December 6, 2012 — We, as people of the internet, all share one thing in common: typography. Regardless of job titles, geography, or language, the web is a typographic medium that has finally come of age. Foundations of typography, thoughts on how to design with it, and techniques/tools to use, design and improve your typography skills. You’ll hear strange words like slugs, kerning, pangolins and grids. Whether you’re new to the whole “font” thing or a seasoned typographic designer, there’s something here for you.

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December 5, 2012 — Slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/wordcampsyd/siloing-your-site-for-seo-success

The Silo model is an old-skool SEO technique, used to create strong keyword related themes on your site, improving the relevancy of your site in the eyes of the search engines. It also lines up surprisingly well with traditional information architecture (IA) principles.

Stephen will look at the benefits of using the Silo model, how it is still relevent in 2012 and then show you how how to implement the model in WordPress.

Stephen started developing websites in 1997 and is passionate about all things web. For the last 5 years, he has managed websites for a Queensland Government department, giving him an in-depth understanding of SEO, Content Strategy, Information Architecture and User Experience for large scale sites.

December 5, 2012 — Slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/wordcampsyd/the-plugin-spectactular.

A plugin filled presentation where as many plugins as humanly possible will be presented. Areas like eCommerce, Membership site, Forums, SEO, Security will be covered.

When to use paid plugins and why.

What to look for in a good plugin.

And finally some plugin recipes from his upcoming Plugin Cookbook about what plugin combinations to use in different scenarios.Tony has been using WordPress for 5 years, Building commercial websites only with WordPress for the last 3 years.

Tony runs regular face to face WordPress training workshops and is now embarking on a statewide campaign to educate all of NSW about WordPress with face to face training for all city and regional areas.

December 4, 2012 — Slides are available at: http://www.slideshare.net/ednailor/truly-dynamic-sidebars-for-wordpress

December 4, 2012 — Peter Baylies provides advice and encouragement on how to approach development in the WordPress world, with practical examples learned from experience, so that you too can do clever things with WordPress!

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December 3, 2012 — Michelle Gower, Lead Trainer/Developer for Gower Power Consulting, LLC, focuses on how to start, organize, and manage WordPress tools so that you can focus on your priorities and results. You’ll learn how to make friends with the dashboard, create blog posts and pages as easily as you write an email, and how to install and upgrade the software in just a few clicks.

December 3, 2012 — An understanding of custom post types will allow you to move your WordPress sites way beyond the blog and well into CMS territory. In this session Denise Tawwab will walk through the steps (and plugins) needed to create a custom post type, to attach a custom taxonomy, and to display the custom posts on your website.

December 2, 2012 — Erick Hitter goes in-depth on the roles that control user accounts in WordPress, the various capabilities given to each role, as well as how behind the Administrator, Editor, and the other default roles is a powerful system that can be customized extensively.

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December 2, 2012

December 2, 2012 — Which WordPress is right for you? We’ll compare the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org to help you understand if you should stick with WordPress.com or move to a self-hosted WordPress.org installation.

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/dandelionweb/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg-14520574