February 28, 2024 — Are you using AI to streamline your proposals? SOW? OKR’s? Project Management steps and procedures? If you aren’t and are curious on how you can use generative AI to help become more efficient with your web projects with AI, this may be transformative.

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February 27, 2024 — This one-hour session focused on theme development will explore how to craft web layouts using WordPress blocks. This talk is perfect for those who want to learn about block composition–the skill of assembling various blocks to create unique and effective web designs. We’ll look at a range of non-block web layouts, including some submitted by the community, and demonstrate how to convert them into WordPress blocks.

In the second half of our session, we’ll discuss practical aspects such as when to introduce custom CSS, how to add unique block styles, and when to package your design as a pattern. This will give you a better understanding of how to customize layouts while maintaining a clean and functional design. Whether you’re new to WordPress or an experienced theme developer, this talk will provide you with valuable insights into creating modern and responsive websites using the power of blocks.

February 27, 2024 — Keeping your WordPress site SEO-friendly is a continuous process. Regular audits help ensure your site’s SEO is on point. But with the plethora of plugins and tools, which ones should you use? This talk will cover:

The basics of SEO auditing for WordPress.
Recommended plugins to simplify your audits.
A few external tools that offer valuable insights.
Tips for a straightforward audit process and consistent checks.
Walk away with a clearer understanding of SEO audits and a list of reliable tools to help maintain your WordPress site’s SEO health.

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February 27, 2024 — The maturation of the block editor brought with it a major shift in how WordPress theme development was expected to work. For many independent developers and small agencies, this shift seemed like an huge disruption to their workflow – a once-reliable codebase now in flux, entirely new coding languages and tooling to learn, and layers of complexity added to tools (like hooks and queries) that used to be simple and accessible.

The questions seem overwhelming: How do we build something modern for our clients while ensuring its stability and reliability in the years to come? How do we find the time to learn all these new tools while continuing to produce quality work (and support ourselves or our team in the process)? Can’t I just keep doing it the way I was doing it?

Through my own experience as a full-time independent developer – building and supporting real projects with classic WordPress, the block editor, “hybrid” themes, and Full Site Editing as these features were introduced – I will share what I have learned about navigating the triumphs and pitfalls of modern WordPress theme development, and how to confidently decide which tools and features make sense for your projects.

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February 27, 2024 — You’ve decided to use WordPress to build your site. Congratulations! Now you’ve got to find a hosting provider.

You’ll soon realize that there are significant (and confusing!) differences between $2.50 WordPress hosting, $250 WordPress hosting, and $25,000 WordPress hosting.

Cloud services, managed hosting, CDN, SSH, WAF, NVMe, DDoS…How are you supposed to make sense of it all?

Join one web host’s Director of IT Operations to understand the managed hosting landscape and learn which features will actually make your

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February 27, 2024 — It can be challenging to be an introvert in a world built for extroverts. Many introverts have been told at some point in their career to “be more extroverted”, as though introversion is bad — but it’s not, and being an extrovert is certainly not required for success – even as a leader!

Ever wondered how the dopamine pathways in your brain affect how and when you’re able to focus? Probably not, but science can tell us a lot about how our brains work and we can learn to leverage that information to help us be the best leaders we can be.

Aaron will take both a scientific and experiential look at introversion and extroversion, how they differ, how to tell where on the scale you are, and how to employ this better understanding of how your brain works as an introvert to be a great leader. He’ll walk through his own journey of learning to leverage the strengths of his introversion and share what he does to help him navigate the parts of life and his career that are harder for him as an introvert.

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February 27, 2024 — En esta meetup, haremos una demostración en directo de las diferentes herramientas y formas que tenemos de hacer que nuestro WordPress esté disponible en diferentes idiomas.

Probaremos los diferentes plugins y herramientas y debatiremos sobre sus diferencias.

February 26, 2024 — Compatibility is often indicated with labels like “works with Gutenberg” or “Gutenberg ready.” However, these labels often only mean the product can function with it. It’s essential to fully embrace and use the new features to enhance the quality of your interface and workflow.

What does it mean to embrace the new phases of WordPress as a product? Specifically, how can you take advantage of them now and in the future? In this talk, I will share steps and offer insights into how to embrace the changes.

February 26, 2024 — Aujourd’hui, nous allons nous concentrer sur la personnalisation de ton thème WordPress avec FSE (Full Site Editing) en exploitant judicieusement les couleurs.

1️⃣ Extraire les couleurs de ton logo avec Adobe Color
Nous verrons comment identifier les couleurs principales de ton logo pour créer une harmonie visuelle sur ton site. Pour cela, Adobe Color sera notre outil de choix.

2️⃣ Préparation du prompt pour une palette personnalisée
Ensemble, nous préparerons un prompt, en incluant les couleurs extraites, pour générer une palette qui s’harmonise avec les blocs FSE de ton thème WordPress.

3️⃣ Interagir avec ChatGPT pour obtenir le code
Je t’expliquerai comment dialoguer avec ChatGPT pour recevoir le code adapté à intégrer directement dans ton site.

4️⃣ Intégration du code dans theme.json
Je te guiderai pour ajouter le code dans le fichier theme.json, une étape cruciale pour appliquer ta nouvelle palette de couleurs à ton thème.

5️⃣ Demande à ChatGPT pour une palette de couleurs pour le bloc paragraphe
Pour conclure, nous demanderons à ChatGPT de nous fournir une palette spécifique pour le bloc paragraphe, pour une cohérence visuelle complète.

February 26, 2024 — 2日間のWordCamp Kansai 2024の締めくくりとして実行委員長が挨拶いたします。

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