January 26, 2014 — WordPress’ position in the newsroom has never been stronger, and there’s never been a better time to be a WordPress developer working with news media. This presentation share strategies for conquering some of the toughest challenges facing The Post and other big news sites on WordPress.

January 25, 2014 — Any seasoned WordPress veteran will tell you that there’s a world of difference between a good WordPress site and a bad one. In this session, David looks at why making good WordPress sites matters and what we can all do to raise the bar and make the world a better place

January 25, 2014 — Take control over your website and learn how to fine-tune your WordPress for ultimate performance! In this presentation, you will get practical tips and tricks how to benchmark, pinpoint issues and prioritize tasks. Find the best page length for you. Use social media widgets and fonts properly. Choose themes well, Optimize images, Minify CSS and JS, Utilize the gZIP compression. Learn how to leverage your browser’s caching and use CDN and Caching for your content

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January 24, 2014 — In this presentation Marko Heijnen talks more about the workflow and what are the best practices and techniques of creating WordPress plugins.

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January 24, 2014 — A presentation on how Helpful Technology developed the GovIntranet theme for the Department for Culture, to use for their intranet and how we have subsequently released the code on GitHub and are working with other departments with the theme.

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January 23, 2014 — Konstantin Kovshenin really loves WordPress themes and in this presentation he talks about building templates. He goes through some of the coolest core functions such as get_template_part() and locate_template() and how themes could use their flexibility.

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January 23, 2014 — In this presentation, Joe talks about setting up production environments and shares some very useful tools for work with production environments.

January 22, 2014 — The transition to being an online first business is still evading many publishers and making it a challenge to turn traffic into money. So how does a previously print centric publishing industry switch their skills and knowledge towards the digital economy? What are the opportunities that await, and how can WordPress be a part of that?

January 11, 2014 — Learn how to create compelling video content quickly and how to use your YouTube account to drive traffic to your WordPress blog/site. The presentation covers the various video hosting options, how to create a video xml site map, and cover the new Yoast Video SEO plugin.

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January 11, 2014 — This presentation highlights working in and building the WordPress community, sharing knowledge, constantly learning more of the craft as well as ways to manage your own freelance business and client strategies. The work is out there; if you make the commitment, you can make a living.

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