October 10, 2017 — You know that Continuous something-or-other exists. Maybe you have even heard the terms Continuous Integration or Continuous Deployment, but not much more than that. I was in your shoes just a few short months ago. I came, I coded, I conquered. Now I am breaking it all down so you too can feel confident with the basics of continuous integration and deployment. I will cover the basics of how to setup Github and Circle CI with WordPress and configure deployment to a staging environment. We will cover continuous-jargon and break down YML and script files to better understand how it works and how you can start to use it with your projects. Attend. Absorb. And you too can conquer.

October 10, 2017 — A great end-user experience starts with a great experience for web admins. Editor interfaces shouldn’t be an afterthought—the most sophisticated tooling quickly becomes useless if it’s counterintuitive. Let’s talk through principles behind developing editor interfaces, as well as concrete tips about how to leverage core and plugin functionality to build on top of the WordPress admin.

October 10, 2017 — Most, not all bloggers hit the dreaded wall called Bloggers Block. You blog, but you either fall into one of the following:

1. You’ve reached a plateau with your site, and just cannot seem to write any more.
2. You really are not sure what you can cover on your site. (For those with businesses, you might be scared of spamming.)
3. You are afraid you might be copying other sites in your niche, that may be covering the same topics.
4. Juggling family or personal issues.

There’s a solution for all of these!

I am going to go over some tips to help you overcome Blogger’s Block, and get you to think outside the box when coming up with loads of topics for you. Don’t let search results scare you- your blog voice and your knowledge can do wonders for you!

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October 10, 2017 — As WordPress continues to represent a larger portion of the global Internet landscape, issues relating to web censorship, internet sovereignty and access for all people are becoming more common. With his experience working behind the Great Firewall of China, John will discuss how sites are often affected by web censorship in all corners of the world.

October 10, 2017 — The idea of building a business on open source software may be old hat for most technologists, but for many people in more traditional industries, the concepts around using and contributing to WordPress may seem quite strange. Can a program you get for free be any good? How does the licensing work and what the heck is a GPL? Who do we call if it breaks? Who’s in charge of this thing? Sharing technology with everyone, is that safe? Wait, you wrote some code for us, and now you want to publish it for anyone to use, for free? We’ll answer these questions and more in a discussion of how to get OSS buy-in from the whole newsroom — lawyers, executives, and IT departments included. Along the way, you’ll get a refresher on making the most of the open WordPress ecosystem, whether you’ve been a part of this community for 13 years or 13 hours.

October 10, 2017 — Mindfulness: “The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.” Security can seem intimidating and complex for many, but we shouldn’t (can’t) let that stop us from doing everything possible to secure our WordPress sites and ourselves. After all, our websites are often part of our livelihood.

In this session Adam Warner addresses the “big picture” of personal and website security and breaks down the fundamental tasks needed for a strong security plan online. He provides an actionable checklist on what audience members can implement immediately to better secure themselves online in addition to their WordPress websites.

After attending this session, audience members will have a better understanding of personal security online and how it affects website security as a whole, as well as steps they can take to mitigate risk in the future.

October 10, 2017 — In deze presentatie leg ik uit waarom meewerken aan WordPress zelf goed is, niet alleen voor WordPress, maar ook voor jezelf en je bedrijf. Matt Mullenweg, een van de co-founders van WordPress, noemt dit “5% for the future”.

October 10, 2017 — WooCommerce now powers over 30% of all online stores, both big and small. While the basic WooCommerce package covers a lot of needs, business use cases often require special attention. This talk with Gary Thayer will look at the best practices for building and customizing themes and plugins for WooCommerce.

He’ll talk about:

* Building a streamline customer service experience for your business
* Keeping template files up to date
* Useful actions and filters
* Custom solutions for unique eCommerce situations

October 10, 2017 — This marketing panel isn’t your ordinary Q/A session. We are extending the time of this panel so we can give our panel of expert marketers the opportunity to share some of their greatest success stories, experiences and strategies. We’ll also take a deep dive into those times when things go wrong, and how to recover from them.

Bring your questions because we are also going to give you an opportunity to ask your questions directly to the panel. Don’t have any questions then share your website! That’s right we’re going to do live website analysis on the screen so you can get detailed feedback on your work from some of the top WordPress marketers in the area.

October 10, 2017 — Join the development team of Technology Therapy, along with President Jennifer Shaheen for an advanced workshop where participants will learn how to turn their WordPress site into a fast and user-friendly Single Page Application using modern tooling and principles.

Topics to be discussed:

Integrating Vue.js
Creating custom endpoints for the WordPress Rest API
Live updating content: posts, comments, and notifications
Intended Audience Type: Developer
Intended Audience Experience: Advanced