Archive for 2018

  • Arun Bansal: WordPress Security Master Plan

    WordCamp Delhi 2017Speaker: Arun Bansal

    June 4, 2018 — This talk will help you understand a “Big Picture” of why and how WordPress websites get hacked and how to secure them. You will come to know about various attack vectors used by hackers and understand fundamentals on how you can easily defend against them.

    You will also get to know about ongoing maintenance required and how you can recover from an Attack.

    Takeaways:
    Initial Security Setup Checklist
    Maintenance Checklist
    How to Recover from Hack
    Tools & Plugin To Help Secure Your Website

  • Mike Demo, Adam Warner, Brian Hogg and Michelle Ames: Panel – WP-FAQ

    WordCamp Hamilton 2018

    June 4, 2018 — Join us as some of panelists discuss answers to some of the more common questions to a wide variety of WordPress related questions.

  • Brian Hogg: Submitting, maintaining and growing a plugin on wordpress.org

    WordCamp Hamilton 2018Speaker: Brian Hogg

    June 4, 2018 — You have a plugin and want more people to check it out, and submitting to the official WordPress plugin directory. But how do you get it ready and submit it, easily keep it up-to-date, avoid common conflicts with other plugins, and get more people finding out about it?
    In this talk, I’ll go through tips and techniques to save you (and your plugin users) from pulling out their hair and get your plugin out there on wordpress.org

  • Shanta Nathwani: WTH are CPT’s and ACF’s?

    WordCamp Hamilton 2018Speaker: Shanta R. Nathwani

    June 4, 2018 — Ever wonder what a Custom Post Type is? Why would you want to use them? How do they work with Custom Fields? What’s the difference between CPT’s and Posts? Many of these questions will be answered in this beginner talk, meant to improve your knowledge of content architecture. A basic knowledge of pages, posts, tags and categories would be helpful.

  • Mike Demo: A/B testing – which way does your duck face?

    WordCamp Hamilton 2018Speaker: Mike Demo

    June 4, 2018 — When you launch a website, do you know what works? You don’t; you’re guessing. Your guesses may be based on experience and education, but with good A/B testing you can also make decisions based upon data.
    For example, do you know that even the way a duck’s face points (left versus right) could increase your conversions by 40%? As a case study, one of our clients, an insurance company, increased leads by making just a small 2px change.
    In this talk, we will spend some time reviewing the A/B checklist I personally use to guide you on your journey to discover what things to test, testing methodology, and the best tools to use for your clients’ sites.

  • Michelle Ames: Using your WordPress powers for good

    WordCamp Hamilton 2018Speaker: Michelle Frechette

    June 4, 2018 — WordPress powers almost a third of the internet, making it not only powerful, but as an open source project, WordPress is a tremendous gift to all of us. So what do you do with an amazing gift like this?

    Make a living from it.
    Have fun with it.
    Give back.
    Pay it forward.
    All of the above!

    I make a living with WordPress, but I’m also what you might call a “serial volunteer.”
    In the years that I’ve created a career with WordPress, I have also set aside time to help others through:

    Mentoring
    Organizing Meetups
    Organizing Hackathons
    WordCamp organizing and speaking
    Creating WordPress classes and clinics
    Setting up WordPress coworking days
    Creating free and discounted non-profit websites
    and more!

    There’s a side effect to giving and giving back with WordPress: I’ve found that the more I give…the more I’ve gained: friendships, clients, jobs, and the warm feeling that only comes from sharing good things.
    Attendees can expect to learn more about the social power of WordPress, how the WordPress community functions, and how giving back is really a way to give to yourself.

  • Roberto Miralles y Mercedes Romero: Aventuras y desventuras de dos emprendedores digitales o cómo vivir de WordPress

    WordCamp Irun 2018Speakers: Roberto Miralles, Mercedes Romero

    June 4, 2018 — Queremos compartir contigo nuestra experiencia y vivencias sobre los 13 años (desde 2005) que llevamos trabajando profesionalmente en el desarrollo web con y para WordPress.

    Te contaremos todo aquello que nos ha ido bien y todos los errores y tropiezos que hemos cometido.

    Te diremos cómo hemos logrado tener un flujo constante de clientes sin hacer, desde hace muchos años, ninguna publicidad o promoción directa alguna que nos haya costado dinero y teniendo uno de los blogs más abandonado y con menos contenido del universo.

    Si estás pensando en poner en marcha tu propio estudio o agencia de desarrollo con WordPress, seguro que podrás tomar nota de algunas ideas.

  • Javier Casares: WP-CLI para hacer mantenimiento semanal de tu sitio

    WordCamp Irun 2018Speaker: Javier Casares

    June 4, 2018 — Hacer mantenimientos de sitios con WordPress puede ser pesado… todos los días entrar en tu sitio, verificar las novedades, esperar que las actualizaciones funcionen automáticamente desde el panel sin que afecten a ningún usuario…

    Si eres de los que ha de actualizar con cierta frecuencia muchos sitios ¿por qué no hacerlo con elegancia?

    Gracias a WP-CLI podemos ejecutar una serie de comandos que nos ayudarán a mantener fácilmente nuestro sitio, verificar si el core está siendo atacado y principalmnete hacer un mantenimiento indoloro y que permitirá un downtime prácticamente inapreciable.

    Esta charla es muy práctica (se darán comandos para poder “hacerlo en tu casa”) de aproximadamente 20 minutos y explicará de forma básica los comandos más útiles de WP-CLI enfocados al mantenimiento de tu sitio.

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  • Fran Murillo: Cómo posicionar tu servicio o producto (+2 casos de estudio)

    WordCamp Irun 2018Speaker: Fran Murillo

    June 4, 2018 — El posicionamiento web es una excelente forma de captar tráfico cualificado, además por contra de lo que muchos afirman es posible conseguir resultados sin demasiada inversión haciendo un buen trabajo.

    En esta ponencia veremos dos ejemplos prácticos de proyectos personales que con un bajo presupuesto y un buen trabajo detrás han conseguido recibir clientes orgánicos en pocos meses

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  • Adam Warner: Making Security Make Sense to Users/Clients

    WordCamp Hamilton 2018Speaker: Adam Warner

    June 4, 2018 — As someone who builds WordPress websites for clients, you’ve probably learned that offering (or requiring) monthly maintenance contracts is smart business. It’s likely you’re including core software, plugin and theme updates as part of your maintenance plan, which ensures a steady income stream you can rely on and helps with your financial forecasting. But are you including website security as part of your project proposal and scope?
    The security of your clients’ websites is often not a priority or is left until the end of a project (or sale?) as an optional add-on for the client to consider after going live. The value of a strong website security posture can be difficult to explain to clients, but when put in the context of their business and possible loss of revenue, it can become an integral part of your offering that separates you from the rest.
    In this session, Adam will cover simple website security best practices that you can implement immediately for your own site and those of your clients. In addition, he’ll also offer advice and examples on how to best present the importance of website security during the proposal, scope, and maintenance package stages to your clients. Not only does this ensure your maintenance plans offer what every website needs, but also presents an additional revenue stream opportunity for your business.