January 24, 2018 — The WordPress REST API has the potential to put a familiar face on the content management of a whole world of front-ends. Imagine a campus tour app that uses the same content infrastructure as the event kiosk in the student union and the .edu site. Then come see how to build it.

January 24, 2018 — What if I told you that writer’s block can be a thing of the past?

With some data-driven content marketing tools and tricks, you’re never gonna run out of ideas. Better, I’ll talk about a process you can use to get those ideas to the screen–from developing a content calendar, to researching keyword opportunities, to writing about topics that your potential readers are already desperately looking for.

The data is there. Let’s use it.

January 24, 2018 — Many great projects, products, and companies have grown out of side projects or hobbies. Apple, Twitter, and even Gmail exist because someone dedicated their spare time to testing the waters. Most of your favorite WordPress themes, plugins, and websites were brought to life during someone’s day off.

But not all side projects need to be huge, life-altering excursions. Whether it’s building a WordPress plugin, learning a new software package, or building an entire website, they can be whatever you need them to be; from developing a new skill to bringing in extra income to simply having a little fun. Side projects can also be a great way to learn what you’re made of, try new avenues, and build relationships with other web professionals.

Join Rachel to discuss the pros (and cons) of side projects, learn about a few projects that turned into so much more, and hopefully leave with a few ideas of your own.

January 24, 2018 — This discussion will assist developers and product owners to rapidly illustrate editorial requirements. The goal is to help create seamless, pain-free, admin interfaces that make publishing in WordPress fun. We will walk through the process of creating admin mockups to show your clients or help guide your own code. You’ll learn tips and tricks to quickly generate and iterate on ideas to zero-in on the right solution. Stop making do with whatever you can find in a plugin and start making the right interfaces for your content and content creators.

January 24, 2018 — Reading and writing poetry makes us better at everything. When our brains are on poetry, we observe the world and our work differently. We learn how to notice, we put craft into our work, we handle challenges with more grace and perseverance.

We stay in the moment a little longer.

There’s a reason the WordPress tagline “Code is Poetry” resonates with us. Come find out why.

January 24, 2018 — In this session, you will learn why it’s better to move slower and focus on the details by working smarter from the beginning. One typo, one broken image, and one 404 error can ruin an entire web experience. Learn the tactics professionals employ to create truly impactful experiences that directly impact how your users view your brand and ultimately, add to your bottomline.

January 24, 2018 — We often hear that everyone should contribute to the core.In this talk, He will cover how contributing to the core helps an individual as well as a Business.

He will also try to address concerns and insecurities businesses have when encouraging their team to WordPress core.

The goal is to motivate people to contribute to the WordPress core and other areas of WordPress and open-source at large!

January 24, 2018 — In this session we cover a real world cross platform native mobile application that we created to deliver WordPress content for a private school in country NSW Australia.

We cover the reasons why a mobile app made sense and how we got the REST API to work with Ionic and Angular to make our native apps. It takes in considerations as a business to make before jumping in and some of the issues we found using emerging technology.

January 23, 2018 — One of the most beautiful and powerful features of WordPress is its flexibility and extensibility – everybody can make WordPress to fit their needs.

But with great power comes great responsibility of doing things the right way. Any WordPress developer can tell endless horror stories of sites they took over from somebody else – modified Core, modified plugins, thousands of lines of code in functions.php, etc.

This talk introduces the main ways of extending WordPress and explain how to use them properly, with particular emphasis on WordPress hook system.

January 23, 2018 — Online Presence has become an essential part of our life. Having a website will add value to your Personal Brand by improving your online presence.

Mehul will be talking about baking your first website with WordPress. You will learn about WordPress Installation, General Settings, Creating Posts & Pages, Managing Blog and lot more. Important: You can bring your laptop with you and create your personal website during the talk.