Archive for 2014

  • Batch File Compression

    Speaker: Michael Wiginton

    June 13, 2014 — Batch video compression with Handbrake.

  • WordCamp Video File Compression

    Speaker: Michael Wiginton

    June 13, 2014 — Video file compression for WordCamp videos too large to upload to WPTV.

  • Matt Mullenweg: Speaking with the Singapore PHP User Group

    Singapore PHP User GroupSpeaker: Matt Mullenweg

    June 12, 2014 — Matt Mullenweg speaking with the Singapore WordPress user community, as part of his summer tour of Asia. This event was organized by the Singapore PHP User Group

  • [日本語] Guide to Learning WordPress from Scratch

    WordCamp Tokyo 2013Speakers: Shinichi Nishikawa, Takahiro Nakahata

    June 12, 2014 — 経験談からリアルに語る!ゼロからWordPressを理解するための勉強法

    http://2013.tokyo.wordcamp.org/session/beginner/

    パネリストが実際に WordPress の使い方を学んできた経験を元に、これから WordPress を勉強したい方へのアドバイスが詰まったディスカッションを行います。「WordPr­ess はそもそも自分のやりたいことに合ったツールなのか?」という疑問に答える説明から、­身につく勉強法、参考になったサイトや書籍など、リアルで役に立つアドバイスが聞ける­はず。さらに、WordCamp Tokyo でのタイプ別おすすめセッションも教えます!
    このセッションでは、パネリストそれぞれが体験したステップアップの流れやターニング­ポイントなどを知ってもらうことで、今後 WordPress を理解していくための方法を具体的に実感してもらうのが狙いです。

    モデレーター: 西川伸一
    登壇者: 中畑隆拓

  • Eric Mann: {12} Needs Unit Tests

    WordCamp Phoenix 2014Speaker: Eric Mann

    June 12, 2014 — Unit testing can be scary for anyone who’s not a hard-core dev. But they don’t need to be! I’ll help you get up and running with the WordPress unit test framework so your new patches will never need to sit idle on this report page again! Even if you don’t have a patch to contribute to WordPress, you can still get your name on the contributor list by writing tests for any patches that live on this report, too!

  • Dave Winter: Doin’ It with Admin Style

    WordCamp Orange County 2014Speaker: Dave Winter

    June 11, 2014 — One of the things I do to give my projects a special touch is to style the backend to match my clients’ specific needs. I use a variety of tools to help me out – both beginner and advanced level. And, ever since I started doing it, I’ve fallen more in love with WordPress as an even more COMPLETE website solution.

    This presentation looks at just a few ways to bring some magic to the backend of WordPress. It introduces a couple of plugins that can help you manage the admin menu. Then shows you how to easily change the look of your admin pages. Finally, it goes over how to completely replace your dashboard page with custom content and even show you how to change the stuff in that drop-down “help” area on the top right.

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  • Tabitha Marie Chapman: Functions.php vs Plugins – The Ultimate Battle

    WordCamp Orange County 2014Speaker: Tabitha Marie Chapman

    June 11, 2014 — When developing a theme for a client, it’s super easy to throw all of the new functions and hooks into the theme’s functions.php file, wipe your hands, congratulate yourself for a hard day’s work and go have a beer. But, after a while, have you stopped to see the size of that functions.php file? It can be massive! It’s easy to create a large disorganized functions.php file with so many tutorials out there giving you little tips and tricks on hooks and doodads that you can add to the site to make it fancy. “Ohh! Look at this code that changes my background color based on weather patterns! I’ll just… put this… right… here.” *drops in functions.php file*

    This session is about why you don’t want to fill up your functions.php file, the proper way to add code to your site, and why it’s proper for readability, security and extendability.

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  • Steve Zehngut: Build a WordPress Theme with Foundation and Underscores

    WordCamp Orange County 2014Speaker: Steve Zehngut

    June 11, 2014 — Foundation is an advanced framework that allows developers to quickly build future-friendly websites. Foundation CSS performs the heavy lifting so that you can concentrate on the creative. Steve will show you how he uses Foundation to focus on mobile-first design and why Foundation is the perfect companion to Underscores.

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  • Sara Cannon: KidsCamp Atlanta – Smart Design

    WordCamp Atlanta 2014Speaker: Sara Cannon

    June 10, 2014 — A simple and easy to understand format geared specifically for kids who are interested in the basics of a WordPress site as well as an introduction to how a site is created from HTML, PHP and CSS.

  • Jon Brown: Finding Work/Life Balance as a Remote Worker

    WordCamp Orange County 2014Speaker: Jon Brown

    June 10, 2014 — WordPress lets me travel the world about half the year and live in Maui, Hawaii the rest. I have given up on trying to tell people that and not have it sound too boastful. I think my life is awesome, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. While being a remote worker able to make a living from a hammock on a beach in Thailand sounds pretty ideal there is a lot that goes into making that a reality. I’ll talk about my journey, starting with decision making around finding work/life as well as the practical side what it means to be a both a digital nomad and a remote worker.

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