November 11, 2016 — “Building SaaS With WordPress” will cover the process of building a WordPress Software as a Service product. We will discuss the power of WordPress Multisite, existing solutions for leveraging the membership capabilities of a network, handling payments and creating a viable business on top of WordPress. The session will target developers and business owners interested in building a SaaS on top of WordPress.

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November 11, 2016 — How should you make a website look, feel, and function to get the most from Sponsorship and Donations for Charity and NGO websites.

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November 11, 2016 — Since the release of a 5 dollar wifi-board called ESP8266, the Internet of Things has been booming more than ever. How do such IoT devices communicate? How to connect them to your website?

Peter will describe some IoT communication protocols (MQTT in particular), how to flash a ESP8266 to run your own scripts, how to implement MQTT, and (if-technology-permits) do a live demo with Joomla/WordPress & IoT.

November 11, 2016 — Introduction to the Headless WordPress.

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November 11, 2016 — Het is tegenwoordig ontzettend makkelijk om met WooCommerce een webshop te lanceren. Maar dan ben je er nog niet! Hoe zorg jij er voor dat jouw bezoekers klant worden en jouw bedrijf een succes is?

Na ‘Verleid het brein’ heb je inzicht gekregen in de psychologie van het verleiden en zijn je handvaten aangereikt waarmee jij direct jouw bezoekers kunt overhalen om klant te worden en te blijven.

November 11, 2016 — During this talk I’ll present the 4 steps that the audience should integrate into all their projects in order to bring tangible value to their clients. I’ll focus on the “what” of those 4 steps. I’ll then explain the “how” to use those 4 steps to market themselves better, to attract better clients and last but not least to switch from one-shot project to retainers.

November 11, 2016 — Today’s prospects are tech savvy and very comfortable going online to find information about products and services before making a purchase. In this presentation, you will learn:
– How to hook your audience and get them to do what you want
– How to increase your visibility on the web
– 2 things that could turn your online presence around for the better
– How to deliver information to sell your products and services
Find out what it takes to create an effective online presence that gets people to buy.

November 11, 2016 — Learn how Newark Public Schools (NJ’s largest school district – 40,000 students; 70 schools) cut their annual web site technology budget in half by migrating to WordPress from a closed-source, proprietary, expensive, vendor-controlled SaaS CMS. Hear stories from the trenches about budget battles, angry/clueless technology vendors and frustrated administrators from one guy with a vision to disrupt the market and bring better web site technology to our public schools using a WordPress-Powered SaaS called SchoolPress. Case studies will be presented for three districts (2 in NJ, 1 in TX) that migrated to WordPress.

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November 11, 2016 — WordPress is often a great solution for clients of all sizes, but enterprises can sometimes be skeptical that the open source platform can support their scalability needs. From security concerns to support and environment setups, many IT functions disregard the platform. But, with the right setup, strategy, and approach — WordPress can be an efficient and effective digital tool for the enterprise customer.

This talk is aimed at project managers, strategists, and developers alike. It will address common concerns enterprises pose when considering WordPress as a solution; suggest points to pick the right support, environment, and architecture to achieve success; and discuss effective strategies and management practices to scale WP for the enterprise customer.

November 11, 2016 — In this talk I will share with you the latest technologies that will make your WordPress website lightning fast and at the same time more efficient and easy to scale. Performance optimizations are good for any site. They make your visitors happy and help you save on hosting costs. And what is even more, if your site is well optimized, you will also be ready for that moment of fame you’ve been waiting for, as well optimized sites are easy to scale. Here are the most important points I will cover:

* How to analyze the performance of your site and see where optimization is needed.
* Which are the best technologies that can improve your WordPress loading times.
* How to maintain a healthy, efficient and easily scalable database
* How to make your site search faster and more resource efficient with ElasticSearch
* How to properly add CDN on top of all optimization for best results.

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