Archive for 2020

  • David Vogelpohl: Rock Your Blocks

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: David Vogelpohl

    November 15, 2020 — This talk examines the evolution of the block editor in WordPress Core, what it might mean for the future of WordPress; and how brands and agencies are using the block editor to win today.

  • Nicholas Batik: Improving Customer Satisfaction and Profitability With Rapid Website Prototyping

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: Nicholas Batik

    November 15, 2020 — Learn how to create custom backend data structures for complex business requirements, and integrate them into a sample theme design fully populated with sample data to act as a working prototype for your customer.

    Whether you’re building a Software-as-a-Service, or you just need a Minimum Viable Product to demonstrate to your client, Rapid Website Prototyping enables you to test an idea out quickly and efficiently.

  • Lidia Arroyo: Los elementos que todo sitio web profesional debe tener

    WordPress Meetup Guarenas-GuatireSpeaker: Lidia Arroyo

    November 14, 2020 — Para cualquier emprendimiento actual contar con una página web es indispensable, tener visibilidad de forma correcta en los buscadores y una cara amigable con los posibles clientes.

    Que nuestro sitio sea la isla a la que todos los turistas quieren visitar, por eso quisiera explicar los elementos básicos que debe tener el sitio como tal y recomendaciones para cada uno de ellos: Marca, Menú, Productos o Servicios, Call To action, Recomendaciones, etc.

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  • Topher DeRosia: How To Increase E-commerce Conversions

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: Topher DeRosia

    November 14, 2020 — This talk recommends how to increase engagement, lower customer acquisition costs, and, ultimately, improve store sales.

    An e-commerce store is only as valuable as the number of visitors it converts to buyers. But Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is a successful online store. Building a sustainable, cash positive storefront takes time – and a thoughtful strategy.

  • Joe A. Simpson Jr: Cover Your Assets: WordPress Accessibility Images, Videos

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: Joe A Simpson Jr.

    November 13, 2020 — Most WordCampers know what an image ALT tag is or have seen closed captions on television shows or YouTube videos. Still, the majority of those reading this skip these critical first steps in making client or personal sites accessible.

    This talk covers these basics:

    – What the first 4:44 seconds of the Lion King can teach us about accessibility
    -How to find WordPress themes and plugins to get you started on being accessible right “out of the box”
    – How to avoid generating creating “craptions” and tools to improve YouTube’s auto-captioning
    – How, as a beginner, how you handle images and videos in a more mobile-first world can improve your site performance in SEO ranking
    – How accessibility is often seen as an inconvenience but actually enhances your website performance if done correctly

  • David Zimmerman: Things Well-Meaning WordPress Developers Do That Hurt SEO in 2020

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: David Zimmerman

    November 12, 2020 — Learn how to set up a WordPress site for SEO success.

    Have you ever launched a website only to later discover that some annoying SEO followed after you and subsequently ruined your good work? Have you ever had the experience of some obnoxious digital marketer bugging you for lots of small changes – outside the client’s scope and budget?

    That might have been my fault. This talk explains how we can work together to help our clients.

  • Allie Nimmons: Five Ways to Make Your Events and Projects More Diverse

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: Allie Nimmons

    November 12, 2020 — The tech space – including the WordPress space – could be more diverse. But whose responsibility is that, and what are the best ways to improve diversity without tokenizing people?

    This talk identifies the kinds of thought processes, language, and systems that you can adopt to enrich your space with more diverse kinds of people.

  • The Ultimate Newsroom QA: How To Manage Your Editorial Workflow Like A Boss

    WordCamp Austin 2020Speaker: Francesca Marano

    November 12, 2020 — In 2013 I launched a blog for female creative entrepreneurs that became an overnight success in its own niche in Italy. Six years later, the blog is still going strong: it grew from a handful of contributors to a newsroom of over eighty authors. Last December I was able to hand it off to a new team thanks to the smooth editorial processes we put in place. In this talk, I’ll share the challenges we encountered over the years creating an effective workflow for the growing number of authors and my experience in keeping the quality consistent while maintaining a schedule relevant to the audience’s expectations. I’ll recommend best practices including how to manage user permissions, how to assign editing and curation, deciding who has the final editorial say and delegating the task of actually getting the content online. I will share practical solutions, based on what worked for us, that many different types of teams can use to coordinate their efforts and keep things in check.

  • Anyssa Ferreira: WordPress, The Brazilian Way

    WordPress Meetup GranadaSpeaker: Anyssa Ferreira

    November 12, 2020 — En esta ocasión estrenamos nuestras meetups en Inglés con una invitada especial de Brasil: Anyssa Ferreira. Gracias a Jesús Nuño por encargarse de hacer este “fichaje”.

    Nos contarán su experiencia de cómo gestionar una comunidad en un país tan grande como Brasil.

    ¡No te lo pierdas!

    En palabras de la propia Anyssa:

    The Brazilian WordPress community face many challenges: a huge country, the only one that speaks Portuguese in South America, the social economic contrasts and the fast evolving technology. Let’s talk about how we manage our community, organize events in our own way, and exchange experiences and ideas.

  • Hari Shanker: How to Find Help with WordPress

    Speaker: Hari Shanker

    November 10, 2020 — In this workshop, participants will learn how to find help in fixing problems, along with various resources that can be helpful, when you are stuck trying to implement a feature, plugin, or theme.