Archive for 2014

  • Siobhan McKeown: Designing WordPress – A Drama in Four Parts

    WordCamp Seattle 2014Speaker: Siobhan McKeown

    August 21, 2014 — Design in an open source project isn’t easy. Complaints about “design by committee” abound. Everyone is afraid of “too many cooks”. It takes blood, sweat, and tears to craft a design that gets the approval of a community.

    This is the story of WordPress’ admin. It’s a heart-breaking, heart-wrenching tale of how, through immense trials and tribulations, WordPress’ admin was born, and how it became what it is today. How through ten years of trying, WordPress managed to craft not just a design, but a design process

  • It’s Not Always a Pain in the Sass

    WordCamp Denmark 2014Speaker: Scott Basgaard

    August 20, 2014 — An introduction to Sass, Grunt and how these tools can help speed up and streamline your WordPress-development workflow.

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  • Aram Zucker-Scharff: Introduction to PressForward

    WordPress Meetup NYCSpeaker: Aram Zucker-Scharff

    August 20, 2014 — Aram Zucker-Scharff walks through PressForward, a Sloan Foundation-funded open-source WordPress plugin designed to help WP users aggregate content across the internet. The plugin collects and archives content from across the web, allowing users to subscribe to RSS feeds, view lists of articles, read them in full, and then discuss and nominate items as a group.

  • Alec Kinnear: SEO and WordPress

    WordCamp Slovakia 2013Speaker: Alec Kinnear

    August 20, 2014 — SEO and WordPress. How WordPress can help you get to the top of Google, step by step.

  • Andrei Chira: Cum mi-a schimbat WordPress viaţa

    WordCamp Romania 2014Speaker: Andrei Chira

    August 20, 2014 — A inceput “aventura” de antreprenoriat online in 2007 prin lansarea unui magazin online de IT. In 2009 a descoperit WordPress si asta i-a schimbat complet viziunea despre “afaceri online”. In 2012 a lansat Simplenet, prin care ofera hosting specializat WordPress si ajuta publisherii online mici sa aiba site-uri mai rapide si mai scalabile oferindu-le o sansa in lupta cu cei mari.

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  • Tony Perez: WordPress Security

    WordCamp Philly 2014Speaker: Tony Perez

    August 20, 2014 — The key to website security is awareness, is what will be achieved in this talk. Getting down to the basics and sharing insight that very few can share through the experiences we have ascertained at Sucuri. The latest threats and trends will be shared, and of course, some good, hardening takeaways and recommendations.

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  • Rhys Wynne: How to Get Your First Child Theme Off the Ground

    WordCamp Manchester 2014Speaker: Rhys Wynne

    August 20, 2014 — Rhys does an introductory beginner talk on Child Themes, which involves the following:
    – What is a child theme?
    – When you should use a child theme?
    – When you shouldn’t use a child theme?
    – Structuring a child theme in your themes folder & common practices.
    – The style.css file of a child theme, how to structure it.
    – The functions.php file of the child theme.
    – Common Issues that beginners ask about.

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  • Jordan Quintal: WordPress Accessibility

    WordCamp Seattle 2014Speaker: Jordan Quintal

    August 19, 2014 — The focus of this quick presentation is on website and WordPress accessibility. It briefly explains what web accessibility is and what it involves and demonstrates a popular web accessibility evaluation tool that any develop can use to test their website’s accessibility.

  • Kojiro Fukazawa: ユーザーにやさしい管理画面をつくるために。テーマ制作者ができること 初級編

    WordCamp Kansai 2014Speaker: Kojiro Fukazawa

    August 19, 2014 — はただのテンプレートエンジンではありません。
    ユーザーさんにもっと更新していただきやすいサイトにするために、手軽に使える便利機能やちょっとしたカスタマイズ方法がたくさんあります。けれどディレクターやテーマ制作者がそれを知らないままだと、もちろん便利な機能は使えないまま。それじゃあもったいないですよね。

    このセッションではプラグインやfunctions.php(テーマに追加する付加機能などをPHPで記述するためのテンプレートファイル)を利用した、ごくカンタンな管理画面カスタマイズから管理画面の仕様決定のためのコミュニケーション、操作レクチャーの実際まで、管理画面をさわるユーザーさんのためにテーマ制作者ができることを、やさしく解説いたします。

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  • Aimi Sata: WordPressで実制作までまるっとHAPPY! フリーランスママの愛されディレクション

    WordCamp Kansai 2014Speaker: Aimi Sata

    August 19, 2014 — 自分のモチベーションをアップし、次回の制作意欲にも繋がる!お客様もHAPPYになる愛されディレクション術について。

    フリーランスでWordPressのお仕事を得る方法。
    WordPress案件のディレクション術
    制作費用のこと
    制作フローについて
    クライアントとのコミュニケーション
    クライアントとのゴール設定の共有
    トラブル回避のためにしておくこと
    育児など忙しいママだからこそ得たWordPress構築時短術
    などなど、本セッションでは、実際にWordPress案件で経験してきたよもやま話から「WordPressだからこそ自分もお客様もモチベーションがアップできる!」お客様にも喜んでいただける愛されディレクション術についてお話します。
    これからフリーランスWebデザイナーになりたい方におすすめのセッションです。

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