October 23, 2017 — The talk discusses dependency injection to allow for Advanced PHP “containerization” of classes using autoloading, namespacing. We’ll look at this methodology used in other languages, but relatively new to PHP and how that can enhance WordPress development. We will discuss techniques used in the greater PHP community, while still embracing the philosophy, flexibility, and architecture of WordPress.

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October 23, 2017 — Introducción a la segurización de un sitio web con WordPress. Consejos y pautas básicas para iniciarse en la tarea de mantener tu sitio web y tus usuarios protegidos. Sugerencias de plugins y protocolos de actuación.

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October 23, 2017 — She enjoys front-end development but also loves to build sites from start to finish. She started in Joomla back when it was 1.0.x and worked her way into WordPress and Drupal about 7 years ago. She enjoys teaching others to code as well as speaking at conferences and youth events. Tessa is a northern Minnesota native, but now lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and four children

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October 23, 2017 — Plugin angst – That horrible feeling when you find a plugin that does *almost* exactly what you want but to get the right behavior you’ll have to change some code. And by changing the code, you lose the ability to update the plugin, which means missing out on security patches, bug fixes, and new features.
We’ll look at how plugin authors can help you avoid this angst by writing extensible code. Plugin behavior can then be modified without making changes the original code.

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October 23, 2017 — WordCamps and meetups are always brimming with help on how to best tune your WordPress development environment for your MacBook Pro. But what about us Windows users? Nadda. Let’s see how to put that time-tested OS to work and create the ideal set-up to get your Windows box all jazzed up to pump out an awesome WordPress site.

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October 23, 2017 — Design is a broad specification with many disciplines, and naturally, with such an expansive set of tools, practices and thought processes, it can feel seemingly impossible to define. As a result, some have sought to create tightly controlled representations of what “design actually is”. However, this line of thinking is … quite frankly, BS, and can be to our detriment in the ever evolving design landscape; leaving design out of some rather important and influential conversations, when it could (should) have a bigger role in general. Why? Because design plays a role in pretty much everything we do.

In this talk Joe will discuss the importance of designers embracing their role as empathy dealers, and the core areas in which the need for designers to engage is more important than ever.

October 23, 2017 — Drew Poland is a freelance WordPress developer in the Baltimore area specializing in custom theme design & development. He is also a regular WordCamp speaker.

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October 22, 2017 — Corey Brown’s expertise in designing, inventing, building, leading, founding and tweaking successful websites spans more than two decades and a host of site types, from publishing and e-commerce to social platforms and user-generated content.

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October 22, 2017 — It is the American Dream – quit your 9-5 job and build your own business. Is that your dream as well? Are you thinking about taking the plunge and giving notice to your boss in order to embrace your entrepreneurial spirit? This engaging discussion will present a foundation on things you need to think about when starting your own WordPress business – either Full-Time or even Part-Time. Topics include (but of course, are not limited to):

How to get started
What to charge
Where to find clients
Services to provide
How to protect yourself
Insurance (what? you need that?)
Pitfalls to avoid
Proposals, Agreements, and Contracts
and more!

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October 22, 2017 — Here is your chance to hear how two seniors working with seniors accomplished a redesign of a 5-year old website to meet the needs of an older population. We will tell the story of the beginning of a website for and by retirement community residents that moved to WordPress in 2014 and this year underwent a major redesign to meet the current needs of a changing population. We will share why we did it, why Divi was selected as a theme, the development and roll out process, and how we used resident and content provider feedback as part of our usability studies. A website is never done, and so improvements and changes will continue.

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