March 30, 2014 — Weaving JavaScript into WordPress covers the basic functions and hooks, and good practices for including JavaScript into themes and plugins. This includes when and how to include local scripts into one’s code, being aware of existing libraries that are already available, how to load non-local scripts and remove existing scripts, how to include javascript in the admin, and for the advanced user how to use localize script to make data from PHP available in javascript.

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March 30, 2014 — Do you develop themes for WordPress? This presentation covers the options that are available and why you might want to choose one over the other. While advanced theme developers have their workflows that work for them it’s good to challenge what they know and to see how they can improve and grow. For the beginning theme developer, knowing some of the pitfalls out of the gate can help guide them in the right direction and provide a better overall experience in developing for WordPress.

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March 29, 2014 — En 2010, il rejoint les équipes d’Alter Way lors du rachat de l’agence de communication web Reciprok.
Après avoir travaillé avec SPIP et Drupal, il participe au lancement de l’offre WordPress.
Ancien graphiste, il s’occupe aussi de webmarketing (dolist, analytics, adwords…).
Il gère des clients dans les domaines de l’édition, les médias, et les grands comptes.

March 29, 2014 — Your plugin is broken; do you know why? This session shows some simple principles to help you integrate unit testing in your plugins that will help you find and eliminate bugs before they happen.

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March 29, 2014 — The Twenty Thirteen theme uses something called “Masonry” to realign footer widgets when you re-size the browser window. Masonry is now part of the WordPress core download, and it can be activated and used in WordPress themes and plugins with just a few lines of code and some clear theme organization. This presentation walks theme and plugin developers through how to activate Masonry, how to make it work on a front page layout, and how to activate dazzling animation options included in the script.

March 29, 2014 — Designing and coding can be hard, but doing it on time and under budget is always harder. Learn the skills you need to make your client work entertaining and profitable. Everybody wins!

March 28, 2014 — Visual Editor stopped working? Plugin update gone awry? Getting useful help when you’re stuck on a WordPress problem is not always as straightforward as it seems. This session is packed with tips on how to ask for assistance in the WordPress support forums and other arenas – in a way that will let others help you more easily and effectively. It covers some handy techniques for basic troubleshooting on your own – before contacting tech support.

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March 28, 2014 — Publishing great content does not guarantee anyone will read it. This talk shares executable steps to get your content in front of more people. Take the power of WordPress to the next level with powerful social media support.

March 28, 2014 — Do you get frustrated and spend too much time with front end coding? Are you still spending time trying to improve your workflow? Come learn about 3 ways I’ve changed my workflow by combining SASS, Icon Fonts, Zen Coding. But what about the other 0.5? You’ll just have to wait and see.

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March 27, 2014 — It’s easy to get going with WordPress theme development, but this can mean overlooking some fundamentals along the way. Themes are in the spotlight as we step through the WordPress loading sequence, seeing where the Loop comes from, how the Template Hierarchy makes its decisions, and why child themes trump their parent. We’ll use our new-found knowledge to safely modify the Loop (and create our own), and to learn the difference between Actions and Filters.

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