December 11, 2018 — This topic covers how to create a child theme and editing template parts inside a child theme

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December 11, 2018 — Jeremy discusses why you need to build your eCommerce Website with WooCommerce, as opposed to other platforms. (Updated Version of his WCMombasa 2018 talk)

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December 11, 2018 — In this session, we shall try to identify some of the mistakes that we do when creating/publishing Text, image & Video content for our websites and also learn how to crack the code of creating the type of content that resonates with the intended user.

December 11, 2018 — A technical session taking a beginner through the stages of getting started with WordPress. Installation, hosting and a brief intro on what is WordPress

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December 11, 2018 — Mobile devices provide an extraordinary opportunity to deliver a superior mobile experience to every user. But still, we, the Mobile Team at Automattic, faced some interesting challenges when we tried to make the WordPress Mobile Apps more accessible. This talk, by one of the developers involved in overcoming some of those challenges, will review the accessibility tools both iOS and Android provide, and will contain first hand information on the way we develop and test the WordPress Mobile Apps, always making accessibility one of our highest priorities, to make sure that we provide the experience that our users expect.

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December 11, 2018 — We’ve all had one, or two or more – the client from hell. Sometimes it’s because we didn’t want to say no and other times it’s because we didn’t know any better. In this presentation, you’ll learn how to weed out those who will suck up your time, micromanage a project and leave them happy, so they refer you to their friends and people in their networks.

You’ll walk away knowing…

How to vet prospects before you say yes to them
How to keep a project on track and make the client feel like a partner
How to address out of scope issues
How to provide follow-up to keep them coming back
How to know if it’s time to terminate and fire that client
Running a business is hard and having clients from hell makes it stressful. This workshop is for businesses of all size, whether your a freelancer going it alone or an agency working with a full team.

December 11, 2018 — WordPress 5.0 introduces a new block editor called “Gutenberg” and if you’re a WordPress developer, you need to know how to build blocks. This talk will get you started.

You will learn, what Gutenberg is and when you should create your own blocks. Then we will cover how to load CSS and JavaScript files for blocks, how to create blocks with static content and editable blocks. This talk is aimed at developers familiar with JavaScript.

December 11, 2018 — We’ve all had the experience of a support technician being seemingly unable to answer our questions about their theme, plugin, or service.

Believe it or not, theme and plugin developers and their support techs really do want to help you. Their goal is to make sure that the technology they provide you isn’t just a sale, but useful, and, ultimately, works to make your website successful. To make sure that you are both working in the same direction, there are some things you can do to ensure a great outcome.

Do you know that there’s a link between your support tickets and better documentation?

Do you find yourself frustrated at developers and support reps who can’t seem to diagnose issues arising from their plugins or themes?

Do you want to find better answers to your support questions, more quickly?

Plus, the two-minute method of solving +50% of your support requests before you even send them.

December 11, 2018 — You built your company, you have your website, and everything is looking great! But, you might be missing something- your compassion! Compassion is what drives companies and organizations to the right direction, no matter what you’re doing! It may be the small step to create a whirl of change for the people you serve. Follow Abbey Sager and her award-winning organization, Diverse Gaming Coalition, on how to shape your social media around kindness, boost your SEO with your philanthropy , and create an impact with your company.

December 10, 2018 — Ce que j’ai appris en travaillant en remote grâce à WordPress et sa communauté et comment l’a t’on appliqué pour enseigner à l’université
Ça c’est une histoire d’amour. Il s’agit de comment je suis tombé amoureux du travail en remote et la communauté WordPress tandis que je faisais de la recherche pour trouver des meilleures façons pour véhiculer l’apprentissage à travers l’Internet. J’ai du tout simplement cloner à l’université la structure de communication et apprentissage. Peux-tu imaginer quand tu étais étudiant d’avoir fait partie d’une communauté d’apprentissage enthousiaste qu’on trouve sur des forums, blogs, et slack au lieu de… bon… de ce que nous avons eu ? Le schéma de la communauté WordPress a été appliqué la première fois en Éducation Formel (UNED) en 2015-16 dans un programme de master et doctorat adressé aux professeurs. On a créé une structure de discussion horizontal sur Slack et Forums/logs dans lequel le prof et les étudiants on appris de la même façon que les intégrants de la communauté WordPress le fait. Les résultats ont été depuis cette première fois extraordinaires. 97% des élèves ont assuré qu’ils voulaient répéter le schéma en tant que professeurs parmi des autres résultats également prometteurs.

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