordPress CMS is increasing with each day.

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January 20, 2020 — Una breve charla sobre qué es lo que son los temas y las plantillas de WordPress. Cuál es la diferencia de cada uno y cómo se crean.

December 19, 2019 — Sourcing responsibly is crucial to the security, efficiency, and success of any WordPress site. Faced with millions of open source plugins and themes on the repository, how do you evaluate the add-ons you use to enhance your website? This introductory talk will go over best practices for ensuring you select the best and most necessary plugins for your website needs. I will also cover security basics, such as how to update your plugins and themes to ensure they don’t leave vulnerabilities on your website that could lead to being hacked.

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