September 30, 2016 — One of the most popular CMS, WordPress, was not designed for the cloud era.

Running a high demand and highly available WordPress in a cluster can be a complex task.

There are several solutions to this problem and this session will focus on one of them. Using several AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, EFS, CloudFormation and others) and Zend Server, we will create a complex set up running in minutes and scale it up and down by demand.

This session will show how to start your development process from a local small setup and take it to a cluster in the cloud step by step.

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September 30, 2016 — The WordPress theme structure has been around for many years and has stood the test of time. But as time moves on, faster and better ways to develop for the web have emerged. This is my attempt to help improve theme development by bringing in some automation and convention.

WordPress のテーマの構造は、できあがってから何年もたち、長年にわたって活用されてきましたが、時間が経つにつれて、より早く、よりよく開発するための手法はどんどん発展しています。このセッションでは、自動化と規約の導入により、テーマを作る方法を改善する方法をご紹介します。

September 30, 2016 — מאחורי כל ניצחון גדול עומדת מתודולוגיה מנצחת, אמר פעם מישהו חכם. הקשבנו לו, ישבנו על המדוכה, עד שפיצחנו את השיטה הנכונה להקים אתרים מנצחים, להוציא לקוחות מרוצים וגם לעשות מזה כסף. לאור השיטה הזו הקמנו את ווינסייט – חברה מצליחה ומובילה לבניית אתרים, בנינו מאות אתרים איכותיים ואנחנו ממשיכים לעשות זאת.

בהרצאה נחשוף את המתודולוגיה המנצחת שלנו.

נציג את עקרונות שיטה, ותוך כדי זה ניגע בנושאים חשובים ורגישים שכל בונה אתרים נתקל בהם, לדוגמא:

תמחור (איך לזהות פרויקט הפסדי בתחילת הדרך)
מיומנויות ניהול לקוחות ודגלים אדומים בתקשורת מול לקוחות
בניית הצעת מחיר (מה כן ומה לא. נחשוף הצעות מחיר שלנו)
ניהול משברים מול לקוחות
מתי הלקוח לא צודק (ותיאום ציפיות עם לקוח)
הובלת התהליך – איך מזהי שאיבדנו את המושכות?
המתח בין מעצבים למפתחים
היום שאחרי (אתגרי של הדרכה והזנת תוכן)
ניהול פרויקט
איכות VS תקציב – איך מנצחים את הקרב

September 30, 2016 — The flexible box layout model, also known as flexbox, is an alternative method of creating layouts using CSS. It has gained popularity amongst front end developers over the last year or so as browser support for it has increased dramatically. This talk will introduce the flexbox model, examine when to consider using flexbox in your projects, and will address browser compatibility issues you may encounter in implementing flexbox.

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September 30, 2016 — We’re going to step into the process of starting your own WordPress theme by taking a basic html and css site. The main goal is to show folks that making your own isn’t difficult with a little knowledge of HTML & CSS, and diving in is the scariest part, and shouldn’t be. If you’ve ever developed a website from wireframes or mockups to html, turning it into a WordPress theme is just a few extra steps. Watch how Andy and Ben do it, and take your web skills to the next level with your own custom theme. Even if building custom themes isn’t a future goal, getting in and doing this can help when editing other themes and understanding the inner workings of WordPress.

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September 30, 2016 — From the make.wordpress.org pages. Just some updates on what is happening in the Make Community.

Episode 1 features news from the Polyglots and Plugin Teams.

September 29, 2016 — WordPress is secretly running so many sites we use today. WordPress is amazing, heavily distributed, and loved by many. Heather Migliorisi explains how they can be made even better when accessibility is added into the mix.

Topics include:
-Quick and easy fixes you can do right now (contrast, colors, and :focus)
-Common mistakes we make (images, icons, placeholder text vs. label, semantic faux pas, and roles)
-Choosing accessible themes and plugins
-Where to go for help
-Giving back to the community

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September 29, 2016 — There are WordPress Features You May Not Know.

If you are like many, there always seem to be things you wish you could do with WordPress, but maybe can’t quite figure out. This session will provide you with some great tips and tricks for you to make working with WordPress even easier.

From changing the number of posts on the dashboard page, to adding a target to link to on the menu dashboard, there are many things that are easy to accomplish — if only you know where to look. Not only are there screen options on almost every dashboard page, but there are help pulldowns, too, helping to answer questions before you might even need to turn to help in a forum.

We will also cover shortcuts for use in the editor window, and a quick and easy way to save your favorite plugins to find at a click to upload to your site.

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September 29, 2016 — Content is king, and is an important part of driving targeted, quality traffic to your site. Studies have shown that content featuring an eye-catching visual perform better across social networks. You no longer have to be a graphic designer to create beautiful visuals – we will go through techniques and tools that can help you look great online quickly and easily.

September 29, 2016 — Learn about the various ways that you can turn your WordPress knowledge into a multiple sources of income.

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